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Article: Millennibrum: The great and the good!
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- April 4, 2000
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SHAKESPEARE,
Man of the Millennium
By MARTIN BANKS
WE have all heard of Shakespeare. Many of us have studied him at school or seen his plays.
We might have seen a film loosely based on his life: 'Shakespeare in Love' or others based on his plays, such as 'Hamlet', 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Henry V.'
Without knowing it, we use or adapt phrases which Shakespeare was the first to present, including:
'I have not slept a wink' (Cymbeline) and