Shakespeare’s Missing Magna Carta

Carolyn Harris
Jul 10, 2014
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Updated: Jun 12, 2024

My latest article on the Magna Carta 2015 Canada website discusses why there is no mention of the the Great Charter in Shakespeare’s history play “King John.” I also review the current staging of “King John” at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, which I had the pleasure of attending this past weekend.

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