David olusoga books5/22/2023 ![]() The great white bard of the title is just that type of idealised cultural construct, she suggests. It is a clever deployment of Shakespearean wisdom on how to love without a distorting “fancy bred in the eye”. Karim-Cooper’s broader sociopolitical scope makes us see certain lines and characters afresh But in order to love him, she argues, we have to know him fully, and not only his genius but the darker aspects of his legacy. Karim-Cooper felt an instant connection to Shakespeare at the age of 15, during an English lesson on Romeo and Juliet. It is a thorough analysis but also a kind of love letter. Far from being cowed by the experience, she has produced a book-length study of the bard through the lens of race theory. Efforts to decolonise Shakespeare have been fiercely contested in the past and as co-director of education at the Globe theatre, Karim-Cooper navigated her own storm when she organised a series of webinars on anti-racism in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. ![]()
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