William Shakespeare — Biography by A&E [HIGH QUALITY]

Copyright under fair use for educational purposes.
Full title: William Shakespeare -- Life of Drama. Color, approx. 50 mins., VHS, BIOGRAPHY.

TEXT FROM THE TAPE: He is the world's most influential and admired writer, a man whose imaginative genius still moves us, nearly four centuries after his death. William Shakespeare's tumultuous life produced an unmatched legacy of drama and poetry. But the bard's own story remains, for the most part, a mystery. In this remarkable program, BIOGRAPHY(tm) pieces together the clues of Shakespeare's identity, from his comfortable youth in Stratford-on-Avon and his marriage to an older woman at eighteen to the night of carousing that led to his death at age fifty-two. Film excerpts, dramatic readings and location footage provide a glimpse into his little-known life and his astonishing twenty-year career as a playwright and actor. Join BIOGRAPHY(tm) for an in-depth look at William Shakespeare, the greatest writer the English language has ever known.