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    About The Authors

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    SHAKESPEARE ON VIOLENCE

    Shakespeare had more to teach us about the human proclivity to kill others and ourselves than any other author. He was perhaps the greatest psychologist of all time.  

    Movies of Shakespeare Plays

    Speeches from Shakespeare plays

    The following are speeches from the play as featured in Holding a Mirror Up to Nature: Shame, Guilt, and Violence in Shakespeare. 

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    Hamlet

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    Richard III

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    King Lear

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    Macbeth

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    Merchant of Venice -Shylock

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    Laurence Olivier  appeared in  several classic movies on Shakespeare plays,  including Hamlet, Richard III,  and

    Henry V.

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    Kenneth Branaugh directed a full length movie version of Hamlet  starring himself. He  also did a version of Much Ado About Nothing with Emma Thompson. 

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    Orson Welles directed and starred in a remarkable Macbeth, a classic Chimes at Midnight (on Falstaff); and Othello. 

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    The great Japanese director,  Kurosawa, directed Throne of Blood,  based on Macbeth, and Ran,  based on King Lear. 

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    Joel Coen directed Denzel Washington and Francis McDormand in the recent The Tragedy of Macbeth.

    AVAILABLE AT:

    Complete Works of Shakespeare plays

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