Austen Lynch on Shakespeare's folk sources and Jan Dubé on the gods that permeate the languageThe Royal Shakespeare Company's project to celebrate the myth and magic of the influence of Ovid's Metamorphoses will draw upon the roots of classical culture that undoubtedly run deep in Shakespeare's plays. But deeper still run the wellsprings of fireside tales imbibed since childhood in the myths and magic of folklore an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM on April 24, 2017