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6.6/10   25 votes
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
13 June 1978 (UK) more
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Will Shakespeare Must Be Rolling Over in His Grave... more

Cast

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Tim Curry ... William Shakespeare (6 episodes, 1978)
Paul Freeman ... Dick Burbage (6 episodes, 1978)
John Normington ... Alex Cooke / ... (6 episodes, 1978)
Ron Cook ... Jack Rice (6 episodes, 1978)
Richard Cordery ... Henry Condell (6 episodes, 1978)
Ronald Herdman ... Sam Crosse (6 episodes, 1978)
Roger Lloyd-Pack ... Jack Heminge (6 episodes, 1978)
Michael Hadley ... Augustine Phillips (5 episodes, 1978)
Derek Royle ... William Kempe (5 episodes, 1978)
Nicholas Clay ... Earl of Southampton (4 episodes, 1978)
John McEnery ... Hamnet Sadler (3 episodes, 1978)
Matthew Taylor ... Hercules (3 episodes, 1978)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Will Shakespeare" (UK) (USA) (DVD title)
"William Shakespeare, His Life & Times" (video title)
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Runtime:
60 min (6 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Will Shakespeare Must Be Rolling Over in His Grave..., 1 May 2008
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Author: Cirque_Pierrot from United States

Well, with all due respect to the brilliant actors associated with this production I must heartily disagree with the previous good review, evidently penned by a rabid Tim Curry fan, of this disenchanting mini-series. I felt Ian McShane, in particular, was totally wasted in his role -as Marlowe- and although Tim Curry did the best that could be done, with the sub par material, he was altogether forgettable in the lead. The ambling, misguided, largely fictional account of William Shakespeare's life was aided somewhat by adequate production values, but was not worthy of being aired on prime-time TV, in the US. In fact the ABC network considered showing it, at one point, but was rightfully disappointed with its clumsy, substandard contents. View it if you must, Tim Curry aficionados, but everyone else, I just thought you should be warned...

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