Shakespeare the king's man

Folger bibliographic ID: 338351
Folger call number: DVD 324
Folger holdings ID: 491034
Accession Number: 268589

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

Edition

[Widescreen format]

General notes

DVD ; Dolby digital stereo Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing Title from container Originally broadcast by BBC Four in 2012 as The king & the playwright : a Jacobean history Not rated Special features: Bonus disc with the BBC's 1983 production of Macbeth; 12-page viewer's guide; biographies of other prominent playwrights of Shakespeare's day and of host James Shapiro; discussion questions

Credits

Directed and produced by Steven Clarke ; a Green Bay production for BBC

Contents

Shakespeare --

Uniform title: King & the playwright
Extended title: Shakespeare the king's man
Alternate titles: King's man

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 James I, King of England, 1566-1625 Dramatists, English England

subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: James I, King of England, 1566-1625
television producer: Clarke, Steven
presenter: Shapiro, James, 1955-
production company: Green Bay Media (Firm)
publisher: Athena (Firm)
sponsoring body: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service