What are we all doing?

Our group came together to read the works of Shakespeare. We had the idea before lockdown started. We switched to zoom when the lockdown hit.

We evolved from a previous reading group that read Proust’s monumental Remembrance of Things Past. That group met in person at Highgate Library near Highate tube.

I think we are in a golden age for appreciating Shakespeare. He is available in audio files- there are really great versions of his work on Audible. It’s easy to get TV and movie versions, and to get written versions as ebooks, paper books etc. The Internet also makes it easy to get hold of criticism and scholarly study, and Shakespeare’s own sources.

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