As things reach boiling point at home and abroad we take refuge in the flowerbeds which cultivated our values, ideals and world views. Poeticize yourself into a new politics this Spring, with Shakespeare on the Road to Freedom at Legatum Institute.
Beginning with Baudelaire’s infamous assertion “Shakespeare is a Socialist. He never realised, but that’s besides the point,” this 7th April writer and columnist A.N. Wilson discusses the ways in which Shakespeare has been used by British and European admirers and detractors, particularly during the 19th century.
Thursday, 7 April 2016
18:30 followed by a drink reception
Legatum Institute, Mayfair, W1J 5DW
Attendance is strictly by registration only.
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