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Part 1: Clowns Those who have read my Capulet, Capulet & Parolles (2020) 1 may recall that I assign the first quarto [first edition...

In Arthur Brooke's 1562 rendition of “The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet” we are informed of Romeo that: To her he writeth oft,...

Standard Citation: Purdy, Gilbert Wesley. “A Few Details from Hamlet You Might Have Missed.”  Virtual Grub Street,   https://gilbertwesleypu...

As Shakespeare became the most famous name in English literature, following the actor David Garrick's famous Shakespeare Jubilee, in 176...

One of the less well-known effects of the invention of the movable type printing press, by Johannes Gutenberg, in Strasbourg, Germany, circa...