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Part of Macbeth's ongoing hold on our modern imagination comes from its exploration of urban terrorism, the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. In this talk Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies, will discuss the ways that Shakespeare engages with specific Jacobean fears and fascinations, and how his artistic response to terrorism still poses an ethical challenge in our own time.
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