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There were many poets Robert Menzies revered, but he was especially enamoured with Shakespeare. Under the tutelage and insistence of his strict teacher Frank Shann at Wesley College, Menzies memorised thousands of lines of Shakespeare from an early age. His penchant for reciting Shakespeare was a habit he maintained throughout his life. Menzies read this copy of Macbeth on his way to Britain in 1935, and the play’s Scottish setting may have built anticipation for visiting the land of his ancestors for the first time.