Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Host Michael Wood and Creator/Executive Producer Craig Pearce discuss the rock & roll lifestyle of the theater, the real riots that often erupted around the theater, and the roles of the apprentices. They discuss the influence of the Punk Rock movement of the 70s in London on this specific episode, and how both the music and the dress trends of 70s London were blended with Elizabethan dress trends to create what viewers see and hear in Will. Plus, they reveal the mysterious "dark lady" to whom Shakespeare was thought to have written over half of his sonnets.
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