TV series
An Age of Kings
1960 · 1 season
Stately, talk-heavy Shakespeare staged live in cramped black-and-white studios, rewarding patience with slow-building political menace and grand language.
- Created by
- Peter Dews
- Genres
- Drama, War & politics
- Starring
- John Sharp, Sean Connery, Violet Carson
- Overview
- A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays — Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III — chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.
- How it feels
- Earnest, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Power, betrayal, war, ambition
- Content
- Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Peter Dews
- Genres
- Drama, War & politics
- Starring
- John Sharp, Sean Connery, Violet Carson
