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David Taylor
Strange Shakespeare: Shakespeare in the flesh and the beginnings of the biopic
Shakespeare and Beyond
Strange Shakespeare: Shakespeare in the flesh and the beginnings of the biopic
Charles Somerset’s “Shakspeare’s Early Days” of 1829 was a prototype of the Shakespearean biopic and also a critique of the theatrical establishment.
Strange Shakespeare: Macbeth and the even weirder sisters
Shakespeare and Beyond
Strange Shakespeare: Macbeth and the even weirder sisters
Shakespeare’s witches haven’t always terrified audiences. For a century and more – from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries – actors played these parts for laughs. During the period in which Shakespeare became “the Bard”, the witches in…