Shakespeare Uncovered

Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:10Last broadcast:02/13/2015 at 7:00AM
February 2015
53:05

Romeo and Juliet with Joseph Fiennes

3.0 251 x
Fiennes has a unique perspective on Romeo and Juliet. He played Shakespeare – both writing and performing as Romeo – in the film Shakespeare in Love. Now he wants to examine why it remains the most-performed of all Shakespeare plays.
53:05

Antony and Cleopatra with Kim Cattrall

3.0 200 x
Cattrall has played Cleopatra twice. Now she explores the real character of the great Queen of Egypt, and travels to Rome, ironically Marc Antony’s city, in her quest to find out more about the historical Cleopatra. She also meets with her director, Dame Janet Suzman, who herself made an iconic Cleopatra at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973.
53:04

The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman

3.0 259 x
Freeman first discovered Shakespeare in school in Mississippi. He went on to play the hero of this play – Petruchio – in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production in New York, set in the Wild West. Freeman notes this play has set the template for all of the battle-of-the-sexes comedies that have followed; many a romantic comedy has The Taming of the Shrew running through its veins.
53:05

Othello with David Harewood

3.0 281 x
Astonishingly, David Harewood was the first black actor to play the great Moorish Venetian general Othello at London’s National Theatre, triumphantly taking on the role—but not until 1997. Now he returns to the play to discover how the centuries have changed our views of it.
January 2015
53:04

King Lear with Christopher Plummer

3.0 76 x
King Lear is universally acknowledged as one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragic roles. Christopher Plummer has played the role under the direction of Sir Jonathan Miller. an McKellen and Simon Russell Beale share their insights into this often-difficult character. And Plummer examines what inspired Shakespeare to write a play about a kingdom divided.
Short videos
00:34Romeo and Juliet with Joseph Fiennes | Preview02/13/2015
02:55Joseph Fiennes on Romeo and Juliet's Famous Balcony Scene02/13/2015
00:35The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman | Preview02/06/2015
00:34Othello with David Harewood | Preview02/06/2015
00:32Series II | Preview01/30/2015
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