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Bill: the story behind the early life of Shakespeare
The stars of Horrible Histories and Yonderland discuss Bill, their 2015 feature film about Shakespeare’s ‘Lost Years’.
Overview
Writers Ben Willbond and Laurence Rickard and actors Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby and Martha Howe-Douglas talk about the making of Bill (2015). Willbond and Rickard talk about the development of the story and the shooting locations that evoked Elizabethan London, while Howick, Farnaby and Howe-Douglas discuss their roles.
Panel hosted by programmer Justin Johnson.
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