‘Shakespeare was a Black woman’: the playwright’s under-recognized connection to Black culture

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• A new exhibition at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC examines over 400 years of Black women's engagement with Shakespeare.
• Curated by Dr Patricia Akhimie, To Hear Her Speak is the first collective exploration of how Black women claimed and reimagined the Bard's works.