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Excerpt: "Anne-thology: Poems Re-Presenting Anne Shakespeare"
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Excerpt: "Anne-thology: Poems Re-Presenting Anne Shakespeare"

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Read four poems from a newly published collection that marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare’s wife.

Not simply Shakespeare's wife: Marking the 400th anniversary of Anne Hathaway's death with poetry
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Not simply Shakespeare's wife: Marking the 400th anniversary of Anne Hathaway's death with poetry

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Katherine Scheil

The editors of a new collection of poetry about Anne Hathaway share their take on her life and why she deserves a book of her own.

David West Read on & Juliet
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David West Read on & Juliet

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Hit musical & Juliet combines Romeo and Juliet with the songs of pop hitmaker Max Martin. Its writer, Schitt’s Creek writer and executive producer David West Read, tells us about how the idea came to him while he was concussed.

Lolita Chakrabarti on Adapting Hamnet for the Stage
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Lolita Chakrabarti on Adapting Hamnet for the Stage

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Lolita Chakrabarti on writing the Shakespeare family, puppet kestrels, Ira Aldridgeand adapting Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet for the stage.

Maggie O'Farrell on Hamnet
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Maggie O'Farrell on Hamnet

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Anne and William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet died in 1596, when he was 11 years old. We don’t know too much more about him. But author Maggie O’Farrell’s new novel, Hamnet, delves into his story and comes away with…

Mary Baker and the legacy of Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Anne Hathway
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Mary Baker and the legacy of Anne Hathaway's Cottage

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This excerpt from a new book by Katherine West Scheil explores the 19th-century transformation of the Anne Hathaway Cottage into a tourist destination.

Shakespeare and marriage, in his plays and in his own life
Wedding in As You Like It
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Shakespeare and marriage, in his plays and in his own life

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Karen Lyon

What did William Shakespeare think of marriage, based on how he wrote about it in his plays and what we know about his union with Anne Hathaway?