The greatest plays in the English language were written during a pandemic — and wouldn't have been possible without it

via The Telegraph

For nine years I've worked at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, but like most "theater people" I've been reading and performing Shakespeare's plays and poems for most of my life.

So far, 2020 has shown me that I've underrated maybe the defining fact of Shakesepare's life: he lived during a time of pandemic.

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