The two-week arts festival, which features Shakespearian plays at Ludlow Castle, began in the town in 1960.

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Together they symbolize a peculiarly American version of a Shakespearian tragedy.

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With such a commitment from actors, the company can afford to run weekly classes in, say, Shakespearian language, or import Augusto Boal, a South American guru, for a fortnights workshop.

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The knighthood comes as press reports suggest Branagh will take on one of the great Shakespearian roles, playing Macbeth for the first time in his career at the Manchester International Festival next summer.

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It is hard to find a piece of free verse that outshines a well-executed traditional Shakespearian sonnet, despite the later conforming to a rigid structure of 14 iambic pentameter lines and a strict rhyme scheme.

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