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In Search of Shakespeare :: A Time of Revolution (01x01)

 
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Title: A Time of Revolution
Episode #: 01x01
Original Airdate: Monday November 14th, 2005
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Writer: Michael Wood (3)
 
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The first episode sets Shakespeare's life in the early years of Elizabeth's reign, at the beginning of Elizabeth's Cultural Revolution. We set the scene with the seesaw politics of England in the twenty years since Henry VIII's split with Rome. The age is marked by the battle of conscience and power, which will lead to religious and class struggle, and eventually to Civil War. Through local documents - and with the help of the modern-day town councilors - we follow William's father's career in a small town, rising to become Alderman and Mayor. Contrary to the myth, Shakespeare came from an upwardly mobile family
 
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Michael Wood (3)playedHost
 
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ProducerRebecca Dobbs
 
 
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