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Will Shakespeare (1978)

Ended ★ 10.0/10 1 Season 6 Episodes 50m Drama
Created By: John Mortimer
Network: ITV1

Description

Will Shakespeare, also known as Life of Shakespeare and William Shakespeare: His Life & Times, was a 1978 historical drama series created and written by John Mortimer. Broadcast in six parts, the series is a dramatisation of the life and times of the great poet William Shakespeare played by Tim Curry, and was co-produced by Lew Grade's ATV and RAI and distributed internationally by ITC. The two production companies had collaborated successfully before on Jesus of Nazareth the previous year.

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Tim Curry
Tim Curry William Shakespeare
Paul Freeman
Paul Freeman Dick Burbage
John Normington
John Normington Alex Cooke
Ron Cook
Ron Cook Jack Rice
Ronald Herdman Sam Crosse
Roger Lloyd Pack
Roger Lloyd Pack Jack Heminge

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