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Topic: William Shakespeare

Sally Hawkins as “Philippa Langley” and Steve Coogan as “John Langley” in Stephen Frears’ "The Lost King" (Courtesy of IFC Films)

Steve Coogan discusses "The Lost King"

Melanie McFarland
(Walt Disney Pictures)

The "Lion King"–Tom Stoppard connection

Keith A. Spencer
Peter Dinklage in "Game of Thrones" (Helen Sloan/HBO)

"Game of Thrones": Tyrion & Richard III

Matthew Rozsa
Laurie Davidson as William Shakespeare in "Will" (TNT/Aidan Monaghan)

TNT's "Will": Fact or Fiction?

Melanie McFarland
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Laurie Davidson as William Shakespeare in "Will" (TNT/Aidan Monaghan)

The Bard turns rock star on TV

Melanie McFarland

WATCH: The art of cruelty

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Shakespeare as resistance

Mary Elizabeth Williams
The Public Theater's production of Julius Caesar (AP/Verena Dobnik)

"Caesar" death threats spiral

Taylor Link
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William Shakespeare; Donald Trump (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis/Getty/Sean Gallup)

The Bard always baited rulers

Cameron Hunt McNabb
Kim Kardashian (Reuters/Kevork Djansezian)

Kim K, Shakespearean heroine

Erin Coulehan
Dick Cheney, Kenneth Branagh in "Henry V" (AP/Susan Walsh/MGM/Photo montage by Salon)

The Bard wasn’t a conservative

Colin S. Macdonald
Ethan Hawke in "Cymbeline" (Lionsgate)

Shakespeare's lost biker saga

Andrew O'Hehir
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William Shakespeare (Wikimedia)

The creation of Shakespeare

Cameron Hunt McNabb
(AP/Susan Walsh/Chris Usher/Janet Van Ham/Photo montage by Salon)

Warmongers' fatal conceit

Elias Isquith
William Shakespeare (Wikimedia)

Will Godfrey - Substance.com
(Wikimedia)

Prachi Gupta
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Tyranny of the happy ending

Laura Miller
Rhys Ifans in "Anonymous"

Was Shakespeare really Shakespeare?

Laura Miller
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