This is Shakespeare

Oxford Professor Emma Smith’s electrifying new book presents a
different side to the Shakespeare we all know and love. This is
Shakespeare writes in strikingly modern ways about privacy, politics,
celebrity and sex. Come and spend lunchtime getting to know this
Shakespeare for all – one not to be missed!

‘I admire the freshness and attack of her writing, the passion and
curiosity that light up the page. The book does something very
important – it makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at
once’ HILARY MANTEL

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