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SYMHC Classics: Why did a riot start over Shakespeare?

2020-03-14 | 🔗

This 2011 episode from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina covers an often-requested topic. Shakespeare is typically associated with cultural sophistication rather than violent bouts of near-anarchy. But this wasn't the case during the Astor Place Riot.

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