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Shakespeare Around the Globe

The Essay

As part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Shakespeare Unlocked season, writers from Sierra Leone, Brazil, India, Iran and China explain why the work of the Bard resonates so powerfully in their own countries

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Yong Li Lan

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