Venus and Adonis
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Stratford-upon-Avon born playwright Shakespeare dedicated Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece to Wriothesley, who some think was the "fair youth" to whom many of Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025
Delnon and his team have hung historical depictions of the Venus and Adonis myth in their rehearsal space at the State Opera, adapting the stylized gestures from the paintings to the stage.
From New York Times • May 25, 2023
When an earlier outbreak closed the theatres in 1593, Shakespeare wrote the poem Venus and Adonis.
From Scientific American • Mar. 29, 2020
Venus and Adonis: Shakespeare’s Epic Poems Part 1 Radio-style show celebrates the poetry of the Bard.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2019
Like Rowe, Pope has some doubt as to the authorship of the poems, but on the score of the dedications he attributes to him Venus and Adonis and the Rape of Lucrece.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol
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