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George Bernard Shaw

Ungenial geniuses: Shaw on Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Beyond

Ungenial geniuses: Shaw on Shakespeare

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Shakespeare & Beyond

We revisit an essay about Shakespeare and Shaw from the 1994 Folger exhibition “Roasting the Swan of Avon: Shakespeare’s Redoubtable Enemies and Dubious Friends.”

George Bernard Shaw on Shakespeare
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Shakespeare and Beyond

George Bernard Shaw on Shakespeare

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Trey Graham

“Saint Joan” may well be the most Shakespearean of Shaw’s major plays in its matter and its style

Ira Glass: "Shakespeare S*cks???"
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Ira Glass: "Shakespeare S*cks???"

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Louis Butelli

Your friendly neighborhood blogger, Louis Butelli. Hello once again from your friend Louis Butelli. The folks here at the Folger Production Diary have asked me to contribute some late summer entries before rehearsals begin for the Folger’s upcoming production of…