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From plague puns to isolation creation: what Shakespeare teaches us about pandemic life – The Guardian
After 60 years with the Bard, John Bell reflects on how the playwright turned home quarantine into a source of productivity
As live performance venues reopen in Australia and move towards full capacity, spare a thought for those living through Elizabethan England. The bubonic plague closed down entertainment and sporting venues for months at a time on at least five separate occasions during William Shakespeares adult lifetime. Churches remained open it was inconceivable anyone could be struck down with contagion while engaged in the practice of piety but lockdowns, masks (of sorts), and what we now call social distancing…
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