About this season
Francesco da Mosto takes to the Italian road again in search of Shakespeare in Italy.
Episodes (2)
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E1
1. Land Of Love
Aired 3 May 2012 • 59 min
Francesco da Mosto shows how Shakespeare used Italy to tell his most passionate stories.
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E2
2. Land Of Fortune
Aired 10 May 2012 • 59 min
Heading south to Rome, Francesco discovers how in his great Roman plays Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare used this ancient city as a smokescreen to address the most burning political issues of his day while avoiding trouble with the Elizabethan censors.