William Shakespeare: a quintessentially American author by Robert McCrum

From Abraham Lincoln's White House readings to Hollywood westerns and West Side Story, Shakespeare's plays are an integral part of the American dream. So how did this icon of Englishness become a US phenomenon?If dramatists and explorers share an addiction to conflict, jeopardy and transgression, then Shakespeare and the first American settlers had rather more in common than their mother tongue. Since the founding fa…

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