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The Kennedy Center: Shakespeare and Love: A Look at How the Bard Takes and Breaks Hearts ArticleThe Kennedy Center: Shakespeare and Love: A Look at How the Bard Takes and Breaks Hearts Article
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John F. Kennedy Center
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9th - 10th
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Visual & Performing Arts
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The Kennedy Center: Shakespeare and Love: A Look at How the Bard Takes and Breaks Hearts

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In William Shakespeare's plays, characters fight battles and face witches, lead kingdoms and hunt murderers, spend and squander money and friendship. Just as often, though, they focus on what can be an equally difficult struggle: the pursuit of love.

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Concepts

a midsummer night's dream, much ado about nothing, othello, the taming of the shrew

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