Home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. Advancing knowledge and the arts. Discover it all at www.folger.edu. Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places—not just literature and the stage, but science and social history as well. Our "Shakespeare Unlimited" podcast explores the fascinating and varied connections between Shakespeare, his works, and the world around us.
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A cheeky, irreverent yet informative deep-dive into all things Shakespeare, hosted by two longtime Shakespeare performers, directors, and teachers.
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Nytolkningar av William Shakespeares klassiker Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Ansvarig utgivare: Doreen Kanter
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Hosted by Cassidy Cash, That Shakespeare Life takes you behind the curtain and into the real life of William Shakespeare. Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The world’s longest-running theatre podcast, which Broadway World calls “one of the Top 10 Podcasts for Theatre Fans!” HEAR HERE!
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Shakespeare Anyone? is co-hosted by Elyse Sharp and Kourtney Smith, two professional actors and hobbyist Shakespeare scholars. Join us as we explore Shakepeare’s plays through as many lenses as we can by looking at the text and how the text is viewed through modern lenses of feminism, racism, classism, colonialism, nationalism… all the-isms. We will discuss how his plays shaped both the past and present, and look at how his work was performed throughout various periods of time–all while tryi ...
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From the earliest drama in English, to the closing of the theatres in 1642, there was a hell of a lot of drama produced - and a lot of it wasn't by Shakespeare. Apart from a few noble exceptions these plays are often passed over, ignored or simply unknown. This podcast presents full audio productions of the plays, fragmentary and extant, that shaped the theatrical world that shaped our dramatic history.
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nst.pod: A podcast for theatre and performing arts. This is a podcast for the Norwegian Quarterly theatre magazine Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift and the web site www.shakespearetidsskrift.no. Some series are in English, some in Norwegian. We podcast conversations with artistis and others. // nst.pod: Podkast for teater og scenekunst. Dette er en podcast for Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift, og nettstedet www.shakespearetidsskrift.no Noen av seriene er på engelsk, andre på norsk. Vi podcaster samtal ...
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Sebastian Michael, author of The Sonneteer and several other plays and books, looks at each of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets in the originally published sequence, giving detailed explanations and looking out for what the words themselves tell us about the great poet and playwright, about the Fair Youth and the Dark Lady, and about their complex and fascinating relationships. Podcast transcripts, the sonnets, contact details and full info at https://www.sonnetcast.com
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Was the name signed to the world's most famous plays and poems a pseudonym? Was the man from Stratford that history attributed the work to even capable of writing them? Join Theatrical Actor/Writer/Director and Shakespeare connoisseur Steven Sabel as he welcomes a variety of guests to explore literary history's greatest mystery… Who was the writer behind the pen name "William Shakespeare?" Part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.
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A listening tour through 450 years of Shakespeare - on stage, in history, in our culture, and in person.
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Talks about masculinity
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Pendant Productions
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The read-along Shakespeare podcast
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Discover your next favourite book, or take a deep dive into the mind of an author you love, with The Shakespeare and Company Interview podcast. Long-form interviews with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded from our bookshop in the heart of Paris. Hosted by S&Co Literary Director, Adam Biles. Discover all our upcoming events here. If you enjoy these conversations, you can order The Shakespeare and Company Book of Interviews here. Past guests include: Ottessa Moshfegh, Ian McEwan, Ali ...
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Merced Shakespearefest is dedicated to creating and performing high quality productions of Shakespeare plays that reflect and embrace the diversity of our community. We are a safe haven and artistic outlet for all people with a desire to express themselves through the works of history’s greatest playwright, and for all who wish to enjoy the results of our efforts.
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Exclusive interviews with Shakespeare’s most iconic characters
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Shakespeare Made Fun & Easy
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Conversations about things Shakespearean, including new developments in Shakespeare studies and Shakespearean performance and education across the globe. These talks are also available on YouTube under the search term, 'Speaking of Shakespeare'. This series is made possible by institutional support from Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) in central Tokyo and is also supported by a generous grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
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Aritish Council Shakespeare Aramızda programı, 2016 yılı boyunca ölümünün 400. yıldönümünü anısına oluşturulan ve Shakespeare’in eserleriyle ilgili etkinlik ve aktiviteleri kapsayan dünya çapındaki eşsiz Shakespeare Yaşıyor (Shakespeare Lives) programının bir parçasıdır.
