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Sophie Duncan

Sophie Duncan
Sophie Duncan is research fellow and dean for welfare at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. She writes about Shakespeare and gender and has worked extensively in theatre and television as a historical advisor. She is the author of Shakespeare’s Women, Juliet, and the Fin de Siècle. She lives in Oxford, UK.


Annihilation, Beauty, and Shakespeare: Is Juliet the Best Dead Girl?

Sophie Duncan on the Morbid Entertainments of Sex and Death
June 7, 2023  By Sophie Duncan
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