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Shakespeare Is Hard, But So Is Life Category_SLEEVES he watched the 1948 filmThe works of Shakespeare have become staples of literature. They are everywhere, from our early schooling to the lecture rooms of academia, from classic theatre to modern adaptations on stage and screen. But how well do we really know his plays? In this witty, iconoclastic book, the bestselling author Fintan O'Toole examines four of Shakespeare's most enduring tragedies Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and King Lear. He shows how their tragic heroes have been