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What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
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Germaine Greer questions how famous the bard was as a playwright in his lifetime.
  1. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
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    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  2. Shakespeare as a 16th Century housewife's favourite
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    Shakespeare as a 16th Century housewife's favourite
  3. Russell T Davies talks about diversity in his A Midsummer Night's Dream
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    Russell T Davies talks about diversity in his A Midsummer Night's Dream
  4. Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian
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    Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian
  5. Edmund de Waal: The fabled city of porcelain
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    Edmund de Waal: The fabled city of porcelain
  6. Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
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    Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  7. Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
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    Caitlin Moran reads from her latest book Moranifesto
  8. Which world leader got to drive the VW Beetle?
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    Which world leader got to drive the VW Beetle?
  9. Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
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    Michael Palin: How we named Monty Python
  10. Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
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    Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
  11. Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
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    Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
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    Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
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