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Shorts 3: The Book of Will and the First Folio
Sometimes you just want to get your Shakespeare in his native format: the theater. This episode covers The Book of Will, a play about the human efforts and dreams behind the printing of the First Folio.
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Shorts 2: My Own Private Idaho (1991) and the Henriad
This movie feels like a fever dream while you watch it and also while you explain it: an early 90s indie film starring Keanu Reeves but also it’s Shakespeare but it’s really more about teenage hustlers? Yes, it exists, and yes, it’s worth a watch.
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Shorts 1: Ghostlight (2024) with guest Amanda Bain-Wysocki
What do you think when you think about Romeo and Juliet? Small indie films about families processing their grief? Then Ghostlight is gonna be the movie for you.
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Episode 27: Year One in Review
We’ve reached the year mark! Thanks to everyone for sticking with me this far. Looking forward to another year of this silliness.
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Episode 26: Anonymous (2011) with guest Ben Roman
I forced my brother to watch the Shakespeare conspiracy movie Anonymous and then made him talk to me about it for the podcast. Enjoy!
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Episode 25: Shakespeare in Adaptation
Let’s look at Shakespeare adaptation. What is it, what themes do we see, and what makes an adaptation good? We’ll be covering a range of movies, books, and plays to think a little more about the appeal of claiming you’re based on Shakespeare and what makes it worthwhile.
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Episode 24: Judi Dench on Shakespeare
Judi Dench has a lot of Shakespeare experience and her memory of her roles is as sharp as ever. In this episode, I talk Dench’s latest book on Shakespeare’s plays, characters, and an actor’s most important job.
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Episode 23: What Astrological Sign are Iconic Shakespeare Characters
What astrological sign is Romeo? Lady Macbeth? Hamlet? Join me and guest Gabbi Miller as we have fun discussing whether iconic characters are a Capricorn.
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Episode 22: The Shakespeare Jubilee and Our Changing Perceptions
Come for Voltaire dissing Shakespeare and stay for a discussion of a strange little historical event that helped to spread Shakespeare’s popularity across England.
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Episode 21: Portrayals of Achilles in Shakespeare and Elsewhere
You’ve heard of Achilles, but how well do you know him really? And do portrayals of him change across time? Is the Achilles of The Iliad the same as the one in more recent years? And how did Shakespeare portray him?
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