‘Shakespeare is universal – he doesn’t need to be made relevant’

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A new production of Othello has incorporated London street slang in an effort to make Shakespeare more ‘relevant’. But does this risk patronising audiences and watering down the material? spiked’s Tom Slater discussed this with Bonnie Greer on Sky News on Sunday.

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