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James Morris MP and Professor Michael Dobson

James Morris is Conservative MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis and Professor Michael Dobson is director of the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham

Just a dead playwright? Why Parliament should pay attention to Shakespeare
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By James Morris MP and Professor Michael Dobson
Just a dead playwright? Why Parliament should pay attention to Shakespeare
“Why are you asking the Prime Minister about a dead playwright?” That is how one unimpressed constituent put it to James Morris MP, chair of the APPG for Shakespeare, when he stood up at PMQs recently to raise the importance of Shakespeare’s works as a force for freedom in the world.