Librettist of some of Handel's greatest oratorios ('Messiah', 'Saul', 'Belshazzar' and 'L'Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Moderato') and one of his keenest patrons, Charles Jennens was also a pioneering Shakespeare editor, the creator of a magnificent Palladian mansion, a generous benefactor and friend, a devout defender of revealed religion, a political outsider, and a complex personality. This film helps shed light on this
extraordinary man with interviews with Handel scholar Dr Ruth Smith, conductor Paul McCreesh and singer Roderick Williams.

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