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A Muse Of Fire

  • Episode aired Oct 6, 1986
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A Muse Of Fire (1986)
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Demonstrates the far-reaching effects of the English of Shakespeare and the King James Bible.Demonstrates the far-reaching effects of the English of Shakespeare and the King James Bible.Demonstrates the far-reaching effects of the English of Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

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    • John Pett
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    • Robert McCrum
    • Robert MacNeil
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    • Robert MacNeil
    • Michael Hordern
    • Penny Downie
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    • Director
      • John Pett
    • Writers
      • Robert McCrum
      • Robert MacNeil
    • Stars
      • Robert MacNeil
      • Michael Hordern
      • Penny Downie
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    Robert MacNeil
    Robert MacNeil
    • Self - Presenter
    Michael Hordern
    Michael Hordern
    • Self - Self…
    Penny Downie
    Penny Downie
    • Self - Self…
    Philip Jackson
    Philip Jackson
    • Bottom
    • (archive footage)
    John Barton
    John Barton
    • Self - Royal Shakespeare Director
    Alec McCowen
    Alec McCowen
    • Prologue in 'Henry V'
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    Stanley Ellis
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    Peter Hall
    Peter Hall
    • Self - Director of National Theatre
    Jim Baker
    • Self - Plimoth Plantation Museum
    Len Travers
    • Self - Plimoth Plantation Museum
    Clifford Arbon
    • Self - East Anglian Dialect Speaker
    Reg Sillock
    • Self - East Anglian Dialect Speaker
    Ron Cook
    Ron Cook
    • Richard III
    • (archive footage)
    Charles Gray
    Charles Gray
    • Duke of York
    • (archive footage)
    Keith Michell
    Keith Michell
    • Marc Antony
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    Nicol Williamson
    Nicol Williamson
    • Macbeth
    • (archive footage)
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      • John Pett
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      • Robert McCrum
      • Robert MacNeil
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      Cider Drinker in Pub: Bear in mind that cider drinking will kill you. It definitely will. It killed my father, cider drinking did. Took 84 years to do it, though.

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      Features The BBC Television Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (1979)

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      • October 6, 1986 (United Kingdom)
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