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Ian Mcewan

I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.

Ian Mcewan

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The author feels a personal sadness because watching a good Shakespeare play reminds him that he will never meet Shakespeare or anyone with such a deeply insightful and lively mind. This sense of loss comes from the recognition that such warm intelligence is rare and inaccessible to him in real life.

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