SURPRISE! It’s a very special .5 episode!

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Both Reidan and Alina saw the National Theatre Live screening of Coriolanus and wanted to talk about it. So we did. With the recorder running.

There are multiple encore screenings over the next month, the National Theatre Live website is here: here. Other shows coming up in clude The Curious Incident of the Dog In Nighttime and King Lear. Which we will be going to see.

Fathom Events also broadcasts ballet from the Royal Ballet, Opera from the Metropolitan Opera, Broadway shows, and sports events. Check it out!

We’ll be back atcha in a few weeks with a regularly scheduled episode.

We’re classing up the joint with 1 hour and 45 minutes on the Bard Himself: William Shakespeare. Dick jokes can be found…pretty much all over the place.

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Featuring Sonnet 130 as performed by the incandescent Catherine Tate.

Just in case you need them: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare on Project Gutenberg

Adaptations we talked about (possibly not a complete list):

Sir Patrick Stewart Macbeth

The Hollow Crown

Reimaginings:

You can watch Tom Hiddleston’s Corolianus through National Theater Live at a movie theater near you! Alina and Reidan have tickets!

Shakespearean Original Pronunciation video:

Next month we will come at you with all things Olympic! Skating, skiing, curling, biathalon, luge, bobsled, skeleton and snowboarding!

Welcome to Episode 15 of AngloFilles, wherein Les Filles are joined by Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books to discuss the romance genre!

(Just as a note: the conversation turns somewhat explicit at about 1:10 when we start discussing erotica. Just in case you’re listening at work or with a small child who might wonder out loud in an inopportune place what the deal with triceratops tongues is.)

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Sarah Wendell runs Smart Bitches Trashy Books, a romance review website that Reidan reviews for sometimes. She also has a podcast with Jane Litt, of Dear Author, called Dear Bitches Smart Authors, which everyone should listen to.

That infamous first review is here: Surrender to the Night, by Evelyn Rogers.

Authors we talked about:

Courtney Milan

The Sapphires US Poster:

Dreamgirls Poster:

The Bodyguard Poster:

Dinosaur erotica is a thing.

Other review websites to check out:

Dear Author

Have a happy holiday season, everyone! We’ll see you in 2014!