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Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 1: The Monument and the Man

Nov 13, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
William Shakespeare's Last Will and Testament
02:48 • 4min
3
Shakespeare's Death and the Last Resting Documents
07:02 • 2min
4
William Shakespeare - A Memoir of the Dead Writer
09:19 • 3min
5
Shakespeare's Memorial and the Inscriptions
12:40 • 3min
6
Shakespeare's First Folio
15:48 • 3min
7
Shakespeare - The Soul of the Age by Ben Jonson
18:53 • 3min
8
The Great Weapon of Promotion and Pride in the English Language and the English People
22:06 • 3min
9
The First Eulogy by Ben Jonson - The Only First Hand Description of Shakespeare
25:10 • 3min
10
Johnson's Misgivings About Shakespeare
28:32 • 3min
11
Shakespeare - A Brief History
31:39 • 3min
12
Shakespeare and the Restoration Period
34:45 • 3min
13
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
38:09 • 2min
14
Shakespeare and the English Language
40:20 • 3min
15
The Rise of Shakespeare
43:22 • 2min
16
Shakespeare - The First Shakespeare Festival
45:45 • 5min
17
Shakespeare in Love
50:25 • 2min
18
Shakespeare and Love - The Myth of the Lone Genius
52:44 • 3min
19
The Shakespeare Myth
55:51 • 3min
20
Shakespeare - What Do We Learn From Them?
58:53 • 3min
21
William Shakespeare - A Brief History
01:01:37 • 3min
22
William Shakespeare - The First Marriage License
01:04:43 • 3min
23
William Shakespeare and the Coat of Arms
01:07:47 • 3min
24
William Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre
01:10:49 • 3min
25
The Full Paper Trail Left Behind by William Shakespeare
01:13:35 • 3min
26
William Shakespeare and Edmund Shaspeare
01:16:38 • 4min
27
Shakespeare's Relationship With His Wife
01:20:13 • 2min
28
Shakespeare's Poems
01:22:36 • 3min
29
Shakespeare, Among the English, Is the Most Excellent in Both Kinds
01:25:35 • 3min
30
The Boar Without a Head
01:28:34 • 3min
31
Shakespeare and the University Poets
01:31:29 • 3min
32
Shakespeare - A Little Story From Shakespeare's Plays
01:34:47 • 3min
33
The Scourge of Folly by John Davies
01:37:39 • 3min
34
The Last Reference in Writing Print to William Shakespeare Before He Died in 1616
01:40:46 • 3min
35
The Sonnets Tell Us Something Important About Shakespeare
01:43:40 • 2min