William Shakespeare: Life of Drama
A&E Biography
(A&E Television Networks, 1996)
Running Time: 47 Minutes
William Shakespeare: Life Of Drama
He is the world’s most influential and admired writer, a man whose imaginative genius still moves us, nearly four centuries after his death.
William Shakespeare’s tumultuous life produced an unmatched legacy of drama and poetry. But the Bard’s own story remains, for the most part, a mystery. In this remarkable program, BIOGRAPHY® pieces together the clues of Shakespeare’s identity, from his comfortable youth in Stratford-on-Avon and his marriage to an older woman at eighteen to the night of carousing that led to his death at age fifty-two. Film excerpts, dramatic readings and location footage provide a glimpse into his little-known-life and his astonishing twenty-year career as a playwright and actor.
Join BIOGRAPHY® for an in-depth look at William Shakespeare, the greatest writer the English language has ever known.
Produced by SATEL DOC for A&E NETWORK. Executive Producer ROD CAIRD, A&E Supervising Producer GAYLE GILMAN, A&E Director, Documentary Programming BILL HARRIS, A&E Executive Producer MICHAEL CASCIO.
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©1996 A&E Television Networks. All Rights Reserved. BIOGRAPHY is a registered trademark of A&E Television Networks. Photographs: Cover, FPG; Back top, FPG; Back bottom, Archive Photo. Art and Design ©1996 A&E Television Networks. All Rights Reserved. Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, 126 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011.
Color, Approx. 50 Mins., VHS, Biography Cat. # AAE-14149
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