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Hands Off Shakespeare

Por: The Atlantic Opinion October 24, 2023

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Don’t bar the bard.Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Hulton Archive / Getty.October 24, 2023, 7 AM ETIn this time of bipartisan acrimony, many on the left and on the right share one point of consensus: Shakespeare is a problem.Admittedly, this consensus exists at the ends of the spectrum, and chiefly among the professional prudes and scolds who inhabit those extremities. After a season in which most of the hits Shakespeare took were... + full article



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