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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Friday
Apr 10

2:30 am

1 Hour

William Shakespeare leaves the small rural town of Stratford to pursue his dream of becoming a playwright in the dangerous, growing metropolis of London; public theatre is red-hot modernity and Shakespeare begins his journey at the very bottom.
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Friday
Apr 10

2:00 pm

1 Hour

William Shakespeare leaves the small rural town of Stratford to pursue his dream of becoming a playwright in the dangerous, growing metropolis of London; public theatre is red-hot modernity and Shakespeare begins his journey at the very bottom.
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Sunday
Apr 12

5:00 pm

1 Hour

A 30-year-old Shakespeare is at the top of his game -- he's got a job at England's best theater company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the money is rolling in; a tragedy leads to the creation of "Hamlet."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Sunday
Apr 12

10:00 pm

1 Hour

A 30-year-old Shakespeare is at the top of his game -- he's got a job at England's best theater company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the money is rolling in; a tragedy leads to the creation of "Hamlet."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Thursday
Apr 16

8:00 pm

1 Hour

A 30-year-old Shakespeare is at the top of his game -- he's got a job at England's best theater company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the money is rolling in; a tragedy leads to the creation of "Hamlet."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Thursday
Apr 16

11:30 pm

1 Hour

A 30-year-old Shakespeare is at the top of his game -- he's got a job at England's best theater company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the money is rolling in; a tragedy leads to the creation of "Hamlet."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Friday
Apr 17

2:30 am

1 Hour

A 30-year-old Shakespeare is at the top of his game -- he's got a job at England's best theater company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the money is rolling in; a tragedy leads to the creation of "Hamlet."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Friday
Apr 17

2:00 pm

1 Hour

A 30-year-old Shakespeare is at the top of his game -- he's got a job at England's best theater company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men and the money is rolling in; a tragedy leads to the creation of "Hamlet."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Sunday
Apr 19

5:00 pm

1 Hour

Shakespeare's life and legacy are threatened when the Gunpowder Plot unearths a secret he has worked all his life to bury; when his daughter is implicated in the fallout, Shakespeare produces "Macbeth."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Sunday
Apr 19

10:00 pm

1 Hour

Shakespeare's life and legacy are threatened when the Gunpowder Plot unearths a secret he has worked all his life to bury; when his daughter is implicated in the fallout, Shakespeare produces "Macbeth."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Thursday
Apr 23

8:00 pm

1 Hour

Shakespeare's life and legacy are threatened when the Gunpowder Plot unearths a secret he has worked all his life to bury; when his daughter is implicated in the fallout, Shakespeare produces "Macbeth."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Thursday
Apr 23

11:30 pm

1 Hour

Shakespeare's life and legacy are threatened when the Gunpowder Plot unearths a secret he has worked all his life to bury; when his daughter is implicated in the fallout, Shakespeare produces "Macbeth."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Friday
Apr 24

2:30 am

1 Hour

Shakespeare's life and legacy are threatened when the Gunpowder Plot unearths a secret he has worked all his life to bury; when his daughter is implicated in the fallout, Shakespeare produces "Macbeth."
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Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

Friday
Apr 24

2:00 pm

1 Hour

Shakespeare's life and legacy are threatened when the Gunpowder Plot unearths a secret he has worked all his life to bury; when his daughter is implicated in the fallout, Shakespeare produces "Macbeth."

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