1.   Although Warren Manzi, the writer, likens his script to a Shakespearean drama, Russell acknowledges the show is not considered high art.

2.   As dynasty was denied, writers likened the series of national and personal disasters to Shakespearean dramas, while clergy turned to passages from the Book of Job.

3.   At another level, though, the Katzenberg-Eisner clash has elements of almost Shakespearean drama.

4.   Like Shakespearean drama the so-called Kunqu school of opera survives through a continually negotiated truce between preservation and rebirth.

5.   She was groomed at Yale Drama School and in Shakespearean drama.

6.   The restored outer lobby, festooned with friezes of scenes from Shakespearean drama and German opera, is itself worth a quick look.

7.   To do so Burton had to forgo his talent for the stage, particularly Shakespearean drama, and pursue increasingly dubious roles on screen.