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Welcome to the podcast on Shakespearean Theory and Art, where new worlds in literature are created.
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Public figures talk about the piece of Shakespeare that inspires them most.The pieces are read by well known actors. From BBC Radio 4
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A podcast on the great amounts of love included in the play, a midsummer nights dream Cover art photo provided by rawpixel on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@rawpixel
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A podcast for all those who see William Shakespeare primarily as a dramatist, and want to explore ways to stage his plays as live theatre.
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37 plays, 2 pals, 1 immortal Bard
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Explore the world through fresh eyes! Shakespeare’s Quills is a podcast by high school students diving into social issues, literature, and everyday curiosities with unique perspectives and honest conversations. Join us for deep discussions, creative ideas, and relatable moments that’ll keep you thinking long after the episode ends. Available on: Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Apple Podcasts, Goodpods and many more... Check out our website: https://shakespearesquills.wixsite.com/podcast (Sha ...
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Welcome to the Shakespeare Busted podcast, where amazing things happen. Cover art photo provided by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@samuelzeller
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Making a selection of objects from the British Museum and collections across the UK, Neil MacGregor uncovers the stories they tell about Shakespeare's world.
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Improvised Shakespeare from an audio-based troupe spanning US & UK! roundaboutshakespeare.com
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Host Aaron M. Wilson reads a sonnet a day from the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon himself, William Shakespeare. No ads, no commentary, no sweeping background music... just the meditative beauty of these iconic words. During these turbulent times, let this be your bite-sized audio escape.
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Si lo que buscas es recomendaciones literarias, efemerides musicales, cuentos cortos, todo esto acompañado de buena música este programa es para ti
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Kingston Shakespeare is the home of KiSS (Kingston Shakespeare Seminar), and its offshoot KiSSiT (Kingston Shakespeare Seminar in Theory). Both explore the world by thinking through Shakespeare.
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Shakespeare@ Home is our new ongoing project of classic drama in ‘radio’ format. Conceived as an homage to the heyday of serialized radio drama of the 1930s and 40s, Shakespeare@ Home delivers our same acclaimed tradition of providing accessible interpretations of classic works for a new audience.
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Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Marcus Antonius and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Parthian War to Cleopatra's suicide. The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow triumviri and the future first emperor of Rome. The trag ...
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Shakespeare Invented the Dick Joke is a comedic and casual discussion into Shakespeare's Canon by a certified Shakespeare Nerd. Bi-weekly, this literature loving nerd actor dives into immense detail about the Bard's works.
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Shakespeare High: Your Shakespeare Classroom on the Internet joins the podcasting revolution to enhance your study and enjoyment of Shakespeare!
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The podcast that takes neither itself nor Shakespeare seriously. Hosted by Nora (theatre nerd/Shax expert) and James (husband/theatre skeptic). Season 3 now live, with monthly-ish updates. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @NAShaxPodcast.
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Mercedes Ugarte's seventh grade students from Monterrey, Mexico learned the iambic pentameter rhythm and the structure of Shakespeare' s sonnets by creating hip-hop beats and rhyming to them.
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2 of his famous quotes and a bit about why he still is relevant to us. Cover art photo provided by JJ Jordan on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@jjjordan
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All about Shakespeare
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A scattershot podcast about William Shakespeare and his works.
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When British radio listeners voted William Shakespeare their "British Person of the Millennium," the honor was entirely understandable. Shakespeare and his works are woven throughout not only English-speaking culture, but global culture. As you'll hear in this series of podcasts, Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places--not just literature and the stage, but science and social history as well. Join us for this "no limits" podcast tour of the fascinating and varied connections bet ...
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Great Interviews with Great Artists. We’re talking Shakespeare.
