There's daggers in men's smiles. Ethan Hawke takes you along as he researches the part of Shakespeare’s murderous Macbeth.Watch Now >>
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. Joely Richardson looks into a pair of cross-dressing comedies: Shakespeare's As You Like It and Twelfth Night.Watch Now >>
You may my glories and my state depose, but not my griefs; still am I king of those. Derek Jacobi looks at Richard II and returns to a role he played 30 years ago: the story of a king who loses his crown.Watch Now >>
He will give the devil his due. Jeremy Irons researches Shakespeare’s history plays as well as the differences between the real history and the father-son drama that Shakespeare creates. Watch Now >>
To be, or not to be: that is the question. David Tennant meets fellow actors who’ve taken on Hamlet and compares notes on how to play a character that's been played, probably, a million different ways. Watch Now >>
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Trevor Nunn, acclaimed director of 30 of Shakespeare’s 37 plays, takes you through the otherworldly and supernatural The Tempest. Watch Now >>
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