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Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
Travel back to a bygone Stratford-upon-Avon with the BFI's fascinating travelogues.
  1. Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
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    Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
  2. Cheek by Jowl's Measure for Measure - Angelo
    03:15
    Cheek by Jowl's Measure for Measure - Angelo
  3. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: As You Like It
    02:12
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: As You Like It
  4. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: All's Well That Ends Well
    02:52
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: All's Well That Ends Well
  5. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Much Ado About Nothing
    01:32
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Much Ado About Nothing
  6. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: The Comedy of Errors
    03:07
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: The Comedy of Errors
  7. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: The Winter's Tale
    01:34
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: The Winter's Tale
  8. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: The Taming of the Shrew
    02:31
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: The Taming of the Shrew
  9. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Timon of Athens
    02:36
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Timon of Athens
  10. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Othello
    02:52
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Othello
  11. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Coriolanus
    02:20
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Coriolanus
  12. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry V
    01:25
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry V
  13. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry IV, Part II
    02:33
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry IV, Part II
  14. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry IV, Part I
    02:45
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry IV, Part I
  15. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: King John
    03:09
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: King John
  16. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: King Lear
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    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: King Lear
  17. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet
    02:53
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Romeo and Juliet
  18. Much Ado About Nothing starring Maggie Smith (1967)
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    Much Ado About Nothing starring Maggie Smith (1967)
  19. Shakespeare's EastEnders - remixed theme tune
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    Shakespeare's EastEnders - remixed theme tune
  20. Shakespeare meets The Archers - Lynda Snell (2012)
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    Shakespeare meets The Archers - Lynda Snell (2012)
  21. Shakespeare Lives The Complete Walk: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
    02:43
    Shakespeare Lives The Complete Walk: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
  22. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: The Merry Wives of Windsor
    02:31
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: The Merry Wives of Windsor
  23. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Measure for Measure
    02:37
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Measure for Measure
  24. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
    02:55
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
  25. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry VIII
    03:10
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Henry VIII
  26. Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Cymbeline
    02:38
    Shakespeare's Globe The Complete Walk: Cymbeline
  27. The Magic Behind Derek Jarman's 1979 Film of The Tempest
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    The Magic Behind Derek Jarman's 1979 Film of The Tempest
  28. Rehearsing the fights - A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe
    13:37
    Rehearsing the fights - A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe
  29. Directing the live broadcast - Shakespeare's Globe's A Midsummer Night's Dream
    07:20
    Directing the live broadcast - Shakespeare's Globe's A Midsummer Night's Dream
  30. Introducing #DreamLive
    21:30
    Introducing #DreamLive
  31. The Midsummer Musical Journey - Shakespeare's Globe's Dream
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    The Midsummer Musical Journey - Shakespeare's Globe's Dream
  32. Bottom and his banjolele
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    Bottom and his banjolele
  33. Jack shall have Jill (and Jill shall have Jill)
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    Jack shall have Jill (and Jill shall have Jill)
  34. Lysander sings to Hermia
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    Lysander sings to Hermia
  35. A Beyonce-infused Midsummer Night's Dream
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    A Beyonce-infused Midsummer Night's Dream
  36. The final dance from the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream
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    The final dance from the cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream
  37. Audience interaction from Puck and her banana
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    Audience interaction from Puck and her banana
  38. The longest death scene in Shakespeare (in just over a minute!)
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    The longest death scene in Shakespeare (in just over a minute!)
  39. Sitar playing for A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe
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    Sitar playing for A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe
  40. Behind the scenes at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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    Behind the scenes at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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