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Would Shakespeare’s poisons and drugs work in reality?
Can a potion make you fall in love? Can you poison someone through their ear? Scientists have tried to uncover the facts behind the Bard's fiction.
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Why These Booksellers Think They Bought Shakespeare’s Dictionary
Two rare booksellers who reside in New York claim they own an annotated dictionary they believe belonged to the master bard himself, William Shakespeare.
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Top 10 novels inspired by Shakespeare
It's the end of Shakespeare's birthday week, but the playwright has provided year-round inspiration for writers from Herman Melville to Patricia Highsmith
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Shakespeare First Folio discovered in French library
Shakespeare First Folio – one of only around 230 still in existence – found in French town library
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The Radicalization of Jar Jar Binks
When the author of William Shakespeare’s Star Wars took on The Phantom Menace, he turned the Gungan from embarrassing footnote to revolutionary.
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'True face of Shakespeare' appears in botany book
A 400-year-old botany book contains what could be the only known portrait of William Shakespeare made in his lifetime, according to an academic expert.
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The Shakespeare Algorithm
Can linguistic analysis settle the question of who wrote a lousy play?
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“Hell is Empty and All the Devils are Here”: A Shakespearean Guide to the 2016 Republican Primary.
Donald Trump … many a man hath more hair than wit.
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Shakespeare’s Lost Weed Sonnets
Sonnet No. 156: Rough kids do snatch the darling buds from May’s.
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The Unified Theory of Ophelia: On Women, Writing, and Mental Illness
The author on why she believes Ophelia is the most important character William Shakespeare ever created. By B.N. Harrison.
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Shakespeare's skull probably stolen by grave robbers, study finds
Radar scan of Bard’s grave for documentary shows his head appears to be missing – but it puts other myths to bed.
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Shakespeare's 21st-Century Makeover
The first volumes of the Pelican Shakespeare’s latest iteration, which hit bookshelves this week, are bold and very different from their more traditional predecessors. Designed by the 24-year-old Indian-born artist Manuja Waldia, each new cover features a single graphic icon, interpreting works including Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet through a contemporary, minimalist lens.
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The Poisons, Potions, and Charms of Shakespeare’s Plays
Potions, poisons, and symbolic herbs are frequent plot devices in the plays of William Shakespeare, and reflect the medical knowledge of his time.
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How Shakespeare Lives Now
We speak of Shakespeare’s works as if they were stable reflections of his original intentions, but they continue to circulate precisely because they are so amenable to metamorphosis. They have left his world, passed into ours, and become part of us. And when we in turn have vanished, they will continue to exist, tinged perhaps in small ways by our own lives and fates, and will become part of others whom he could not have foreseen and whom we can barely imagine. By Stephen Greenblatt.
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Quiz: Is Your Shakespeare Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth?
Shakespeare shuffled off his mortal coil 400 years ago this weekend. As the world prepares to celebrate the anniversary, test your knowledge of the Bard with this quiz.
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The Last Word On Nothing | Shakespeare Was a Journalist
This past Saturday, the world celebrated the birthday of a guy named William Shakespeare. He was born in Stratford-on-Avon in England on April 23, 1564, and died on or about the same date in 1616. Pretty much every reputable Shakespeare scholar and literary historian argues—based on historical evidence—that this William Shakespeare was the author, alone or in collaboration, of the plays we know today. But since at least the mid-1800s, a few of those who love Shakespeare’s plays have...
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"You're quoting Shakespeare"
Rob Brydon reveals popular Shakespeare phrases in everyday use
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How Do You Differentiate Good Acting From Bad Acting?
Answer by Marcus Geduld, Shakespearean director, computer programmer, teacher, writer: If anyone tells you there are objective standards, they're ...
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When a future President of the US played Desdemona, Shakespeare in the World, The Compass - BBC World Service
When Othello was performed in a lawless Texas, Ulysses S Grant played Desdemona
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Shakespeare - Shakespeare on BBC World Service - BBC World Service
Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death
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