How many of us, reading Shakespeare at school, were given the chance to explore the queer relationships of Sebastian and Antonio (Twelfth Night), Bassanio and Antonio (The Merchant of Venice) or Orlando and 'Ganymede' (As You Like It) on their own terms?
It also explores the overlooked queer corners of the supremely patriarchal world that Shakespeare grew up in: from the homoerotic literature he read at school to the arty London suburbs where he and other ambitious young men shared rooms - and beds - to save money.
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