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What was life like for Shakespeare's first viewers? In a period of politics and spiritual unrest and economic expansion, how do Elizabethan play-goers seem sensible with their changing world? What do the plays imply to the public when these were first performed? In this amazing series, Neil MacGregor tries to answer these questions by examining 20 objects from that turbulent period. You will find grand objects such as a communion chalice, a Venetian goblet, and Dr Dee's mirror, as well as each day items such as a theatregoer's fork and an apprentice's cap. From Drake's circumnavigation medal for an vision relic, he uses these objects to explore the problems that designed Shakespeare's has, and considers what they show about the concerns and beliefs of Shakespearean Great britain. Talking with scholars, historians and experts, he talks about the topics increased - everything from exploration and discovery to violence, entertainment, and the plague.
