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Shakespeare did not invent the plots of Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Othello, or King Lear; his genius was reimagining characters and diction inside inherited theatrical material.
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Theatrical Imagination
Shakespeare did not invent the plots of Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Othello, or King Lear; his genius was reimagining characters and diction inside inherited theatrical material.
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"...Lear, these are all plays that are part of the British theatrical imagination. But what he does that's different is he reimagines the characters,..."
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"They hate alcohol, they hate fun, they hate theatre, especially theatre. They hate Shakespeare. So they banned it. So during this time, Shakespeare is..."
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