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Professor Dame Marina Warner on Othello
Author and historian Marina Warner chooses a speech from early in Othello: Act 1, Scene 3.
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Sir David Hare on Macbeth
Playwright David Hare chooses Macbeth's imagining of old age from Act 5, Scene 3.
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Professor Islam Issa on Julius Caesar
Professor Islam Issa chooses a passage spoken by Julius Caesar in Act 2, Scene 2.
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Michelle Terry on As You Like It
Actor Michelle Terry chooses a speech by 'love doctor' Rosalind from Act 3, Scene 2.
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Sir Richard Eyre on King Lear
Director Richard Eyre chooses a speech by Lear to his daughter Cordelia - Act 5, Scene 3.