CivilisationTV(1969)

Overview

Sir Kenneth Clark guides us through the ages exploring the glorious rise of civilisation in western man. Beginning with the bleakness of the dark ages to the present day, we consider civilisation's articulations and expressions in some of man's finest works of art.

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Kenneth Clark

Himself - Host

Ian Richardson

Hamlet

Ronald Lacey

Gravedigger

Patrick Stewart

Horatio

William Devlin

King Lear

Eric Porter

Macbeth (voice)

Cecil Day-Lewis

Poetry reader (voice)

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