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Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts

Synopsis
Recording of a video webinar by Kathryn Harkup, chemist and author of Death by Shakespeare, delivered as part of the York Festival of Ideas. She looks at the varied and creative ways the Bard found to kill off his characters and explores how Elizabethan audiences would have responded.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video
Subjects
Medical sciences; Shakespeare
Keywords
death; Elizabethan drama

Online availability

URI
https://youtu.be/KSf7FyJoI6s
Delivery
Streamed

Sponsor

Name

York Festival of Ideas

Distributor

Name

YouTube

Web
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