Shakespeare’s Restless World
Summary: British Museum Director Neil MacGregor presents Shakespeare's Restless World. The 20-part series looks at the world through the eyes of Shakespeare's audience by exploring objects from that turbulent period.
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The Stratford Chalice is a communion cup that Shakespeare may well have used. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, sheds light on the dramatic religious changes that came in the aftermath of the Reformation.
How Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the globe changed the way Shakespeare's audiences viewed the world and their country's place in it. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, reveals how a medal commemorating this voyage demonstrates how England was engaging with the whole world.
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