The Peaky Blinders<\/a> creator is developing a drama series based on the life of William Shakespeare, from a concept by Lancashire, with the series being a co-production between Kudos and Lancashire\u2019s own production company, Via Pictures.<\/p>\n The synopsis for the drama says: \u201cFor the first time on television, the drama will tell the complete and thrilling story of the glove-maker\u2019s son who became the greatest storyteller in history. And how one man\u2019s genius survived and thrived in an age of turmoil and terror, danger and disease.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first full account of the passion, people and politics that made William Shakespeare the world\u2019s most famous dramatist and the men and women around him who loved and laboured, schemed and plotted, killed and connived in one of the most dangerous and exciting periods in history.\u201d<\/p>\n Lancashire said: \u201cVia Pictures are very pleased to be collaborating with Kudos and the brilliant Steven Knight to screen the remarkable story of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries. This is a thrilling project about a golden age beset by plague, Puritanism and deadly politics.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Knight added: \u201cI\u2019m excited to be embarking on what will be a landmark TV production telling the dramatic story of the world\u2019s most accomplished writer. It\u2019s a period I love and the team that has been put together is extraordinary. It\u2019s a story that begins in the West Midlands and is close to my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n The series isn\u2019t currently attached to a specific broadcaster, but will be one of a number of projects to be produced at Knight\u2019s Digbeth Loc Studios in Birmingham.<\/p> Other projects coming from the studios include This Town<\/a>, the drama set against the backdrop of the ska and two-tone scene in the Midlands in the late \u201970s and early \u201980s, and the Peaky Blinders movie, which Knight gave an update on<\/a> when speaking with RadioTimes.com<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n He said that the movie will be \u201cthe same but different\u201d<\/a>, adding that viewers should \u201cexpect the unexpected\u201d.<\/p> ![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/04\/GettyImages-51246881-e63bb53.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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