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<i>King Lear</i> Had a Happy Ending for 140 Years

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Portrait of William Shakespeare by John Taylor (c.1610)
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King Lear Had a Happy Ending for 140 Years

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Scene from Forbidden Planet, featuring Anne Francis (as Altaira Morbius), Leslie Nielsen (as Cmmr. James J. Adams), and Robby the Robot
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Forbidden Planet: The Moment Hollywood Got Serious About Sci Fi Cinema

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Portrait of William Shakespeare by John Taylor (c.1610)
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Retelling the Bard: Shakespeare in Recent SFF

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Playwrights, Magicians, and Zombies: 19 Fictional Shakespeares

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Life’s But an Existentialist Shadow in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth

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Jo Walton's Reading List for December 2020
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Jo Walton’s Reading List: December 2020

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Sir Patrick Stewart reading Shakespeare's sonnets
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Allow Sir Patrick Stewart to Read a Shakespearean Sonnet to You Every Day

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“What’s past is prologue”: Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett

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Isaac Asimov

Asimov’s Guide To Shakespeare Exists, and You Need It

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13 Shakespeare Adaptations Aimed at Teens

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Thor, 2011, Marvel
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What We Mean When We Call Something “Shakespearean”

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Playwrights, Magicians, and Zombies: 15 Fictional Shakespeares

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“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic.”

R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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