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Shakespeare: Past Master
Explore the Bard's most famous works and what they say about history
Published: August 22, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Welcome to Shakespeare: Past Master, our series exploring some of the playwright’s most famous works and what they reveal about history. From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet, uncover the past with leading historians…
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Shakespeare: Past Master1. Hamlet. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Farah Karim-Cooper reveals what the playwright’s famous tragedy tells us about how death and mortality were viewed in the Tudor era
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Rebecca Adusei discusses the complex and contradictory exploration of race and ethnicity offered by one of the playwright’s bloodiest tragedies
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Jerry Brotton offers expert insights into what the playwright’s much-quoted history play tells about nationalism and nationhood at the time it was first performed
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Sophie Duncan delves into the playwright’s world-famous tragedy to reveal what it tells us about youth in the Tudor era
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Islam Issa charts what the tragic history play tells us about the ancient world – and the insights it offers into the politics of the playwright’s own era
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It’s often remembered for its trio of prophesying witches – but, as Paul Edmondson reveals, ‘the Scottish play’ also has much to say about the trials and perils of kingship
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Transporting audiences to a ruthless world of moneylending and murderous revenge, the drama features characters now widely regarded as offensively stereotypical – but also offers insights into how nascent capitalism was viewed in the playwright’s era
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With its spirits and jesters, wizards and goddesses, the playwright’s late-era romance may seem a frothy concoction – yet it also tells us much about gender dynamics in the 17th century
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