The Private Life of William Shakespeare, by Lena Cowen Orlin

Peter J. Smith gets drowned in the detail of an ambitious study of the playwright’s milieu

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November 29, 2021

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December 6, 2021

Victorian engraving of the birthplace of William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon

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Victorian engraving of Shakespeare’s birthplace

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