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November 2, 2014

Experts, historians explore Shakespeare's Catholic sympathies

Visitors look at historic costumes worn by actors of several theater companies to represent some of the plays by British playwright William Shakespeare during July's Almagro's Classical Theatre Festival in Almagro, Spain. New historical research suggests that Shakespeare was a secret Catholic at a time when the faith faced persecution in England.

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England - Inside this town's recently refurbished Royal Shakespeare Theater, a massed audience, banked on three floors, gazes attentively out over a wide, brightly lit stage.

Published in International