“Shakespeare said everything. Brain to belly; every mood and minute of a man’s season… He wrote it with tears and blood and beer, and his words march like heart beats. He speaks to everyone.”

This week, we’re taking our first deep foray into the work of William Shakespeare as we take a look at Welles’s first actually published work (with Roger Hill) - Everybody’s Shakespeare! We’ll be discussing our histories both with the work of Shakespeare and the plays covered - The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, and Julius Caesar.

Orson Welles as AI? Miss us with that: https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/orson-welles-ai-voice-storyrabbit-audio-storytelling-app-1236406112

Homework for next class - The Hearts of Age: https://youtu.be/pXKIMag5hHE

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