After 60 years with the Bard, John Bell reflects on how the playwright turned home quarantine into a source of productivity As live performance venues reopen in Australia and move towards full capacity, spare a thought for those living through Elizabethan England. The bubonic plague closed down entertainment and sporting venues for months at a time on at least five separate occasions during William Shakespeare's adu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM on March 9, 2021