An Age of Kings (1960)

Directed by

Michael Hayes

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 15 episodes

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1960 BBC television series adapts eight of Shakespeare's history plays into fifteen episodes. It covers the turbulent reigns from Richard II through Richard III in chronological order.

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What happens

An Age of Kings is a fifteen-part serial adaptation of the eight sequential history plays of William Shakespeare (Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), produced and broadcast in Britain by the BBC in 1960. The United States broadcast of the series the following year was hosted by University of Southern California professor Frank Baxter, who provided an introduction for each episode specifically tailored for the American audience. At the time, the show was the most ambitious Shakespearean television adaptation ever made and was a critical and commercial success in both the UK and the US. Performed live, all episodes were telerecorded during their original broadcast. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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