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Inside Europe: Shakespeare's sinister side

Stephen Beard, LondonApril 21, 2016

This week marks 400 years since the death of revered poet and playwright William Shakespeare. But in spite of the celebration, the Bard's image has been taking a bit of a battering. Literary researchers from Wales say the writer was not as lofty or magnanimous as he has often been portrayed.

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