Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman (2015)

ALL 02/12/2015 (en) Documentary, History 60 Min
  • Release
    02/12/2015
  • Production
    Maya Vision International, BBC
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  • Original title
    Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary woman in a time of revolution. Born during the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Arden is the daughter of a Warwickshire farmer, but she marries into a new life in the rising Tudor middle class in Stratford-upon-Avon. There she has eight children, three of whom die young. Her husband becomes mayor, but is bankrupted by his shady business dealings. Faced with financial ruin, religious persecution and power politics, the family is the glue that keeps them together until they are rescued by Mary's successful eldest son - William Shakespeare!

  1. Peter Harvey

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Michael Wood

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Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman (2015) 60 Min

ALL 02/12/2015 (en)
Documentary, History
  • Release 02/12/2015
  • Production
    Maya Vision International, BBC
  • Original title Shakespeare's Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary woman in a time of revolution. Born during the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Arden is the daughter of a Warwickshire farmer, but she marries into a new life in the rising Tudor middle class in Stratford-upon-Avon. There she has eight children, three of whom die young. Her husband becomes mayor, but is bankrupted by his shady business dealings. Faced with financial ruin, religious persecution and power politics, the family is the glue that keeps them together until they are rescued by Mary's successful eldest son - William Shakespeare!

  1. Peter Harvey

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer