In Search Of Shakespeare Michael Wood, host of In Search Of Shakespeare, explores the life of the world's greatest writer. Mixing travel, adventure, interviews and specially shot sequences with the Royal Shakespeare Company on the road, the series sets the life of Shakespeare in the turbulent times in which he lived - an era of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. When's it on? Visit the Site What relevance do you think Shakespeare has today? Which of Shakespeare's plays is your favorite? Why? Do you believe that William Shakespeare truly wrote the plays and poems attributed to him? If not, whom do you consider the prime candidate? Does it matter? What are your thoughts about the role of religion in Elizabethan England? What, to you, was the most interesting or most surprising revelation in this series? What lessons do you think the world could learn from the England of Shakespeare's time? Michael Wood says that writers are always dangerous to authoritarian regimes. What do you think? If you've ever attended a play in an outdoor theatre, how did that presentation change your experience of the performance? What do you think about Shakespeare's plays being done non-traditionally, i.e. with sets and costumes that don't reflect the Elizabethan era?
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