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Date: 08 July 2016 - 15:37

What did Europe mean to Shakespeare?

Professor Michael Dobson argues that Shakespeare was a champion of free movement, and averse to insular nationalism.

Tags: Shakespeare, Arts, Theatre, Literature

'Poetry is, in some essential way, an acoustic form – it's a breath form.'

Date: 21 December 2015 - 16:56

Sir Andrew Motion on Shakespeare's legacy (podcast)

Sir Andrew Motion, former British Poet Laureate, talks to journalist Georgina Godwin about his native UK as a 'country of Shakespeare', and explains how the Bard has influenced his work.

Tags: Arts, Literature, Shakespeare

Sakha theater (Russia) perform Macbeth in Moscow in 2009. Photo by Sergey Petrov

Date: 16 September 2015 - 04:47

What makes Shakespeare endlessly adaptable?

Professor Michael Dobson explains how Shakespeare manages to be simultaneously historical and contemporary, ahead of his Smart Talks on this subject in China on 21-24 September.

Tags: Arts, Theatre, Literature, Shakespeare

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What makes Shakespeare endlessly adaptable?

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