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Ides of March

3-11-15

Things Shakespeare Got Wrong About the Ides of March

by Barry Strauss

Why he erred is simple: The dramatist was thinking about the footlights, not the footnotes.

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Ides of March

Things Shakespeare Got Wrong About the Ides of March

by Barry Strauss