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We’re back with a classic revenge tragedy! In the mood for more revenge? Go back in the feed and listen to the episodes about The Spanish Tragedy, Women Beware Women, The Changeling, and Hamlet. Talking points: Characters’ names and their destinies (related: is the play a product of Middleton’s Calvinist theology?) The blazing star Skulls […]

Howdy listeners! This is a special episode of Bard Times. Yoli interviews Elizabeth Murphy, the co-founder and co-artistic director of Shakespeare by the Sea in Halifax about her current production of All’s Well That Ends Well. Interested in buying tickets? Here’s the link! Talking Points:  The relationship between the A-plot and B-plot Medicine/Magic Audience reactions […]

We’re back after a long, foolish, unplanned hiatus. Did you miss us? We missed you! To celebrate our return, we’re reading the delightful Covent of Pleasure by restoration playwright Margaret Cavendish. This play is notable for being the shortest play we’ve ever discussed on the podcast, and also the latest (published 1668). It’s also only our […]

Just a quick update from the Bard Times crew!

I can’t believe we’ve been at this for 20 episodes! This one is about Marston’s The Malcontent (1603). Talking Points: What’s a Malcontent anyway? And other thoughts about the Humours. Boy players and their role in satire, with reference to this article from the Times Higher Education April Ludgate, from Parks and Recreation is one […]

Hey folks! This episode is a film review. Remember when we did that film review episode about MacBender? That was probably the most that Cat and Yoli have ever disagreed with each other, and it got a little #awkward. This won’t be like that, we promise. Talking Points: Michael Almereyda’s approach to modernizing Shakespeare The […]

Are you sick of current events in the United States, the UK, or wherever you are right now? Take a 40 minute break from reality with this episode. Bard Times podcast will whisk you away to an Early Modern vacation in a tropical paradise! Bodice-ripping thrills and swash-bucking adventure awaits you in this romance by […]

It’s the end of 2016, and for some reason, we can’t stop thinking about vengeance, murder, and tragedy. To celebrate, this new episode is all about Thomas Kyd’s influential play The Spanish Tragedy. Talking points: Bel-Imperia totally rocks Echoes of this play in later tragedies (nb. comparisons to Hamlet) A very tenuous film analogy. Kyd’s […]

Hello friends! Sorry about the long lull between episodes. November was a doozy, and we had to go on unofficial hiatus just to cope. We’re back now, and ready to get this podcast back on its feet. This episode is about Christopher Marlowe’s incredibly popular play, Doctor Faustus. If you’re in the mood to explore […]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM BARD TIMES! We hope this October episode gets you in the mood for some spooky, creepy, sinful fun. Talking Points: Julia Kristeva and The Abject Consumption, excess Biblical and Mythological allusions Bad, bad, evil women The Excellent introduction by Julia Gaspar in the Oxford Complete Middleton Horror!!!! Middleton and Dekker’s awesome collaboration