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A Frankly Silly Beginner’s Guide To Shakespeare

From J. Draper.
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CORRECTION: The phrase "dead as a doornail" can be traced back much further than Shakespeare, to the 14th-century work "Piers Plowman".

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SHAKESPEARE PLAYS ONLINE:

A YouTube playlist of Shakespeare bits and pieces: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJQ8RDvjGRAE

Shakespeare's Globe's online player: https://player.shakespearesglobe.com

National Theatre's online player: https://www.ntathome.com/best-of-shakespeare-ceng24

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"MI5" by Blue Steel

Courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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Sources:

Bevington, D., ed. 2014. The Necessary Shakespeare.

Bowsher, J. & Miller, P. 2009. The Rose and the Globe- playhouses of Shakespeare’s Bankside, Southwark.

Bryson, B. 2016. Shakespeare.

Holden, A. 1999. William Shakespeare: His Life And Work.

Levin, R. 1988. “Shakespearean Defects and Shakespeareans’ Defenses”, in “Bad Shakespeare”: Reevaluations of the Shakespeare Canon, Charney, M., ed.

Tucker, P. 2001. Secrets of Acting Shakespeare: The Original Approach.

Wells, S. 1986. The Cambridge Companion To Shakespeare.

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