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How to read Shakespeare for pleasure

BBC, Emma Smith, Hamlet, Henry IV, Macbeth, Richard III, Shakespeare, The Hollow Crown, The Taming of the Shrew

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1. Ignore the footnotes 2. Pay attention to the shape of the lines 3. Read small sections 4. Think like a director 5. Don’t worry

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Shakespeare sur France Inter

Cyrano de Bergerac, Hamlet, Henry V, House of Cards, K. Branagh, Much Ado about Nothing, Othello, Richard III, Romeo+Juliet, Shakespeare

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Plus de 400 ans après son trépas, six pieds sous terre, Shakespeare nous parle encore et toujours. Shakespeare contemporain © Getty / Fotosearch Et plus que jamais, ce bon vieux Will a pas mal de choses à nous raconter sur notre condition humaine, qu’il...

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Shakespeare's 450th birthday: adaptations on the big screen

Hamlet, Henry V, Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado about Nothing, Othello, Richard III, Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

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“What’s past is prologue,” Shakespeare wrote in The Tempest. And he sure was right—for the work of the playwright, who was born 450 years ago today, is still performed not only on stage, but also—to even bigger audiences—on film. To celebrate Big Will’s...

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