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Prefaces to Shakespeare

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The first of six talks
Dame Peggy Ashcroft presents a personal view of Romeo and Juliet
'There has recently been a fashion in the theatre to define a certain kind of play as a "black comedy". I would like to define Romeo and Juliet as a " golden tragedy ".' Producer JUDITH bumpus

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Dame Peggy Ashcroft
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