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“We lose something essential when we eradicate the sexual ribaldry, over-the-top violence, righteous anger and transgressive shock from Shakespeare’s work,” says Drew Lichtenberg, an associate director at the Shakespeare Theater Company. “It harms not only the rich texture of the plays but their meaning as well.” Drew is far from alone in feeling this way. When Times Opinion asked readers to share the lines that got their blood flowing, we received over 700 responses. “We read about sexual awakenings, recognition of repressed rage, acknowledgment of society’s dark side and the dark within themselves,” Drew recounts. So what are your favorite lines from Shakespeare — the salacious, the gory, the transgressively shocking? #shakespeare #booktok #censorship #nytopinion