What would Shakespeare say about the financial crisis? How would he evaluate our political leaders? Antoni Cimolino, general director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, explains why the plays of William Shakespeare are still relevant today and what lessons we can learn from the bard.
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Re the final question about whether S. expected to be immortal through his writings: I think Cimolino missed it. In the sonnets S. says that only "in black ink" (# 65) can you live on. And what about Prospero in "The Tempest"? I'm with the theory that Prospero *IS* S.
h2008a 2 years ago