014 - Connie Willis - Ado (1988)

Connie Willis's short story Ado was first published in the January 1988 issue of Asimov's magazine. I read this in Willis's short story collection from 1993 called Impossible Things.

Ado tells the story of an English Literature teacher attempting to teach Shakespeare in a world where sensitivity to offence is taken to its logical extreme.

The themes of this story are so closely tied to its narrative that I found it impossible to talk about it any meaningful way without being spoilterific. So if you haven't read the story, I'd recommend reading it prior to listening to the review.

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