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Shakespeare & Star Trek today
Sonequa Martin-Green as Captain Michael Burnham in season 5 of Star Trek: Discovery
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Shakespeare & Star Trek today

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Esther Ferington

Shakespeare’s works are woven throughout Star Trek, but how do the current shows keep up the link? Explore that connection following the Discovery series finale.

5 classic TV Shakespeare references from the late 60s and early 70s: The Flintstones, Gilligan's Island, Star Trek, The Brady Bunch, and Happy Days
The Merry Wives of Windsor cast on a Brady Bunch-inspired stage
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5 classic TV Shakespeare references from the late 60s and early 70s: The Flintstones, Gilligan's Island, Star Trek, The Brady Bunch, and Happy Days

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emma poltrack

The cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor with a 1970s twist at Folger Theatre. The Brady Bunch-inspired scenic design is by Tony Cisek. (Cameron Whitman Photography) Shakespeare’s influence can be found in many aspects of American culture, from film…

"The heavens speed thee in thine Enterprise!": Shakespeare in Star Trek
Patrick Stewart in Star Trek
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"The heavens speed thee in thine Enterprise!": Shakespeare in Star Trek

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Austin Tichenor

Star Trek owes a striking thematic and linguistic debt to William Shakespeare, as in classic episodes like “The Conscience of the King” and “The Defector.”

Shakespeare, in the original Klingon
The Klingon Hamlet
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Shakespeare, in the original Klingon

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Sarah Hovde

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Shown from left: David Warner (as Chancellor Gorkon), Christopher Plummer (as General Chang), William Shatner (as Captain James T. Kirk), Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy (as Captain Spock), Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley,…