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Why didn’t Shakespeare keep his manuscripts?

Writers are mostly vain creatures. For one thing, writing anything longer than a shopp...
Unkindest cuts: on editing Shakespeare

Some while ago I heard Sir Peter Hall opine on the radio that Shakespeare should never...
Shakespeare's Big Birthday

If Shakespeare were alive today, he would be celebrating his 450th birthday. This woul...
Donmar Coriolanus in review

The National Theatre production of Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse sold out the day...
Lear, Pickwick and Dr Charity

There are few plausible connections betweenKing Lear and The Pickwick Papers. Only one...

Why didn’t Shakespeare keep his manuscripts?
Writers are mostly vain creatures. For one thing, writing anything longer than a shopping list and expecting that anyone else could be b...
Unkindest cuts: on editing Shakespeare
Some while ago I heard Sir Peter Hall opine on the radio that Shakespeare should never be cut. Henceforth, he would only direct producti...
Shakespeare's Big Birthday
If Shakespeare were alive today, he would be celebrating his 450th birthday. This would make him simultaneously the world’s greatest liv...
Donmar Coriolanus in review
The National Theatre production of Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse sold out the day tickets were released. This was not a surprise, p...
Lear, Pickwick and Dr Charity
There are few plausible connections betweenKing Lear and The Pickwick Papers. Only one man seems to have found a bridge between the two....

Why didn’t Shakespeare keep his manuscripts?