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Two Oxford academics explore how much we really know about our greatest playwright William Shakespeare. Were his plays really Elizabethan blockbusters? How much do we actually know about his life and, in particular, about his relationship with his wife? Professor Laurie Maguire and Emma Smith explode 30 popular myths about Shakespeare.

Maguire is professor of English at the University of Oxford and tutorial fellow at Magdalen College. She has authored or edited seven books. Smith is tutorial fellow at Hertford College and author or editor of six books.