Upstart Crow | S3E0: A Crow Christmas Carol

It is a bleak midwinter in the Shakespeare household as the family comes to terms with a cruel loss. But when a mysterious stranger offers to share with Will a tale of redemption, he becomes filled anew with love and light and hope.

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  • Type: Entertainment
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Duration: 40'40''
  • Broadcast date: 2018
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Robin Ray introduces a programme devoted to the work of Frederick Ashton. It includes an outline of his career with photographs, an interview with him and two performances by The Royal Ballet. Frederick Ashton's ballet ''The Dream'' based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Anthony Dowell dances the role of Oberon and Wayne Sleep dances the role of Puck.