In the late 16th century, new mathematical concepts were transforming perceptions of the world. Shakespeare’s plays helped audiences to process these changes.
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Without the First Folio, the canon of Shakespeare’s plays would have decisively shifted.
All of Shakespeare’s major male roles were written for Richard Burbage who died in the 1619s.
This year, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death has been marked by a flood of events around the world. But why did his exit cause so little public grief at the time, in and beyond the country of his birth?
