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TTBOOK: Shakespeare: Where There’s a Will

TTBOOK: Shakespeare: Where There’s a Will

Marjorie Garber writes about how Shakespeare makes modern culture and modern culture makes Shakespeare. Jess Winfield’s novel’s subtitle says it all. Mark Anderson argues the Earl of Oxford was really the author of Shakespeare’s works. Shakespeare biographer Stephen Greenblatt isn’t persuaded. Karen Winborn describes how Classical Comics has published three versions of Shakespeare plays. Marjorie Garber is one of the world's premier Shakespeare scholars and teaches at Harvard. Her latest book is "On Shakespeare and Modern Culture." She tells Anne Strainchamps how Shakespeare makes modern culture and modern culture makes Shakespeare, and we hear examples from the plays and film versions like "Shakespeare in Love."

Jess Winfield was one of the original members of "The Reduced Shakespeare Company." He's now a novelist and talks with Jim Fleming about "My Name is Will: a novel of sex, drugs and Shakespeare."

Mark Anderson is the author of "Shakespeare by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare." Anderson tells Steve Paulson that no single piece of evidence is conclusive, but all the funny coincidences "prove" his thesis.

Shakespeare biographer Stephen Greenblatt isn't persuaded: he demolishes Anderson's theory during his conversation with Steve and insists that Shakespeare's genius is precisely that he wasn't a nobleman.

Karen Winborn tells Jim Fleming about Classical Comics which have published three versions of Shakespeare plays, pairing various versions of the texts with bright, action-packed, comic book style visuals. She explains the company's goals and their success, so far.

To the Best of Our Knowledge is an audio magazine of ideas - two hours of smart, entertaining radio for people with curious minds.

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