TV miniseries / 1982-1982

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare is a TV miniseries from 1982-1982. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 1 seasons and 9 rated episodes.

1 seasons 9 rated episodes 9.1 average 76 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 1
1 9.6
2 9.4
3 8.9
4 9.5
5 9.1
6 8.8
7 8.7
8 8.8
9 9.3

Series summary

About Playing Shakespeare

The rated episodes of Playing Shakespeare have an average IMDb rating of 9.1 based on 76 episode votes. Season 1 has the highest average rating at 9.1 across 9 rated episodes. Season 1 has the lowest average rating at 9.1.

Genre
Documentary
Principal cast
John Barton, David Suchet, Alan Howard, Lisa Harrow, Ben Kingsley, and Patrick Stewart
Writers
John Barton
Directors
John Carlaw and Peter Walker

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S1E1: The Two Traditions The best episode of Playing Shakespeare is S1E1: The Two Traditions with a 9.6 rating / 10 votes
  2. S1E4: Exploring a Character 9.5 rating / 10 votes
  3. S1E2: Using the Verse 9.4 rating / 8 votes
  4. S1E9: Poetry and Hidden Poetry 9.3 rating / 7 votes
  5. S1E5: Set Speeches and Soliloquies 9.1 rating / 8 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S1E7: Passion and Coolness The worse episode of Playing Shakespeare is S1E7: Passion and Coolness with a 8.7 rating / 7 votes
  2. S1E6: Irony and Ambiguity 8.8 rating / 9 votes
  3. S1E8: Rehearsing the Text 8.8 rating / 6 votes
  4. S1E3: Language and Character 8.9 rating / 11 votes
  5. S1E5: Set Speeches and Soliloquies 9.1 rating / 8 votes