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The Shakespeare & Beyond blog features a wide range of Shakespeare-related topics: the early modern period in which he lived, the ways his plays have been interpreted and staged over the past four centuries, the enduring power of his characters and language, and more.

Strange Shakespeare: Vortigern and the women making and faking Shakespeare
Vortigern and Rowena
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Strange Shakespeare: Vortigern and the women making and faking Shakespeare

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Fiona Ritchie
Women played a key role in creating, promoting, and ultimately undermining “Vortigern” and William Henry Ireland’s other Shakespeare forgeries.
Where to find Shakespeare (and more) in January
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Where to find Shakespeare (and more) in January

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Ben Lauer
From new podcasts to online events, theater companies are creating great new ways to engage with Shakespeare and other amazing writers.
Quiz: Which Shakespeare character doesn’t belong?
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Quiz: Which Shakespeare character doesn’t belong?

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Take this quiz to see if you can identify the odd one out in each set of characters for a specific Shakespeare play.
The curious and complicated case of Locrine
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The curious and complicated case of Locrine

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Alexandra E. LaGrand
The curious and complicated history of the 16th-century play “The Lamentable Tragedie of Locrine” prompts interesting conversations about the Shakespeare canon and its apocrypha.
Our revels now are ended: Reflections on the Shakespeare 2020 Project
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Our revels now are ended: Reflections on the Shakespeare 2020 Project

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Ian Doescher
Shakespeare & Beyond readers may remember author Ian Doescher’s announcement here in December 2019 that he would be reading through all of Shakespeare’s works in 2020, inviting anyone interested to join him. Many of our readers said yes! We asked Ian to return to the blog and reflect on the Shakespeare 2020 Project.
Top 5 Folger Finds of 2020
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Top 5 Folger Finds of 2020

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Revisit the bright spots of 2020 by taking a look at some of our most popular #FolgerFinds posts on Instagram from the past year. Highlights from the Folger collection include a beautiful book binding, a striking costume design, and a droll owl illustration.
Razing the Theatre, raising the Globe
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Razing the Theatre, raising the Globe

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Austin Tichenor
The story of the Globe Theatre’s beginnings is one of intrigue, legal hairsplitting, holiday opportunity, and the disassembly of another playhouse.
Top 5 Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episodes of 2020
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Top 5 Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episodes of 2020

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Our top Shakespeare Unlimited podcast episodes from 2020 explore Shakespeare’s sources, his sonnets, and the solace we take in his work. Happy listening!
Early modern recipe combinations to get you through the winter
Savory Cogs Biscuits. All photography by Brittany Diliberto. www.beetwosweet.com
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Early modern recipe combinations to get you through the winter

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We’ve shared so many early modern recipe adaptations on this blog that it might feel overwhelming to choose from them all. That’s why we’ve created some delicious combinations for you to experiment with over the holidays and beyond. You’ll find recipes for breakfast, teatime, a fancy holiday meal, and more.
The post-modern peregrinations of Pericles
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The post-modern peregrinations of Pericles

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Sujata Iyengar
The story of Pericles continues to be retold by twenty-first century novelists, among them Mark Haddon, in The Porpoise (2019), and Ali Smith, in Spring (2019), the penultimate book in her “Seasonal Quartet.”
Strange Shakespeare: Shakespeare in the flesh and the beginnings of the biopic
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Strange Shakespeare: Shakespeare in the flesh and the beginnings of the biopic

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David Taylor
Charles Somerset’s “Shakspeare’s Early Days” of 1829 was a prototype of the Shakespearean biopic and also a critique of the theatrical establishment.
What theater makers learned from 2020
King Lear
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What theater makers learned from 2020

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Ben Lauer
We asked some of our Shakespeare theater partners what the events of 2020 had illuminated for them about Shakespeare and theater.
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