William Shakespeare

Evil Genius with Russell Kane by BBC

May 20, 202640:54Society & Culture

He’s the most famous writer of all time; but before his reign of terror over the GCSE syllabus, William ‘Shag-speare’ was an upcoming playwright with humble beginnings in Stratford-upon-Avon. But was he more evil, or gen...

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