Barnard's Inn Hall
Shakespeare and the Shrinking Canon
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Samuel Pepys thought Romeo and Juliet ‘the worst [play] that ever I heard in my life’. Today it’s studied each year by thousands of students and holds the stage in playhouses across the world. What is it that determines our ranking of Shakespeare’s works, as both individuals and as a nation? What happens when the circle of popularity shrinks to encompass a mere handful of plays, studied by all at school and regularly enjoyed at the theatre? And does the incredible shrinking canon matter?
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Samuel Pepys thought Romeo and Juliet ‘the worst [play] that ever I heard in my life’. Today it’s studied each year by thousands of students and holds the stage in playhouses across the world. What is it that determines our ranking of Shakespeare’s works, as both individuals and as a nation? What happens when the circle of popularity shrinks to encompass a mere handful of plays, studied by all at school and regularly enjoyed at the theatre? And does the incredible shrinking canon matter?
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