The Shakespeare Plays, PBS, 8p.m. E.S.T., starting March 26
Everybody applauded when the BBC announced that it would bring all of Shakespeare's 37 plays to television, and clapped again when the first six were aired on PBS last year. The second round of applause was more out of duty than enthusiasm, however: with the exception of Richard II, the productions were disappointing. But with the next three plays—Henry IV, Parts One and Two, and Henry V— the series has redeemed itself and given lively hope for the future.
The three plays have been called the Henriad, so smoothly does one follow another. In...
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