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4 days ago · Shakespeare remains vital because his plays present people and situations that we recognize today. His characters have an emotional reality that transcends time, and his plays depict familiar experiences, ranging from family squabbles to falling in love to war.
2 days ago · A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers.
4 days ago · If your knowledge of Shakespeare is confined to vague memories of balconies and daggers from your school days, fear not. ‘Shakespeare in Love’ is the perfect play for newcomers and Bardolaters alike. Kieran Barrett is in fine form as the leading man himself, combining artistic frustration with lovesick swooning in the title role.
3 days ago · Over the centuries, some readers have posited that Shakespeare's sonnets are autobiographical, and point to them as evidence of his love for a young man. Others read the same passages as the expression of intense friendship rather than romantic love.
4 days ago · The famous balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet occurs in act two, scene two of Shakespeare's well-known play. Several very important events take place. Each event builds the intensity of the passionate attraction between these two iconic lovers.
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6 days ago · Concurrently, nonetheless, and then in the years that followed, Shakespeare turned again to the writing of comedy. The late comedies are usually called romances or tragicomedies because they tell stories of wandering and separation leading eventually to tearful and joyous reunion.
