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Shakespeare and modern English identity

What can a speech from Shakespeare's Richard II tell us about English identity in 2019?

What can a speech from Shakespeare's Richard II tell us about English identity in 2019? Director and actor Adjoa Andoh and actor Do帽a Croll, who are currently starring in a production of Richard II at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, discuss John of Gaunt's "This sceptered isle" speech.

(Image: Adjoa Andoh as Richard II, credit: Ingrid Pollard/Shakespeare's Globe)

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