Love affairs, family arguments, moments of comedy and even the occasional murder - are we talking about a Shakespeare play or EastEnders?
At first glance, Shakespeare and the long-running BBC soap opera might not appear to have much in common. But while the language used is very different, the emotional relationships between the characters and the sort of situations they find themselves in bear a lot of similarities.
Test your knowledge of both the Bard and EastEnders with this BBC Bitesize quiz - Doof Doof!
This article was published in January 2025
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