'New BBC radio documentary ... to explore Osama bin Laden’s hatred of Shakespeare – and the Bard’s own alleged family links to the Gunpowder Plot.'
Presented by Dr. Islam Issa, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Birmingham City University, reviewed by Shakepeare Magazine
"Documents released by the CIA last year [2017] detailed bin Laden’s frequent visits to Stratford-upon-Avon as a teenager and his hatred of Shakespeare as a symbol of the West and its political ideology.Dr. Issa's book on the topic was recently published by Routledge.
"The terror leader wrote in his diaries that 'we went every Sunday to visit Shakespeare’s house' and these experiences are believed to have coloured his hatred of the West.
"Links between the Bard and the Gunpowder Plot stem from the fact the plotters included family friends of Shakespeare and that the conspirators had strong links to Stratford-upon-Avon."
See Shakespeare, Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volumes 26-27, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volumes 24-25.
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