Hollow Crowns
Description
Because his theater company often performed at court, Shakespeare was able to observe the frailty, vanity, and folly of kings firsthand, thus fueling his obsession with what lay behind the mask of royalty. Kingship became the subject of his greatest tragedies - Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear - and in these plays he stripped away that mask to reveal profound truths not just about kings and queens, but about the rest of us too. In this program, Simon Schama explores the great writer's insights into the concept of royal power.
Runtime
60 min
Series
Subjects
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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