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Season 1, Episode 33: The Life & Death of King John

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King Richard I, the revered 'Lionheart', is dead. His brother John has become King of England, but the French argue that the throne should belong to the boy Arthur, son of John's deceased older brother Geoffrey. Matching the dispute over the throne is a dispute over inheritance in the noble Falconbridge family. French and English forces fight for the town of Angiers in France; a citizen proposes that the opponents should be united by a marriage between Lewis the Dauphin, heir to France, and John's niece, Lady Blanche. John is excommunicated for failing to agree to the Pope's choice for the post of Archbishop of Canterbury. The papal legate Cardinal Pandulph stirs the French to resume war against the English.

All Episodes - Season 1

Romeo & Juliet
Episode 1
Romeo & Juliet
 King Richard the Second
Episode 2
King Richard the Second
 As You Like It
Episode 3
As You Like It
 Julius Caesar
Episode 4
Julius Caesar
 Measure for Measure
Episode 5
Measure for Measure
 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
Episode 6
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
 The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur
Episode 7
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur
 The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift
Episode 8
The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift
 The Life of Henry the Fifth
Episode 9
The Life of Henry the Fifth
 Twelfth Night
Episode 10
Twelfth Night
 The Tempest
Episode 11
The Tempest
 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Episode 12
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
 The Taming of the Shrew
Episode 13
The Taming of the Shrew
 The Merchant of Venice
Episode 14
The Merchant of Venice
 All's Well That Ends Well
Episode 15
All's Well That Ends Well
 The Winter's Tale
Episode 16
The Winter's Tale
 Timon of Athens
Episode 17
Timon of Athens
 Antony and Cleopatra
Episode 18
Antony and Cleopatra
 Othello
Episode 19
Othello
 Troilus and Cressida
Episode 20
Troilus and Cressida
 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Episode 21
A Midsummer Night's Dream
 King Lear
Episode 22
King Lear
 The Merry Wives of Windsor
Episode 23
The Merry Wives of Windsor
 The First Part of Henry the Sixth
Episode 24
The First Part of Henry the Sixth
 The Second Part of Henry the Sixth
Episode 25
The Second Part of Henry the Sixth
 The Third Part of Henry the Sixth
Episode 26
The Third Part of Henry the Sixth
 The Tragedy of Richard III
Episode 27
The Tragedy of Richard III
 Cymbeline
Episode 28
Cymbeline
 Macbeth
Episode 29
Macbeth
 The Comedy of Errors
Episode 30
The Comedy of Errors
 The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Episode 31
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
 The Tragedy of Coriolanus
Episode 32
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
 The Life & Death of King John
Episode 33
The Life & Death of King John
 Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Episode 34
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
 Much Ado About Nothing
Episode 35
Much Ado About Nothing
 Love's Labour's Lost
Episode 36
Love's Labour's Lost
 Titus Andronicus
Episode 37
Titus Andronicus
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