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Rome’s encounter with Egypt in Antony and Cleopatra
Rome and Egypt
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Rome’s encounter with Egypt in Antony and Cleopatra

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In this excerpt from “Shakespeare’s Roman Trilogy,” Paul Cantor writes about the Romanization of Egypt and the Egyptization of Rome in “Antony and Cleopatra.”

Richard Burton, Shakespeare, and the search for the source of the Nile
Shakespeare in Swahililand
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Richard Burton, Shakespeare, and the search for the source of the Nile

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When European explorers first began traveling into the interior of the African continent, they brought Shakespeare with them. This excerpt from Shakespeare in Swahililand, written by Edward Wilson-Lee, relates the expedition of Richard Francis Burton and his search for the…

Rosalind: Shakespeare's Immortal Heroine - an excerpt
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Rosalind: Shakespeare's Immortal Heroine - an excerpt

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Read an excerpt from “Rosalind: Shakespeare’s Immortal Heroine” by Angela Thirlwell, in which she traces the performance history of “As You Like It” and interviews famous actresses who have played this role onstage.

A night at Hamlet's castle, followed by a debut novel
If We Were Villains
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A night at Hamlet's castle, followed by a debut novel

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This debut novel by M.L. Rio takes place at a fiercely competitive school where the acting students only perform Shakespeare.

Q&A: Tracy Chevalier on New Boy, her retelling of Shakespeare's Othello
Tracy Chevalier New Boy
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Q&A: Tracy Chevalier on New Boy, her retelling of Shakespeare's Othello

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Read this Q&A with Tracy Chevalier about her new novel New Boy, which retells the story of Shakespeare’s Othello and is the latest book in the Hogarth Shakespeare series.

Taking Hamlet around the globe
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Taking Hamlet around the globe

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To commemorate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth in 2014, Shakespeare’s Globe in London sent a group of actors on a two-year tour to perform Hamlet all around the world. Dominic Dromgoole, the Globe’s artistic director who directed this traveling…

12 contemporary YA novels that retell Shakespeare
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12 contemporary YA novels that retell Shakespeare

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Are you a fan of YA novels? Young adult literature is booming right now, from contemporary sob-fests like The Fault in Our Stars to action adventure series like The Maze Runner. And with Shakespeare a staple of the high school classroom, it makes…

Off the Shelf: A Shakespearean Botanical, The Battle of Agincourt, Year of the Fat Knight, and more
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Off the Shelf: A Shakespearean Botanical, The Battle of Agincourt, Year of the Fat Knight, and more

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Here’s a round-up of Shakespeare-related books, fiction and nonfiction, that are on our must-read list. Ira’s Shakespeare Dream Glenda Armand (author), Floyd Cooper (illustrator) This story of famed African-American actor Ira Aldridge, who believed he could be a great Shakespearean…

'Worlds Elsewhere': Shakespeare's imagination roaming far and free
'Worlds Elsewhere' by Andrew Dickson
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'Worlds Elsewhere': Shakespeare's imagination roaming far and free

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William Shakespeare is a global phenomenon. In the four centuries since his death, the British playwright’s works have appeared at times and places where we might least expect them. Why is this so? Shakespeare was no world traveler. So then why…

May the Force Be With You: William Shakespeare's Star Wars
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May the Force Be With You: William Shakespeare's Star Wars

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Luke Skywalker strikes an iconic Hamlet pose in this illustration from the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series. Credit Nicolas Delort. Courtesy Quirk Books. Shakespeare and Star Wars would appear to have very little in common. Or at least they did,…

Off the Shelf: Shakespeare and World Cinema, Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary, and more
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Off the Shelf: Shakespeare and World Cinema, Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary, and more

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Looking for a new addition to your bookshelf? Here’s a survey of some recently published books about Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth I, and the early modern age. Pop Sonnets: Shakespeare Spins on Your Favorite Songs by Erik Didriksen “Alas! I once…

Five questions for Pop Sonnets creator Erik Didriksen
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Five questions for Pop Sonnets creator Erik Didriksen

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On his very popular Tumblr, Pop Sonnets, Erik Didriksen takes hit songs and rewrites them as Shakespearean sonnets. For example, Beyoncé’s “If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it” becomes “If truly you did wish…

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