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Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson

Today, Monday 10 August 2015 , an exhibition opens at Dr Johnson’s House in London to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s edition of William Shakespeare’s works published in 1765. In the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Johnson is … Continue reading

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The Shakespeare Head Press: a link to Stratford’s past

As visitors to Stratford walk between the Shakespeare Hotel and Nash’s House, they pass a handsome building housing a second-hand bookshop. The sign hanging up outside bears a picture of Chaucer, and the shop is known as the Chaucer Head … Continue reading

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