| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer's guide. |
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digital optical stereo disc 1. |
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digital optical mono disc 2. |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Television program. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Note |
Special features: Bonus disc with the BBC's 1983 production of Macbeth (closed-captioned); 12-page viewer's guide; biographies of other prominent playwrights of Shakespeare's day and of host James Shapiro; discussion questions. |
| Performer |
James Shapiro. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast by BBC Four in 2012 as The king & the playwright : a Jacobean history. |
| Audience |
Not rated ; contains violent images. |
| Summary |
In this BBC series, American scholar James Shapiro examines the plays Shakespeare wrote during the turbulent reign of Elizabeth's successor, King James I. One of the new king's first official acts was to name Shakespeare a king's man. Shapiro convincingly argues that the dark, complex plays of Shakespeare's last decade-King Lear, Macbeth, and The Tempest, among others-mirrored both royal life and the era's profound social changes. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WHPLEDVD, BRPLDVD |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.
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England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
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| Added Author |
Shapiro, James, 1955-
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Green Bay Media (Firm)
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Athena (Firm)
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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Time-Life Films.
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| Added Title |
King's man. |
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King & the playwright.
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Shakespeare plays (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781598289619 |
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1598289616 |
| Standard No. |
054961896196 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8961 Acorn Media Group |
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