Tue. 12/06 - Gory, Graphic Shakespeare & Those Who Tried to Erase Him in the 1800s
Candles will play stunt double for actors in a new staging of Shakespeare’s most violent play. Plus, we take a detour down the path of Shakespearean conspiracies. And, in other news, the moon just got its own infrastructure package.
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Candles take the brunt in gore-free production of Titus Andronicus (The Guardian)
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro…
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