The Poets Eye

A tribute to William Shakespeare devised by Geoffrey BucklandSmith and made in connection with the quatrocentenary celebrations Spoken extracts from Shakespeares works read by Stephen Murray blend with visuals of scenes in Britain today which illustrate his references to countryside or childhood and the sea or to the taverns and trades of London Includes sequence of Olivier as Henry V and is accompanied by period music on the lute by Desmond Dupré