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  • Shakespeare and the Plastic Stage
    John CorbinMarch 1906 Issue
  • What Did Shakespeare Sound Like?
    Eleanor BarkhornOctober 25, 2010
  • Free From Shakespeare? Or Free Of?
    Austin BaerFebruary 1994 Issue
  • When Hamlet Starts Showing Up in Federal Court

    A Pennsylvania judge’s decision to quote Shakespeare in a recent ruling doubled as a meaningful, yet still ambiguous, interpretation of cultural chaos.

    Walt HunterJune 13, 2018
  • The Greatest Books of All Time, as Voted by 125 Famous Authors

    Tolstoy holds an 11-point lead over Shakespeare in these literary opinion polls.

    Maria PopovaJanuary 30, 2012
  • The Collier-Folio Shakespeare
    October 1859 Issue
  • People Have Been Arguing About Shakespeare for Decades
    Daniel D. SnyderOctober 27, 2011
  • Lincoln's Assassination: Is Shakespeare to Blame?
    Eleanor BarkhornApril 14, 2011
  • Shakespeare and the Nature of Man
    Ellery SedgwickApril 1943 Issue
  • Shakespeare in Love's Labour's Lost
    Sir Edward StracheyJanuary 1893 Issue
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