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BBC R4 Documentary - 'Shakespeare's Restless World'
Broadcast in twenty parts April-May, 2012
Coded from a digital source at 64/22.1

1. England Goes Global
1/20 Assessing the impact of Sir Francis Drake's
Circumnavigation Medal.  

2. Communion and Conscience
2/20 Neil MacGregor uses the Stratford Chalice to
explore the world in Shakespeare's time.

3. Snacking Through Shakespeare
3/20 A fork found on the site of the Rose Theatre
reveals what people ate in the Bard's time.

4. Life without Elizabeth
4/20 The story behind a portrait justifying Elizabeth I's
position in the Tudor succession.

5. Swordplay and Swagger
5/20 Neil MacGregor explores the essential accoutrements
of any self-respecting gentleman.

6. Europe: Triumphs of the Past
6/20 What Henry V's armoury tells us about the depiction
of history on the Elizabeth stage.

7. Ireland: Failures in the Present
7/20 A rare woodcut offers an insight into the troubles
and tragedies of Elizabethan Ireland.

8. City Life, Urban Strife
8/20 Neil MacGregor explores life in Shakespeare's London
through an apprentice's woollen cap.

9. New Science, Old Magic
9/20 A disc of black obsidian from Mexico reflects the
Elizabethan fascination with astrology.

10. Toil and Trouble
10/20 A model ship hung in a church reveals the differences
between Scottish and English witches

11. Treason and Plots
11/20 Tabloid history of Shakespeare's England via contemporary
accounts of royal murder plots.

12. Sex and the City
12/20 Neil MacGregor on how a delicate glass goblet reveals
the twin seductions of Venice.

13. From London to Marrakech
13/20 Sunken gold from West Africa sheds light on England's
complex relationship with the Moors.

14. Disguise and Deception
14/20 A pedlar's trunk reveals deception and religion,
cross-dressing and travelling salesmen.

15. The Flag That Failed
15/20 The problems in creating a Great Britain are
encapsulated in designs for a common flag.

16. A Time of Change, a Change of Time
16/20 A striking clock reveals the changing relationship
Shakespeare's audiences had to time.

17. Plague and the Playhouse
17/20 Early 17th-century proclamations reveal the impact
of the 1603 plague outbreak.

18. London Becomes Rome
18/20 Neil MacGregor surveys the triumphal arches created
for James I's entry into London.

19. The Theatres of Cruelty
19/20 A human eyeball in a silver setting gives a striking
insight into the theatre of cruelty.

20. Shakespeare Goes Global
20/20 How a folio of collected plays in 1623 began the
creation of a global phenomenon.

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