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Successful playwrights and television writers (and married couple) Barbara Wallace and Tom Wolfe are playing successful playwrights (and married couple) Charlotte and Arthur Sanders in the Waterfront Playhouse production of Paul Slade Smith's The Angel Next Door through February 8, 2025. Friends of the pod Barb and Tom make their first joint appear…
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360: Exploring: Beware the Cat by William Baldwin - Part 2 (Archive LIVE Stream)
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Welcome to archived live stream exploring session for Beware the Cat by William Baldwin. It was live streamed on Robert Crighton's private YouTube channel, but not officially added to the podcast, during the opening of the 2020 plague and, beyond a few minor tweaks, remains as streamed. It's a First Look, so it's rough as such things are, and obvio…
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Acts of Resistance: Amber Massie-Blomfield on the Power of Art to Shape a Better World
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Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with Amber Massie-Blomfield, author of Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World. This conversation, recorded in store, dives into the profound role art plays in times of crisis. Amber shares stories of artists who defied oppressive regimes, like Claude Cahun's surrealist resistance i…
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PODDTIPS: P3 Klassikern: Stormen – Shakespeares bästa eller sämsta pjäs
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Nu finns ett avsnitt av P3 Klassikern om Stormen. Följ med på en djupdykning i pjäsen som tolkats på så många sätt. Gäst är Nanna Olasdotter Hallberg. Lyssna på P3 Klassikern om Stormen HÄR.بقلم Sveriges Radio
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King Henry V: Historical Figures vs Shakespeare's Fictional Characters
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Want to support the podcast? Join our Patreon or buy us a coffee. As an independent podcast, Shakespeare Anyone? is supported by listeners like you. In this week's episode, we are exploring the historical record to better understand the difference between the facts of the historical record and the history-making and myths in Shakespeare's King Henr…
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Shakespeare uses the phrase, “Hue and cry” twice in his plays. Once in Henry IV Part 1and again inMerry Wives of Windsor. In the Middle Ages, this phrase represented acivilian peacekeeping effort that remained officially on the books in England until the19thcentury. Amounting, on an extremely basic level, to what those in the US mayrecognize as a “…
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Steven and Jake take a look back at 2024 and the sixth season of DQTM to talk about reviews, emails from listeners, fun moments from the series, previews of the coming season and more. This episode was filmed and streamed live on January 14. Find the video replay at our Patreon Page. Support the show by picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger…
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Have YOU ever seen a production of Cymbeline??? Owen hasn't, and Lisa Ann has only seen it once. HOWEVER!!!! We ARE seeing it at The Globe in London in March, and we decided to delve a little further into the play that really is quite seldom done. NOTE: LA is sounding rough from the shittiest flu EVER. Apologies. (Sneeze, cough, wheeze, rasp.) To s…
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Nisha Sharma on Adapting Shakespeare for Modern Romances
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How do Shakespeare’s timeless themes translate to the South Asian diaspora? Could the man from Stratford himself be reimagined as a meddling auntie? Novelist Nisha Sharma’s If Shakespeare Were an Auntie trilogy takes on this challenge, taking inspiration from The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, and Twelfth Night to create contemporary …
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Henry VI, part 2 chapter 5 --Please leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts!-- Website: pendantaudio.com Twitter: @pendantweb Facebook: facebook.com/pendantaudio Tumblr: pendantaudio.tumblr.com YouTube: youtube.com/pendantproductions
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Sonnet 118: Like as to Make Our Appetites More Keen
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Sonnet 118 continues William Shakespeare's defence or explanation of his infidelities towards his younger lover with an argument that may well strike us as similarly spurious as the one deployed in Sonnet 117, even though unlike the previous poem, this one possesses an internal logic that allows him to come to a conclusion which does make some sens…
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Perennially one of the most-produced playwrights in America, Lauren Gunderson returns to discuss A Room in the Castle, her new play based on the women of Hamlet now having its world premiere at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Folger Theatre in Washington DC. Lauren talks about the evolution of her play and reveals how it became more focused …
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Sonnet 117: Accuse Me Thus, That I Have Scanted All
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Sonnet 117 is the first of three distinct but related sonnets that all seek to excuse, or at the very least explain, Shakespeare's own infidelities and inconstancies, first confessed to his lover in Sonnet 109 and, most directly, in Sonnet 110. Here, our poet lists a whole raft of failings on his part in his conduct towards his young man, and posit…
