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  • Was Shakespeare a Good Actor?

    In his day, performers received little respect for grueling work. Yet the playwright strode the stage for more than 15 years—and then changed the acting profession forever.

    John Paul RollertApril 23, 2014
  • A Great Shakespeare Discovery
    Leslie HotsonOctober 1931 Issue
  • Why Shakespeare Belongs In Prison

    The incarcerated may be the Bard's ideal modern audience.

    Karen Swallow PriorApril 23, 2014
  • The Shakespeare Dispute: Matus Replies

    A rebuttal to Tom Bethell's "The Case for Oxford"

    Irving MatusOctober 1991 Issue
  • By Me, William Shakespeare
    Phoebe-Lou AdamsDecember 1979 Issue
  • If Shakespeare Lived to-Day
    Lord DunsanyOctober 1920 Issue
  • A Glance Toward Shakespeare
    Gamaliel BradfordJune 1922 Issue
  • The Anatomizing of William Shakespeare
    Richard Grant WhiteMay 1884 Issue
  • A Life of William Shakespeare
    John BakelessSeptember 1923 Issue
  • The Anatomizing of William Shakespeare
    Richard Grant WhiteSeptember 1884 Issue
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