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An Age of Kings

An Age of Kings

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Overview

A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays — Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III — chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.

Created by Christopher Marlowe
Written by Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Thomas Nashe
Produced by Peter Dews
NetworksBBC One

Themes & Keywords

monarchybased on play or musicaltragedyminiserieslive performanceking of englandhistorical dramabritish monarchyserial

About An Age of Kings

An Age of Kings is a drama, war & politics series that first aired in 1960 exploring themes of monarchy, based on play or musical, tragedy, miniseries, live performance, king of england. Created by Christopher Marlowe, A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays — Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III — chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.

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