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355: Discussing: Travelling Players in Early Modern England
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This is a special discussing episode, recorded live as a zoom event last year. Travelling Players in Early Modern England: Civic Spaces and Provincial Performance was an online event on the upcoming exhibition at the Guildhall of Stratford-upon-Avon Featuring Dr William David Green and host Robert Crighton In celebration of an upcoming exhibition a…
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The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus, is the book that is the source for Christopher Marlowe's play. Chapter by chapter we will wander through the twists and turns of this story. Performed by Robert Crighton Chapter Fourteen: Another disputation betwixt Doctor Faustus and his Spirit, of the power of the Devil, …
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Tyrone Phillips is the founding artistic director of Chicago’s Definition Theatre and directing Definition’s co-production of James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fat Ham at the Goodman Theatre through February 23, 2025. Phillips discusses the many Shakespearean connections of this “hilarious yet profound tragedy, smothered in comedy” (New Yo…
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Democracy at Risk: Salomé Saqué on Resisting the Far Right
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In this pivotal episode, Adam Biles speaks with French journalist and author Salomé Saqué about her urgent new book, Résister. Recorded two days after the death of French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen and coinciding with Donald Trump’s second inauguration, this conversation delves into the global rise of far-right movements, their strategies, …
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Henry IV, Henry V, and King Richard II
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The spectacular downfall of King Richard II, followed by the successors Henry IV and then Henry V, are famously depicted in Shakespeare’s plays. The Life and Death of King Richard II is a prequel to what’s known as Shakespeare’s Henriad plays, or the Henry Plays, consisting of Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV part 2, and Henry V. Richard II is believed to…
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SATIR: Ariel och Prospero dukar upp en festmåltid för att psyka Alonsa. Ferdinand hålls fången tills hon lovat att kalla på en räddingsbåt. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Om dramaserien Stormen Stormen är Nanna Olasdotter Hallbergs nytolkning av Williams Shakespeares klassiker. En politisk satir som utspelar sig på en ö i Östersjön e…
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SATIR: Miranda och statsministerns son Ferdinand är kära. Alonsas stabschef försöker döda henne. Allt är del av Prosperos maktpykning. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Om dramaserien Stormen Stormen är Nanna Olasdotter Hallbergs nytolkning av Williams Shakespeares klassiker. En politisk satir som utspelar sig på en ö i Östersjön efter …
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SATIR: Miranda är fast på en ö med sin pappa Prospero. När ett skepp förliser kliver hennes drömkille iland. Av Nanna Olasdotter Hallberg. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Om dramaserien Stormen Stormen är Nanna Olasdotter Hallbergs nytolkning av Williams Shakespeares klassiker. I denna postapokalyktiska politiska satir möter vi poddar…
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Sonnet 116: Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
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With his celebrated and oft-recited Sonnet 116, William Shakespeare offers not so much a definition as a characterisation of what true love is: unshakeable and unaffected by external changes or temptations, steady and dependable as a lodestar in the darkest, stormiest hour, and everlasting "even to the edge of doom." With its religious overtones th…
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359: Exploring: Beware the Cat by William Baldwin - Part 1 (Archive LIVE Stream)
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Welcome to archived live stream exploring session for Beware the Cat by William Baldwin. It was live streamed on Robert Crighton's private YouTube channel, but not officially added to the podcast, during the opening of the 2020 plague and, beyond a few minor tweaks, remains as streamed. It's a First Look, so it's rough as such things are, and obvio…
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To kick off our series on Shakespeare's King Henry V, we are (as always) starting with an overview of basic facts about the play and an introduction to the major themes and motifs of the play. Location of the Battle of Agincourt Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Li…
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At the closing night banquet of last weekend's Shakespeare Theatre Association conference in San Francisco, Reduced Shakespeare Company artistic directors Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor were awarded the Sandra and Sidney Berger Award "in recognition of their outstanding talent and dedication to the works of William Shakespeare." In a conversation …
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Golf for the 16th Century: Explore Clubs, Gear, and Courses
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Shakespeare may not mention the word “golf” in his plays, and in exploring history, it seems that the game was a little bit obscure, certainly not something played widely, but nevertheless it was present for Shakespeare’s lifetime, with some major moments for golf history overlapping with the life of William ShakespeareFor example, it was England’s…
