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Artsnight

Not Shakespeare

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News Middle EastLatest broadcast: on BBC News North America

Writer and broadcaster Andrew Marr takes over editorial control of the arts series. He wants to champion some great Renaissance dramatists whose stories have been neglected because they worked at the same time as William Shakespeare. Andrew believes our obsession with the Bard of Avon has fatally distorted our view of the Tudor and Jacobean period. Andrew talks to director Sir Trevor Nunn, director of a new production of Ben Jonson's great satire Volpone, while the Artistic Director of the RSC Greg Doran talks about the master of blood and guts drama - John Ford. Andrew also explores the dramatic life and death of Christopher Marlowe, as well as seeing how these forgotten Renaissance playwrights created roles for women just as good as Lady Macbeth. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Series Producer:
John Mullen
Executive Producer:
Janet Lee
Participant:
Trevor Nunn
Participant:
Greg Doran

Series

Artsnight

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