SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED (COMPLETE SET)

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• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Classic, Comedy, Drama
• Plot: Behind every Shakepeare play is a story. Shakepeare Uncovered portrays the Bard as an impresario who, four centuries ago, defined show business in his day - drawing on historical sources, stealing and adapting ideas, bringing back popular characters, writing prequels, and developing dramatic ideas from the politics of theday.; ; In each episode, a major Shakespearean actor or director explores and reveals the extraordinary world and works of William Shapespeare and the still-potent impact they have today. The presenters have spent their lives with Shakespeare's work and relate not only to the stories of the plays themselves, but also how they came to be written, how they have been performed and how they survived over 400 years.; ; Includes Six Films; MacBeth with Ethan Hawk; Richard II with Derek Jacobi; The Comedies: Twelth Night and As You Like It with Joely Richardson; Henry IV and Henry V with Jeremy Irons; Hamlet with David Tennant; The Tempest with Trevor Nunn; ; THIS PROGRAM CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ALL VIEWERS. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
• Cast: Patrick Stewart, Harriet Walter, Simon Russell Beale, Ian McKellen, Julia Stiles, Christopher Plummer, Jade Anouka, Laurence Olivier, Kim Cattrall, David Harewood, Adrian Lester, Janet Suzman, Vanessa Redgrave, Felix Aylmer, Michael Benz, Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, Sean Connery, Jon Finch, Mel Gibson, John Gielgud, Pippa Guard, David Gwillim, Ethan Hawke, Eileen Herlie, Tom Hiddleston, Michael Hordern, Derek Jacobi, Felicity Jones, Jude Law, Helen Mirren, Trevor Nunn, Anthony Quayle, Tori Sparks, David Tennant, David Warner, Orson Welles, Ben Whishaw, Orlando Bloom, Hugh Bonneville, Sinéad Cusack, Joseph Fiennes, Ralph Fiennes, Morgan Freeman, Jonathan Miller, Condola Rashad, Sheridan Smith, Stephen Sondheim, Tracey Ullman, David Walliams, Jeremy Irons, Joely Richardson
• Director: Trevor Nunn
• Runtime: 6:00
• Company: WNET Thirteen, ITV, PBS
• Media Format: movie