Chop Bard

Chop Bard

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Chop Bard episodes

  • 63 Downside of Regicide

    Macbeth 3.1-3.2 – Banquo has doubts as the Lord and Lady Macbeth settle into their new life of unease, suspicion, and bad dreams. Another Man's Vine, by Tom Waits, courtesy of music.mevio.com

    • Dedicated to Paul Hernandez
    1 hr 2 min
  • 61 Sleep no more

    Macbeth 2.1-2.2 – Darkness, screeching owls, daggers of the mind, and unseen voices in the night can only mean one thing: So long Duncan, we hardly knew you. You Can Never Hold Back Spring, by Tom Waits, courtesy of music.mevio.com

    • Macbeth: A Novel
    • Caliban's Hour
    • King Hereafter (Dorothy Dunnett)
    • Lady Macbeth (Susan Fraser King)
    • My Lady Glamis (Pamela Hill)
    52 min
  • 60 Witch slapped

    Macbeth 1.7 – Macbeth makes a decision, but it doesn't sit well with the wife, and Lady Macbeth unleashes her gentle powers of persuasion. Darkness Falls, by Sixty Miles Down, courtesy of music.mevio.com

    • Devouring Shakespeare: Five simple tools Now available in the In Your Ear Shakespeare estore! Use code: 6BM4MMT8 to get 15% off!
    56 min
  • 59 Look who's coming to dinner!

    Macbeth 1.5-6 – Lady Macbeth learns of the honors and events that have fallen upon her gentle husband... and fate is sending a very special guest her way. One Bad Woman, by Nathan Wiley, courtesy of music.mevio.com

    • 19 Nocturne Boulevard
    50 min
  • 58 Witch way to Cawdor

    Macbeth 1.3-4 – The Weird Sisters are back, and ready to meet with Macbeth. They have news to share, and something deep and dark begins to stir in the Thane of Glamis.

    • Stewartry
    54 min
  • 57 Hello darkness

    Macbeth 1.1-2 – We begin with witches, meet King Duncan, and hear news of a bloody battle. I mean lots of blood... Buckets. Rivers of blood, and Macbeth isn't even on stage yet.

    In the Past, by Satan's Pilgrims, courtesy of music.mevio.com

    Stuff You Missed In History Class : Why did a riot start over Shakespeare? 1/5/11

    45 min
  • 56 Difficult to stage effectively

    Macbeth- Pre-show. Time to start our series on one of Shakespeare's darkest plays. It's all fun and games until you start slipping around in the gore.

    She's a witch, by Oland, courtesy of music.mevio.com

    • 1971 Macbeth, directed by Roman Polanski
    • 1979 A Performance of Macbeth, wit Ian McKellen, Judy Dench, and Ian McDiarmid

    • Throne of Blood, by Akira Kurosawa
    • 2010 Macbeth, with Patrick Stewart Watch it on PBS
    • Men of Respect
    • Slings and Arrows
    • Shakespeare Retold
    • Macbett (The Caribbean Macbeth)

    DOLTS

    1. Death Time/Weather/Nature
    2. Order the need of order is ever present
    3. Love or close cousins: Jealousy & Hatred
    4. Transformation high to low, low to high, hero to tragic figure, etc.
    5. Sovereignty Who owns me: my destiny, my body, my property, my virginity, etc.
    42 min
  • 55 The Episode for Teachers

    In this special episode for teachers, we take on Shakespeare in the classroom- it's all about identifying the obstacles, and perusing strong objectives.

    • Intemporal Timeless
    • The Shakespeare Programing Language
    • Netter Worthington
    • PBS – Great Performances
    • G.Robin Smith
    • Franco Zeffirelli, Romeo & Juliet
    • Baz Luhrmann, Romeo + Juliet
    • Arden Shakespeare Editions
    • Barnes & Noble Shakespeare
    • The Friendly Shakespeare; Norrie Epstein
    • Shakespeare After all; Marjorie Garber
    • Shakespeare and Modern culture; Marjorie Garber
    • Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
    • Speaking Shakespeare; Patsy Rodenburg
    • playshakespeare.com
    • Libravox
    • Dead Poets Society
    • Renaissance Man
    • Heather Ordover
    1 hr 3 min
  • 54 Thrusting Shakespeare

    In this special episode, join me, Heather Ordover, and Arielle Lipshaw, as we talk Rosencrantz & Guildenstern, and all things Shakespeare... mostly. Company of Fools, by Great Big Sea, courtesy of music.mevio.com

    • Heather Ordover
    • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
    • Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead
    48 min

About Chop Bard

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The show dedicated to revealing the plays of William Shakespeare as tasty entertainment for today's hungry audience. Be you actor or observer, this show offers a fresh look at some very old goods.

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