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  • Shakespeare: Past Master | A HistoryExtra podcast series

Shakespeare: Past Master | A HistoryExtra podcast series

Welcome to Shakespeare: Past Master, our series exploring some of the playwright’s most famous works and what they reveal about history. From Hamlet to Romeo and Juliet, uncover the past with leading historians…

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Shakespeare: Past Master1. Hamlet.

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Shakespeare: Past Master2. Titus Andronicus.

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Shakespeare: Past Master3. Henry V.

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Shakespeare: Past Master4. Romeo and Juliet.

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Shakespeare: Past Master5. Julius Caesar.

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Shakespeare: Past Master6. Macbeth.

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Shakespeare: Past Master7. The Merchant of Venice.

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Shakespeare: Past Master8. The Tempest.

Discover more about Shakespeare's life and and work

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William Shakespeare: a guide to the life of England's greatest playwright

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The wisdom of Shakespeare: 5 famous quotes explained.

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Antique and rare books including English playwright William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) first folio are lit by candlelight in the library at Longleat stately home, Wiltshire, England, February 1968.
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QuizHow much do you know about Shakespeare's life and work?.

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Was Shakespeare a snob?.

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Anne Hathaway, Hamnet and Judith: who were William Shakespeare's family?

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ConspiracyDid someone else write the plays of William Shakespeare?

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