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May the Force Be With You: William Shakespeare's Star Wars
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May the Force Be With You: William Shakespeare's Star Wars

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Esther French

Luke Skywalker strikes an iconic Hamlet pose in this illustration from the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series. Credit Nicolas Delort. Courtesy Quirk Books. Shakespeare and Star Wars would appear to have very little in common. Or at least they did,…

Five questions for Pop Sonnets creator Erik Didriksen
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Five questions for Pop Sonnets creator Erik Didriksen

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Esther French

On his very popular Tumblr, Pop Sonnets, Erik Didriksen takes hit songs and rewrites them as Shakespearean sonnets. For example, Beyoncé’s “If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it” becomes “If truly you did wish…