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Competition

Bard thoughts

24 June 2023

9:00 AM

24 June 2023

9:00 AM

In Competition No. 3304, you were invited to submit Shakespeare’s reflections on a pressing issue of your choice.

In BBC Radio Four’s Taking Issue With Shakespeare, which prompted this task, Michael Gove discusses levelling up with reference to King Lear, Will Self reflects on toxic masculinity in Hamlet, and Gordon Brown draws parallels between a rabble-rousing Marc Antony and Donald Trump.

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