The Horrible Histories’ rendition of the life of William Shakespeare was
a huge disappointment. It portrays the idea that Shakespeare simply got lucky
and was in the right place at the right time to get his plays performed and
save the day at the same time rather than pay tribute to Shakespeare’s genius.
The plot becomes even more unrealistic when King Philip II arrives in a landing
party of just four men and overpowers a whole squad of soldiers and later
kidnaps Shakespeare’s wife. There's no attempt to educate the viewer (much
unlike the TV series which has a puppeted rat which acts as a narrator) and the
action is just too slow and drawn out. Confusion reigns when the actors double
up as other characters as they’re clearly underdeveloped, and the whole thing
just seems to be a group of actors who enjoy dressing up in period dress have
been given permission to remain in costume for a little bit longer.
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