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Andrew Dickson

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Hello. I'm an author and critic who writes regularly for the Guardian and a number of other publications, including the New Yorker and the New Statesman.

My new book about Shakespeare’s global influence, Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare’s Globe, is published in the UK by Bodley Head/Vintage and in the US by Henry Holt.

I'm also the author of the Globe Guide to Shakespeare, and also contributed to the New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare.

I'm currently an honorary fellow at Birkbeck, University of London and a former visiting fellow at the University of Warwick.

I live in east London. ...more

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What would you have done in Macbeth's position, after receiving the three prophecies from the witches?

Andrew Dickson Ha! Good question. If I had any sense I'd get out of the whole wannabe king business and set up a golf resort ... But what's interesting is that Shake…moreHa! Good question. If I had any sense I'd get out of the whole wannabe king business and set up a golf resort ... But what's interesting is that Shakespeare makes it essentially inescapable: as soon as Macbeth is told of the prophecy, he says, "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me / Without my stir". Basically no matter what he does, his fate is decided. Spooky!(less)

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What's the most interesting thing you learned while researching Shakespeare (maybe something that didn't make it into the book)?

Andrew Dickson Oooh, tricky! Thanks for the question. I learned so many things -- I hadn't realised that there are now more professional performances of Shakespeare …moreOooh, tricky! Thanks for the question. I learned so many things -- I hadn't realised that there are now more professional performances of Shakespeare done annually in Germany than there are in the UK, or that (probably) more people attend Shakespeare festivals in the US than anywhere else globally, or that there are more reinterpretations of the plays in Indian cinema than in the English-speaking world ... I think I was most surprised by how important Shakespeare seems to be to many different cultures worldwide, and how those cultures have made him their own. Sometimes the darker sides of that were surprising, too -- I hadn't realised how the Nazis were so deeply into Shakespeare, and that they tried to claim him as a German writer.(less)

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	The Globe Guide to Shakespeare: The Plays, The Productions, The Life 4.31 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare's Globe 3.70 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2016 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars