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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
5/5 Writer and journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown examines interracial love in Shakespeare.
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Helen Hackett
4/5 Helen Hackett argues that Shakespeare used sonnets to speak a higher truth about love.
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Samuel West
3/5 Actor and director Samuel West talks of his own passion for Shakespearean love.
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Stanley Wells
2/5 Stanley Wells argues that Shakespeare's many portrayals of love reflect his own life.
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Margaret Drabble
1/5 Writer Margaret Drabble explores how Shakespeare has deepened our concept of love.