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Shakespeare for people who fell asleep in school
No footnotes, no shame. The side door into the greatest hits.
You were fourteen, it was a hot afternoon, and Julius Caesar did not stand a chance. Here is the adult's way back in — through the stories, not the set text.
Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
The death of Shakespeare's son, and the play it became. You will cry, then reread Hamlet voluntarily.
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Bill Bryson
Everything we actually know about the man, told by the funniest tour guide alive. Short, too.
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Nutshell
Ian McEwan
Hamlet, retold by a foetus overhearing the plot. Yes, really. Yes, it works.
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