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Our free, downloadable map of Shakespeare’s plays features the locations and dates of his comedies, tragedies, and histories across Europe, which can serve as a helpful resource in your classroom to show how each location lends itself to different types of plays.ĭownload the eNotes Shakespeare map of works » The majority are set outside of England, providing his audiences with intriguing, foreign lands and allowing for flexibility in expressing social and political commentary. As the accompanying booklet states the ensemble offers 'some of the most glorious, focused, intelligent and moving Shakespearean acting that is available on screen'.The settings of Shakespeare’s thirty-seven plays cast a wide net across Europe. In truth there is not a dud performance in the series. Ian Holm gave a master class in acting as Richard III. Peggy Ashcroft is superb as the vulnerable yet heroic and ferociously determined Queen Margaret. A previous reviewer has already referred to David Warner's spellbinding performance as Henry VI. There are some wonderful character studies. One of the beauties of the production is the clarity of diction offered by the actors,combined with emotional intensity and intimacy in various soliloquies. The series is an adaptation of the three Henry VI plays plus Richard III. And yet, they produced a masterpiece - possibly the finest televised version of any of Shakespeare's plays.

Makers of the series did not have a huge budget to play with. Three discs,a lot of playing time and not a dull minute. Made over fifty years ago and (at last) available on DVD.

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