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Book Review – Elizabethan England and the Islamic World
written for The Times, 19th March 2016 THIS ORIENT ISLE: ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD BY JERRY BROTTON, ALLEN LANE, 384pp, £20. by Jerry Brotton Every TV viewer is familiar with the grotesque image of the aged Elizabeth I’s blackened teeth, from Bette Davis to Anita Dobson. Jerry Brotton...
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Book Review – Shylock is My Name: The Merchant of Venice Retold
reviewed for The Times, 23rd January 2016 Shylock is My Name: The Merchant of Venice Retold. Vintage, pp.277, £16.99, 9781781090282 by Howard Jacobson If you want to safeguard against anyone taking your anti-heroine seriously, name her “Anna Livia Plurabelle Cleopatra A Thing of Beauty Is A Joy Forever...
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Book Review – 1606: William Shakespeare and The Year of Lear
an edited version of this review was published in The Times, 19 September 2015 1606: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND THE YEAR OF LEAR 448pp. Faber, £20; 978-0060088743 by James Shapiro James Shapiro bestrides the Shakespearean world like a colossus, in the happier sense of the phrase. As the 400th anniversary...
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Book Review – The Gap of Time
an edited version of this review was published in The Times, 19 September 2015 THE GAP OF TIME: THE WINTER’S TALE RETOLD 320pp. Hogarth £16.99; 9781781090299 by Jeannette Winterson Time, in The Winter’s Tale, tries all. Leontes, King of Sicilia, convinces himself his wife’s unborn child is...
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