Appreciating Shakespeare with Doctor Rap

Who Was Shakespeare the Man? (Series I, Chapter 2): Who wrote Shakespeare's Plays? What kind of person was he? Did he go to school? What religion was he? How could one person have written all those plays? How long did it take him to write a play? Where did he get his ideas? (Shakespeare's sources).

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In Series II, The Comedies, Podcast A, Doctor Rap discusses The Taming of the Shrew.

Series I, Chapter 1: What's So Great about Shakespeare? 
Session 3: Elements of Shakespeare's Mastery concluded: 
Sound and Sense, Action, Universal Realism.

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Series I, Chapter 1; What's So Great about Shakespeare? 
Session 2: More elements of Shakespeare's mastery: 
vitality, unity, variety, freshness of wit, characters, poetic language.

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Appreciating Shakespeare
Podcasts by Doctor Rap 
Series I: Background Knowledge
Series II: Individual Plays and Selected Sonnets

This first session addresses the question "What's So Great about Shakespeare?" and looks at the subjects of his plays. Two following sessions will address other elements of his mastery.

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Prelude/Postlude: Chopin Piano Concerto #1, Op. 11, Third Movement (quartet version in the public domain)