Myths About Shakespeare
b'"It is not so. Thou hast misspoke, misheard.\\nBe well advised; tell o\'er thy tale again.\\nIt cannot be; thou dost but say \'tis so."\\n\\u2014KING JOHN (3.1.5\\u20137)\\n\\nEven if you\\u2019re not a Shakespeare scholar, there are things you have learned about Shakespeare and his plays throughout your life \\u2013 that it\\u2019s bad luck to say the name of \\u201cthe Scottish play\\u201d or that Shakespeare hated his wife. Are any of these stories true? And whether they are or not, what do they tell us about previous eras, and our own?\\n\\nRebecca Sheir talks Shakespeare myths with Emma Smith, professor of English at the University of Oxford\\u2014and co-author, with Laurie Maguire, of "30 Great Myths About Shakespeare."\\n\\nFrom the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published April 22, 2015. \\xa9 Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved.\\n\\nProduced for the Folger Shakespeare Library by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. Edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington.\\n\\nWith help from Nick Moorbath at Evolution Recording Studios in Oxford and Jonathan Cherry at public radio station WAMU.'