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If Shakespeare wrote for the masses, why is his work now an intellectual preserve?

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The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare — William Shakespeare, as depicted in the Chandos portrait. Photograph: Ian Dagnall Computing/Alamy

If Shakespeare wrote for the masses, why is his work now an intellectual preserve? John Silvester, Sleaford

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