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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

4.2/ 102023Episode runtime

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Love, conflict, family - nobody's done it better. Acting legends reflect on the greatest writer who ever lived – and the dangerous, exciting world that ignited his creativity.

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Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

Self - Narrator

Daniel Boyarsky

Daniel Boyarsky

William Shakespeare

Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley

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Brian Cox

Brian Cox

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Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

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Judi Dench

Judi Dench

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Lolita Chakrabarti

Lolita Chakrabarti

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Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

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