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Shakespeare: Soul of an Age explores the man behind the words we know so well. What kind of a person was Shakespeare? Where did he live and work? How was he schooled and what set him on his path to artistic achievement?
The answers to these questions are fascinating and full of surprises. We see Shakespeare as a young man, anxious to escape from the comfortable yet constricting life of small-town Stratford - and from the wrath of a local nobleman who, according to legend, caught Shakespeare's courtship and marriage to the fair Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior. We watch him work his way, slowly to maturity as an actor and
Shakespeare: Soul of an Age explores the man behind the words we know so well. What kind of a person was Shakespeare? Where did he live and work? How was he schooled and what set him on his path to artistic achievement?
The answers to these questions are fascinating and full of surprises. We see Shakespeare as a young man, anxious to escape from the comfortable yet constricting life of small-town Stratford - and from the wrath of a local nobleman who, according to legend, caught Shakespeare's courtship and marriage to the fair Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior. We watch him work his way, slowly to maturity as an actor and playwright. Finally, we see him in the triumph of his fame: rich, respected, master of two thriving theaters before his retirement to Stratford again in 1613, three years before his death.
Shakespeare: Soul of an Age also presents us with Shakespeare's own immortal words, as performed by Sir Michael Redgrave, Sir Ralph Richardson and a company of classic actors who interpret key passages from Twelfth Night, Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor and many more. This dramatic and revealing study will bring you to a new appreciation of Shakespeare's work ... and a new understanding of his genius.
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