Saturday 23 April marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. To honour the occasion Index has put together a list of all things Shakespeare.
Staging Shakespearean Dissent: plays that protest, provoke and slip by the censors
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CATEGORY: Volume 45.01 Spring 2016 Extras
A global guide to using Shakespeare to battle power
Hitler was a Shakespeare fan; Stalin feared Hamlet; Othello broke ground in apartheid-era South Africa; and Brazil’s current political crisis can be reflected by Julius Caesar.
Quiz: Are you a Shakespeare expert?
How well do you know Shakespeare?
Ben Jennings: Juxtaposing traditional Shakespearean imagery with something more modern
The award-winning cartoonist discusses his design of the latest Index on Censorship magazine cover on the 400th anniversary of Willian Shakespeare’s death