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Follow William Shakespeare through 16th and 17th
Century London, as the bard created many of the most important works ever
written. This incredible period is a source of continued fascination
and was portrayed in 1998’s Academy Award-winning Best Picture, Shakespeare
in Love, also dramatized in 2006’s Elizabeth I, an Emmy Award-winning
television miniseries, and NOW a new feature film starring Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth,
The Golden Age.
The story begins with the first written documentation of
Shakespeare in London – his life on the bank of the River Thames, against the
dramatic backdrop of the New Globe Playhouse. The “Virgin Queen”
Elizabeth I sits upon the throne and Christopher Marlowe (famous poet and
playwright) is at the height of his popularity, but there are rumblings in the
theatre awning… of a young upstart who has stolen ideas from the undisputed
master!
Illustrated by dramatic reconstruction of late Elizabethan
life and scenes from the plays themselves, this program shows many sites that
were known to Shakespeare – from the Tower of London to the taverns made
famous by Falstaff and other Shakespearean characters, and of course, the
murky River Thames. Shakespeare
in London places the Bard in the context of his times by using accounts
of those who knew him during the major events of the time including the
threat of the Spanish Armada; political intrigue at the court of Queen
Elizabeth; voyages and discovery of far away lands; the plague, and even the untimely
death of Christopher Marlowe.
The story of Shakespeare in London
equals the finest of the works that brought him such fame. It will be enjoyed
by all lovers of popular literature and particularly Renaissance England.
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