The History of Fandom, 1700-1900 (Live)
You're Dead to Me
The Jubilee of Shakespeare
It's hugely important, this jubilee, because this is the moment where shakespeare becomes the national poet. But it's david garrick, who wis a very famous actor at the time, who sort of embodies shakespeare. He basely steals sh Shakespeare's brand, makes it his own. And turns shakespeare into the national poetand so it's a sort of big,. it's a really interesting moment where fan culture actually elevates who what becomes the great playwright. That the greatest algule, if you'd listen to many people. So it's quite interesting that low culture sort of shoves high culturo is at a ladder.
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