152 minutes well spent. Playing Shakespeare (not reading him.) As with all this presentation it is the living breathing actors that give value and depth to the series. Words that evolve and describe the world we live in.
1 Chaucer- Ted Hughes, 1384-1984
2 Old English- including "Beowulf."
3 Chaucer, 1340-1400 including "The Canterbury Tales"
4 Medieval-Elizabethan, 1400-1600
5 Shakespeare, 1564-1616
6 Metaphysical & Devotional, 1590-1670
7 Milton, 1608-1745
8 Restoration & Augustan, 1660-1745
9 Romantic Pioneers, 1750-1805
10 Wordsworth, 1770-1850
11 Younger Romantics, 1800-1824
12 Victorians, 1837-1901
13 American Pioneers, 1855-1910
14 Romantics & Realists, 1870-1920
15 Early Twentieth Century, 1914-1939
16 Towards the Present, 1934-1984
FYI there are subtitles.
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