What’s it like to play the great Shakespearean roles? This forthcoming documentary film introduced a season of classic Shakespeare performances on More 4.

To Be Or Not To Be…In Shakespeare explores the human realities of taking on these iconic parts. Some of the nation’s most celebrated interpreters of Shakespeare have been interviewed in a witty and revealing exploration of the agonies and the ecstasies of playing the Bard. The results are an engaging insight into the greatest dramatic writer ever born, by some of the people who have gotten to know him best – the actors who have spent huge swathes of a lifetime playing his roles

This one-off documentary film was first broadcast on More 4 on Christmas Day 2008.  For more information about the programme click here.