‘Shakespeare was a Black woman’: the playwright’s under-recognized connection to Black culture
By Kaitlyn McNab
A new Washington DC exhibition examines how Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and more used the Bard’s work to help tell their own stories
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/18/black-women-shakespeare-exhibit-washington-dc
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