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Yael Shtessman

Lives in Jerusalem. Loves literature, history and Taylor Swift.

“If It Be Love”: Rethinking Romance in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

When Shakespeare’s characters fall in love, things tend to get complicated. Inspired by rare early editions of the Bard’s works housed in the National Library, we revisited one of his most sweeping tragedies to ask: Is this really a love story?

Yael Shtessman | 04.06.25

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