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Bloomcast Holiday Special: Watt by Samuel Beckett, Episode 2
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For the second part of this year’s Bloomcast Holiday Special, Alice, Lex, and Adam get help from novelist Claire-Louise Bennett and Philosophy professor Foad Dizadji-Bahmani to explore how it challenges conventional ideas of narrative, language, and meaning. As always, our Bloomcasters invite listeners into a spirited and thought-provoking conversa…
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Shakespeares Stormen i nytolkning av Nanna Olasdotter Hallberg. Med Helmon Solomon, Camilla Henemark, Christian Fandango Sundgren, Johannes Kuhnke, Branne Pavlovic, Olle Sarri m.fl. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Premiär den 20 januari.بقلم Sveriges Radio
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Sonnet 115: Those Lines That I Before Have Writ Do Lie
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With Sonnet 115 William Shakespeare turns his attention to the perplexing paradox that a love that is experienced as complete and absolute and therefore perfect, such as his love for his young man, may turn out, over time, to have been but a fledgling infant compared to the even fuller, more profound, more mature love that it has the potential to g…
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Steven explores the incredible history of the rise of an obscure Welsh family to become one of the most famous dynastic families in the history of England. The story of Henry ap Edmund ap Owen ap Meredith ap Tudor is indeed extra ordinary. Support the show by picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com a…
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353: !Spoilers! Cleopatra by Samuel Daniel (Act 1 to 3)
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This is the first of our !Spoilers! episodes on Cleopatra by Samuel Daniel. A walk through of the action of the play, mixed with an initial edit of our recording of the play made at the White Bear during our Revels season on Wednesday 13th December 2023. Featuring the voices of... Pamela Flanagan - Cleopatra Lynsey Beauchamp - Proculeius Keith Hill…
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Happy 2025, listeners!!! What are YOUR resolutions for this new year?? We have some... but more importantly, what resolutions do the characters in the canon have?? In this episode we discuss those and play some resolution=quotes from plays=what character and play games. Whoooo Hooooo!!! Happy New Year, you dicks!! (And dickesses!!) To send us an em…
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Claire-Louise Bennett returns to the Pond
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Originally published by The Stinging Fly Press in Ireland on 2015, Claire-Louise Bennett’s POND found a wider audience with its UK publisher, the then nascent Fitzcarraldo Editions—the paradigm-shifting house that is currently celebrating its 10th birthday. POND is an extraordinarily erudite book, which wears that erudition extraordinarily lightly.…
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Olivia Hussey: The Girl on the Balcony (Rebroadcast)
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Olivia Hussey, whose spirited portrayal of Juliet when she was just a teenager herself became iconic for generations of people watching the 1968 film adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, died on December 27, 2024. In 2019, we were lucky enough to record an interview with Hussey. To honor her life and work, we’re bringing it to you again.Olivia Hussey …
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Anne Curzan – University of Michigan linguistics professor, podcast host, and author of Says Who? A Kinder Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words – returns to the podcast to talk about how William Shakespeare is used as a source for the origins of hundreds of words, as well as inspiration for a playful approach to language. Anne disc…
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Epiphany Celebrations and Customs for the 16-17th Century
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January 6 is the day that many celebrate a holiday called Epiphany, the first manifestation of Jesus as the Son of God to the Gentiles, which happened through the visit of the Magi, or the Three Kings, who visited Jesus and brought him the now famous gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrr. The holiday was celebrated in Shakespeare’s lifetime, but ju…
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Bloomcast Holiday Special: Watt by Samuel Beckett, Episode 1
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Happy Joycension Day! For this year’s Bloomcast Holiday Special, Alice, Lex, and Adam reunited for a lively discussion of Watt by Samuel Beckett, asking: How does Beckett’s minimalist, disintegrative style compare to James Joyce’s expansive, celebratory storytelling? What makes this novel so uniquely absurd and profound? And why does Watt feel both…
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Sonnet 114: Or Whether Doth My Mind, Being Crowned With You
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With his curiously cryptic Sonnet 114, William Shakespeare poses a rhetorical question to his younger lover, asking whether his experience of seeing him in everything he looks at is down simply to his eye flattering him, or to his eye having acquired the ancient mystical art of alchemy and actually turning even ugly creatures into beautiful angelic…
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