The Secret Life of Books | Shakespeare’s First Folio

Simon Russell Beale looks at what we can learn from Shakespeare's First Folio.

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  • Type: Factual
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 29'36''
  • Broadcast date: 2014
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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