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In 1599 there appeared on the bookstalls around St Paul’s a slim volume of twenty poems entitled ‘The ...

Unrequited love is among the most fruitful of all literary themes, and not surprisingly, Shakespeare gives the subject extensive attention.  ...

Marriage is one of Shakespeare’s most prominent themes: it may well be his most prominent.  Almost every play contains either ...

‘How goes the night, boy?’, asks Banquo of Fleance in the opening line of Act Two of ‘Macbeth’ – and ...

Clothes mattered to the Elizabethans.  What people wore was a legal matter, governed by the Sumptuary Laws.  This legal system, ...

Given the central role food plays in our lives, it’s surprising how peripheral it is in Shakespeare’s plays.  It’s an ...