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How Pericles Inspired Mark Haddon's novel The Porpoise
Shakespeare Unlimited

How Pericles Inspired Mark Haddon's novel The Porpoise

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Shakespeare Unlimited:Episode 131 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time author Mark Haddon’s books take twists and turns that sometimes seem to only make sense in the context of his stories. Shakespeare’s  Pericles takes twists and turns that…

How 'King Lear' Inspired 'Empire'
Shakespeare Unlimited

How 'King Lear' Inspired 'Empire'

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Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 69 You can find Shakespeare in all sorts of places, including the Fox TV series Empire. The story of an aging ruler – in this case the head of a hip-hop music dynasty – who sets his…

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

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

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Esther French

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,…

Five questions for Pop Sonnets creator Erik Didriksen
Shakespeare and Beyond

Five questions for Pop Sonnets creator Erik Didriksen

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Esther French

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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