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Celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday may seem retrograde, but his plays reveal what drama can do. Here’s how I advise students to read the work.
April 23, 2021
William Shakespeare: Five unconventional movie adaptations
April 23, 2014
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Sept. 22, 2011
April 7, 2011
William Shakespeare, whose 450th birthday is being celebrated around the world Wednesday, never seems to go out of vogue for movie directors eager to put their own spin on his classic texts.
The 400th anniversary of beloved poet and playwright William Shakespeare’s death will be marked around the world on Saturday.
April 22, 2016
Good old Will. Always up for an adventure, and if you got in a scrape, he’d stand by you to the end.
April 16, 1992
As an adolescent, I lumped reading Shakespeare and flossing my teeth under the same heading: beneficial but boring.
April 9, 1992
For centuries scholars have generally accepted the notion that William Shakespeare “never blotted out a line,” a claim made by the actors in his company, according to Shakespeare’s contemporary, Ben Jonson.
March 23, 1987
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March 10, 2009