Black Lucy & The Fair Youth
Clip: Season 50 Episode 1 | 2m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Caroline Randall Williams introduces a party that Lucy and Shakespeare may have attended.
Poet Caroline Randall Williams introduces a party that Lucy (Claudia Monja), Shakespeare (Owen Thorne) and the Fair Youth (Nicolas Scheuer) all may have attended in London in 1594.
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Black Lucy & The Fair Youth
Clip: Season 50 Episode 1 | 2m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Poet Caroline Randall Williams introduces a party that Lucy (Claudia Monja), Shakespeare (Owen Thorne) and the Fair Youth (Nicolas Scheuer) all may have attended in London in 1594.
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Behind the Scenes of "Black Lucy and the Bard"
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Behind the Scenes of "Black Lucy and the Bard." (5m 5s)
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Explore Shakespeare’s love life in this ballet featuring music by Rhiannon Giddens. (30s)
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Shakespeare (Owen Thorne) and Lucy (Claudia Monja) meet for the first time. (3m 5s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...