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Episode 167: The Rhythm of English

The History of English Podcast

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The History of Shakespeare's Plays

Shakespeare's plays are really a combination of poetry and regular speech. He actually shifted back and forth between them, depending on the content of the dialogue. As we'll see in upcoming episodes, Shakespeare also adopted the same basic structure used by Marlow and Kid. We will finally come across the first references to Shakespeare as an actor in playwright living in London in 1590s.

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