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Episode 12: Tier Ranking Shakespeare Couples
Have you ever thought about who your favorite Shakespeare couple of all time is? I have! Probably too often. In this episode, I finally let that aspect of my nerd flag fly and we get into where I’d rank some of Shakespeare’s most iconic couples.
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Episode 11: High School and Shakespeare
Who wants to relive what they had to read in English class in high school? I guess I do! In this episode, we are talking Shakespeare and high school sprinkled with a little bit of memoir.
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Episode 10: Twelfth Night and Gender Exploration
There’s a lot when it comes to Twelfth Night, and we’re not just talking about cross the dressing. Come for a conversation about Viola and stay for conversations about sex and gender in the sixteenth century.
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Episode 9: Storytelling and Speculation
Everyone has an idea in their mind of who Shakespeare is and biographers have been trying for years to find ways to support their own preferred portrayals of the Bard.
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Episode 8: Romeo + Juliet (1996) with guest Amanda Bain Wysocki
IN FAIR VERONA where we set our scene, Amanda and I discuss the classic 1996 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The editing is frenetic, the energy is chaotic, and the line deliveries are at times hilarious.
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Episode 7: Exploring Genre – Tragedy and History
We’re back for part two in our discussion of Shakespearean genre. This time covering tragedies and whether everyone has to die for it work and also histories and why maybe they’re not so boring after all.
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Bonus Episode 3: “Of Cannibals” and The Tempest
You don’t have read an article this time, I’ve turned it into audio. Listen to a reflection of “On Cannibals” and its relationship to The Tempest.
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Episode 6: Exploring Genre – Comedy and Tragicomedy
What are the genres of Shakespeare’s plays an why is the First Folio to blame? It’s time to dive into genre, specifically what constitutes a comedy or a tragicomedy and the ways those definitions can be infinitely complicated.
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Bonus Episode 2: One-Star Shakespeare
Ever read some one-star reviews of classic literature? Dig into the wild world of internet reviews with a few selections for Shakespeare’s plays.
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Episode 5: Shakespeare in Love (1998)
But hark! What light from yonder window breaks? It is Shakespeare in Love and this episode I’m joined by a guest to discuss it. Join us to hear about historical accuracy (or lack thereof), Elizabethan theater economics, and Shakespeare’s interior life.
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