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Shakespeare's grave: the British fiction of Hollywood.(William Shakespeare)(Critical Essay)

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From: Twentieth Century Literature
Date: 20010922
Author:Ames, Christopher

All sorts of English oddities turn up in Hollywood.

P. G. Wodehouse, The Old Reliable (51)

I have a favorite quote about L.A., by William Shakespeare. He said: "This other Eden, demi-Paradise,/This precious stone set in the silver sea,/This earth, this realm, this-Los Angeles."

L.A. Story

Is Shakespeare buried in Hollywood? Steve Martin's 1991 film L.A. Story asserts that he is, explaining that Shakespeare wrote "Hamlet, Part VIII: The Revenge" during his final years in Southern California and revealing his tomb in Hollywood Cemetery (right behind Paramount ...

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