Name: Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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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."

Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

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."

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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How Shakespeare, a glover's son from rural Stratford, becomes a creative genius who is nourished by a dangerous and exciting world filled with bitter rivalries, rebellion, murder and deadly plague.

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