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    • What Shakespeare can teach us about racism

      San Francisco Chronicle· 7 hours ago

      Among Shakespeare scholars, those five works are known as his traditionally understood “race plays” and include characters who are Black like Othello, Jewish like Shylock, Indigenous like Caliban ...

    • Uncovering the History of Women in Silent Film

      Uncovering the History of Women in Silent Film

      Columbia University News· 8 hours ago

      Mention women in silent film and most people will think of “America’s sweetheart” Mary Pickford or flapper flirt Clara Bow. From 1907 to around 1920,...

    • Lois Weber

      Lois Weber

      Los Angeles Times· 7 days ago

      Lois Weber, a veteran in the motion picture industry, was the the first woman to direct a full-length feature film. Weber made "The Merchant of ...

    • Doubting Shakespeare, Part 2: Problems

      The North Coast Journal· 2 days ago

      "They're both bonkers!" — Stanley Wells, Britain's leading Shakespeare expert, on the opinion of preeminent Shakespearean actors Sirs Derek Jacobi and Mark Rylance, that the Stratford man didn't ...