Long before he was The Bard, William Shakespeare was a broke, teenage father hustling to survive London’s cutthroat theatrical underworld. Navigating the deadly bubonic plague, family debt and brutal rivalries, how did an ordinary tradesman's son become a world-famous master playwright?
Dan Snow is joined by Rory Loughnane, author of 'Shakespeare at Thirty', to look at the luck, talent and gritty hustle that forged The Bard.
Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.
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