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Short History Of...

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4.74.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

No single writer has shaped the way we speak and think more than William Shakespeare. Whether we’re being cruel to be kind, wearing our hearts on our sleeves, or spotting the green eye’d monster — it’s almost impossible to use the English language without quoting him. But who was Shakespeare? What vaulting ambition drove a young writer from a sleepy town to stardom in London? Was he born great or did he have greatness thrust upon him? This is a Short History of William Shakespeare. Written by Jo Furniss. With thanks to Dr Anjna Chouhan, Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ banner on Apple or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started with a 7-day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's early summer in 1593.

0:31.8

A man hurries along a cobbled alleyway

0:34.4

beside the River Thames in London.

0:36.4

He passes shops and market stalls,

0:39.2

preaches on pedestals, scurvy children,

0:42.2

and stylist gentlefolk.

0:43.8

There are cats under foot and a bear tied up by a chain.

0:48.0

The alleyways that wind their way to St Paul's Cathedral

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form the social grapevine of London.

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