Fri. Jan. 30 9-11pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 | In this series, star hosts including Morgan Freeman, Kim Cattrall, Joseph Fiennes, Hugh Bonneville, David Harewood and Christopher Plummer each explore an iconic work by William Shakespeare, revealing their personal connection to the work and how it has shaped them professionally.
They embark on a journey to find out how their chosen play was written, as well as meeting actors, historians, and directors to understand how the plays have been performed and developed over time. They aim to find out where Shakespeare got his stories from and what makes these plays, now over 400 years old, universally acknowledged as great masterpieces of theater.
At 9:00 p.m. on A Midsummer Night's Dream with Hugh Bonneville, who began his career as an understudy for Ralph Fiennes in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Open Air Theatre in London's Regent's Park, reflects on the play's enduring appeal with Fiennes.
Then at 10:00 p.m. take a look at King Lear with Christopher Plummer, who first played the title role in 2002 under the direction of Jonathan Miller. He explores how the play may have been staged in Shakespeare's time and talks about playing the king with Ian McKellen.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream With Hugh Bonneville
Sat. Jan. 31 at 9pm on WKAR World
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King Lear With Christopher Plummer
Sat. Jan. 31 at 3am on WKAR-HD
Mon. Feb. 2 at 4am on WKAR-HD
Mon. Feb. 9 at 1am on WKAR World
Mon. Feb. 9 at 9am on WKAR World
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