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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Episode #101

Take a deep dive into Shakespeare’s life story, the place and time he inhabited and the work he produced. Cinematic, dramatic vignettes bring Shakespeare’s story to life throughout the series. Featuring appearances by Dame Judi Dench, Brian Cox, Adrian Lester, Dame Helen Mirren, Martin Freeman and Jessie Buckley and more.

Episode #101

Season 1 Episode 101 | 56m 52s | CC

William Shakespeare leaves the small rural town of Stratford to pursue his dreams of becoming a playwright in the dangerous, growing metropolis of London. Inspired by the world he inhabits, he writes the schlock-horror hit Titus Andronicus and a teenage romance in which all the young people die: Romeo and Juliet.

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