Description
Simon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new and fascinating light on some of the greatest plays ever written. He asks the question: "What came first, Englishness, or Shakespeare's idea of it?" and produces a persuasive argument in favour of the latter.
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Simon Schama
Harriet Walter
Peter de Jersey
Simon Russell Beale
Tobias Menzies
Andrew Scott