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1. Professor Dame Marina Warner on Othello

   Author and historian Marina Warner chooses a speech from early in Othello: Act 1, Scene 3.
2. Sir David Hare on Macbeth

   Playwright David Hare chooses Macbeth's imagining of old age from Act 5, Scene 3.
3. Professor Islam Issa on Julius Caesar

   Professor Islam Issa chooses a passage spoken by Julius Caesar in Act 2, Scene 2.
4. Michelle Terry on As You Like It

   Actor Michelle Terry chooses a speech by 'love doctor' Rosalind from Act 3, Scene 2.
5. Sir Richard Eyre on King Lear

   Director Richard Eyre chooses a speech by Lear to his daughter Cordelia - Act 5, Scene 3.