Arts in the Afternoon: Talking Up Tyrants

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“The Intellectual as Courtier”: Paul Rahe looks at the history of thinkers seduced by tyrants — including those who have defended the autocratic Qaddafi.

Robert McCrum blames Americans for asking the authorship question. He then asks the professionals — actors and directors — what kind of man comes to mind when they think of and work through Shakespeare.

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