Dominic Cooke (The Crucible) directed the fifth installment of BBC’s Hollow Crown: “Henry VI Part I” in 2016. The Shakespeare adaptation stars Tom Sturridge (Being Julia) as King Henry VI, Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) as Queen Margaret, and Hugh Bonneville
Here one may link to the Internet Archive edition of Edward the Second. This edition was released in 1622. The website contains pictures of the original copy that can be flipped through. Copies are located in the Boston Public Library, and
Potter, Lois. The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography. Wiley-Blackwell, vol. 11, 2012.
Thomas Harriot Part 1: Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was an English scientist who had made advances in various branches of mathematics such as astronomy and navigation. Part 2: Thomas Harriot was a noteworthy English scientist who many had regarded as the
Samuel Daniel Samuel Daniel (1562-1619) was an English poet, historian, and playwright. Daniel‘s known associates were Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, and Walter Raleigh. Born in 1562, he studied at Oxford University, leaving after three years to study poetry and philosophy, and became a servant of the English ambassador of France. The Countess of Pembroke, Mary Sidney, first taught him