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Shakespeare Under Stalin’s Shadow

Shakespeare Under Stalin’s Shadow

Friday, October 2, 2026
”We wish that we could pass this play over, and say nothing about it. All that we can say must fall far short of the subject; or even of what we ourselves conceive of it.” So William Hazlitt, in Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays, registered his awe at King Lear... The post Shakespeare Under Stalin’s Shadow appeared first on First Things.