THEATRICAL
HISTORY REVEALED IN
“SHAKESPEARE
UNCOVERED, SERIES 3”
Episodes Available on
Digital Beginning October 13
Available on DVD November
6
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for a Preview of the Program
Arlington,
Va. – October 17, 2018 – PBS Distribution announces the release
of “SHAKESPEARE
UNCOVERED, SERIES 3” available on digital beginning October 13 and on DVD November 6. The fascinating history behind Shakespeare’s
greatest plays concludes with celebrated new hosts Helen Hunt, F. Murray Abraham, Romola Garai, Brian
Cox, Simon Russell Beale and
Sir Antony Sher who seamlessly weave their personal passions with
history, biography, iconic performances and new analysis to tell the stories
behind Shakespeare’s most famous works. The
final season investigates “Much Ado
About Nothing,” “The Merchant of Venice,” “Measure for Measure,” “Julius
Caesar,” “The Winter’s Tale” and “Richard III.”
“SHAKESPEARE
UNCOVERED, SERIES 3” will be available beginning October 13 and on DVD ($24.99
SRP) November 6, 2018. The program has a run time of approximately 360 minutes.
“SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED, SERIES 3”
reveals not just the elements in the play, but the history of the play itself.
What sparked the creation of each of these works? Where did Shakespeare find
his plots and what new forms of theater did he forge? What cultural, political
and religious factors influenced his writing? How have the plays been staged
and interpreted from Shakespeare’s time to now? Why at different times has each
play been popular — or ignored? Why has this body of work endured so
thoroughly? What, in the end, makes Shakespeare unique.
SHAKESPEARE UNCOVERED, SERIES 3 is produced by Blakeway Productions, 116
Films and THIRTEEN Productions LLC for WNET in association with PBS and
Shakespeare’s Globe. For Blakeway Productions, Richard Denton and Nicola Stockley are
series producers.
For THIRTEEN, Bill O’Donnell is series producer, with David Horn as executive
producer. Stephen Segaller is executive in charge. Major funding for “SHAKESPEARE
UNCOVERED, SERIES 3” is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the National
Endowment for the Humanities, The Polonsky Foundation, Dana and Virginia Randt,
Elaine & W. Weldon Wilson, the Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment, the
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Jody and John Arnhold, and PBS. Broadcasts will be
accompanied by rich education and community outreach efforts in conjunction
with PBS member stations and on PBS
LearningMedia.
About WNET
WNET is
America’s flagship PBS station and parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21, home to ALL ARTS. WNET also operates NJTV, the
statewide public media network in New Jersey. Through its broadcast channels,
three cable services (THIRTEEN PBSKids, Create and World) and online streaming
sites, WNET brings quality arts, education and public affairs programming to
more than five million viewers each week. WNET produces and presents such
acclaimed PBS series as Nature, Great Performances,
American
Masters, PBS NewsHour Weekend, the new
nightly interview program Amanpour and Company
and a range of documentaries, children’s programs, and local news and cultural
offerings. WNET’s groundbreaking series for children and young adults include Get the Math,
Oh Noah!
and Cyberchase
as well as Mission
US, the award-winning interactive history experience. WNET
highlights the tri-state’s unique issues and culture through NJTV News with
Mary Alice Williams and MetroFocus, NYC-ARTS, Treasures of New
York, Theater
Close-Up, and WLIW Arts Beat.
WNET creates online-only programming, including the award-winning series about
gender identity, First Person. Through
multi-platform initiatives Chasing the Dream: Poverty
and Opportunity in America and Peril and Promise: The
Challenge of Climate Change, WNET showcases the human stories around
these issues and promising solutions.
The weekly program SciTech Now
explores the nexus of new ideas in science and technology. Through THIRTEEN Passport and WLIW Passport,
station members can stream new and archival THIRTEEN, WLIW and PBS programming
anytime, anywhere.
About PBS Distribution
PBS Distribution is a leading distributor of public
media content around the world, reaching audiences through multiple platforms
including digital distribution of OTT branded channels, TVOD, SVOD and VOD, as
well as through theatrical licensing, DVD and Blu-ray sales, inflight
entertainment and international licensing.
PBS
Distribution offers consumers and educators over 4,000 programming hours of the
highest quality factual, scripted and children’s programming, including films
from producer Ken Burns, hit dramas from MASTERPIECE, entertaining and
educational children’s series and award-winning documentaries from NOVA,
FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and many independent
producers. For over 20 years, the company has extended the reach of programming
beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system,
stations and producers.
SHAKESPEARE
UNCOVERED, SERIES 3
Street
Date: November 6, 2018
Genre:
Documentary
Run
Time: Approximately 360 minutes on 2 discs
SRP:
DVD, $24.99
Format:
DVD and Digital
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