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🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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William Shakespeare’s plays are among the celebrated works in all of English literature – but they also offer key insights into the time in which the playwright lived, and how the past was viewed in the Tudor era. In our new podcast series, Shakespeare: Past Master, experts delve into plays including Hamlet, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet to explore how they depict the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	William Shakespeare's plays are among the most celebrated works in all of English literature,
0:06.5	but they also offer key insights into the time in which the playwright lived,
0:10.8	and how the past was viewed in the Tudor era.
0:13.7	I'm Matt Elton, one of the co-hosts of our new podcast series, Shakespeare Passmaster,
0:19.1	which sees experts delve into plays including Hamlet,
0:22.2	Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet to explore how they depict the past.
0:26.8	Subscribe to History Extra Plus on Apple Podcasts to access the whole series immediately
0:30.7	and to listen ad-free from Thursday, 16th November.

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