Overview
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.
Cast
- Simon Schama as Self - Presenter
- Harriet Walter
- Peter de Jersey
- Simon Russell Beale
- Tobias Menzies
- Andrew Scott