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In Search of Shakespeare

Michael Wood tours the English locations important to William Shakespeare as he explores the playwright and poet's life and work.

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Michael Wood
Self - Host
Gregory Doran
Self
Ray Fearon
Various

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Episode 1

A Time of Revolution

60 mins

The life of young William Shakespeare from his birth in Warwickshire, through his school years until age fourteen and up to his marriage to Anne Hathaway at age 19. It was a turbulent time of revolution in England as religion and solidarity to the crown were torn apart by the Tudors. William grew up in modest wealth and saw his family lose it all around age 12. It is the foundation upon which his writings will be shaped, his remembrances of the country life growing up in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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