Reading Shakespeare’s Mind: A Conversation with Steve Sohmer

The History Of European Theatre by Philip Rowe

May 18, 202640:02Society & Culture

Episode 216: For today’s guest episode I had the pleasure of talking to Steve Sohmer, author of a book titled ‘Reading Shakespeare’s Mind’. In his book Steve examines how Shakespeare’s relationship with several contempor...

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