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Stephen Orgel

Stephen Orgel is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. He has edited Ben Johnson's masques, Christopher Marlowe's poems and translations, and many other classics. His books include The Authentic Shakespeare (2002), Impersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's England (1996), and The Illusion of Power (1975).

Books

Loving Succession? Read This!

It’s impossible to look away from Succession‘s final season. The dramedy about a power struggle between a manipulative, media mogul father and his dysfunctional, ambitious, always scheming children is better than ever. From Kendall’s mastery of empty corporate jargon to Greg naïvely stumbling to the top amidst his cousins’ high-dollar backstabbing, Succession is a masterfully

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