Will Shakespeare (series)
- User score: 10
- Production country: GB
- Creator: John Mortimer
- Production companies: ITV
- Release date: 6/13/1978
- Release date of last episode: 7/18/1978
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 6
- Run time: 50 min.
Series description
Will Shakespeare, also known as Life of Shakespeare and William Shakespeare: His Life & Times, was a 1978 historical drama series created and written by John Mortimer. Broadcast in six parts, the series is a dramatisation of the life and times of the great poet William Shakespeare played by Tim Curry, and was co-produced by Lew Grade's ATV and RAI and distributed internationally by ITC. The two production companies had collaborated successfully before on Jesus of Nazareth the previous year.
