Season 1

2012-05-03 · 59m

Francesco da Mosto shows how Shakespeare used Italy to tell his most passionate stories.

2012-05-10 · 59m

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.