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Two-part television drama chronicling the later years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In the theatrical DVD version there is a scene which was not included in the second part of the broadcast programme....
Film drama based on the play by Emile Moreau that relates the love story of Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex. The film opens with a performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor (the Falstaff basket scene...
Feature film. A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare - Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex...
Television series, in six episodes, on the life and times of William Shakespeare. Writer John Mortimer based each episode around events in Shakespeare’s life to suggest how they influenced his writing. In...
This podcast is a collaboration between The Telegraph and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). In this edition, Ben Lawrence heads to Stratford-upon-Avon to catch up with director Fiona Laird and actresses...
Podcast. An irreverent podcast in which hosts Aubrey Whitlock and Jess Hamlet discuss: the use of metonymy; and the historical context of the Essex rebellion.
Audio recording of Timothy Findlay’s play. Queen Elizabeth condemns her lover, the Earl of Essex, to death for treason. On the eve of his death in 1601, a tormented Elizabeth seeks distraction and calls...
Documentary. The first part of the film tells the orthodox story of William Shakespeare of Stratford and the longstanding views held by academia. Professors Stanley Wells and Jonathan Bate defend the...
Radio play by Don Taylor. Asked by one of the Earl of Essex’s agents to stage Richard II, William Shakespeare (Michael Pennington) and other members of the Globe Theatre Company are drawn into a conspiracy...
A US drama series re-enacting major historical events and covering them as current news stories. This episode concerns December 26 1597 when Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was selected by Queen Elizabeth I...
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