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Shakespeare Speaks

Grief

BBC World Service

Duration: 6 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World ServiceLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

What does "at one fell swoop", a phrase from Macbeth, mean now and what did it mean in Shakespeare's time?

Also under discussion are the lines 'more in sorrow than in anger' from Hamlet and 'what's done, is done' from Macbeth.

Presented by Robin Lustig, with academic Kate Rumbold and actor Ray Fearon. Show less

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Source: BBC Online

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