Episodes - Shakesplaining

Episodes - Shakesplaining

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  • Episode 15 - Shakespeare on the Common
    This year's Shakespeare on the Common put on by Commonwealth Shakespeare was Romeo and Juliet. Performances are free and run through August 6th. 
    Some media that is mentioned in the episode:
    The choose-your-own-adventure version of Romeo and Juliet is Romeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North: http://amzn.to/2qAPkdi. There's an online, crowdsourced play/read-through here: http://romeoandorjuliet.com/tagged/playthrough/chrono. 
    The movie Dangerous Beauty: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118892/?ref_=nv_sr_1
    And a couple of the scholarly articles I skimmed about fencing in the play:
    Holmer, Joan Ozark. “‘Draw, If You Be Men’: Saviolo's Significance for Romeo and Juliet.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, 1994, pp. 163–189. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2871216.
    Soens, Adolph L. “Tybalt's Spanish Fencing in Romeo and Juliet.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, 1969, pp. 121–127. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2868996.
    22 min
  • Episode 14 - RSC's Antony & Cleopatra
    Songwriter Laura Mvula's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/lauramvulaVEVO
    Commonwealth Shakespeare's free Romeo & Juliet opens tonight at 8pm on the Boston Common: http://commshakes.org/performances/performance/162
    17 min
  • Episode 13 - Sh!t-faced Shakespeare: Much Ado
    The Shakespeare comedy show where a there's an extremely drunk actor on stage: http://www.shit-facedshakespeare.com/.
    Also, here are the links to Praxis Stage https://www.facebook.com/praxis.stage/ who's doing Julius Caesar in Cambridge Parks this summer and an affiliated group "It's a Fiasco" (https://www.facebook.com/ItsaFiascoCambridge/) who also do free outdoor Shakespeare.
    25 min
  • Episode 12 - RSC's Julius Caesar
    Video of Mark Antony's speech: https://www.rsc.org.uk/julius-caesar/act-3-scene-2
    Metro article: http://bit.ly/2sVwoLd
    Boston Globe interview with ASP's executive producer: http://bit.ly/2sRMftq
    9 min
  • Episode 11 - ASP's Midsummer
    Sorry this episode's a bit late, and that the sound is slightly different. This was my first attempt at "field recording" and it was a bit windy outside after the play. 
    Regarding the "dog in the moon" question raised at the end of the episode, some preliminary research suggests that the man in the moon is Cain and the dog belongs to him. I'll dig into that a bit more and hopefully have an update for you next time. 
    There are still tickets left to see this show, go to actorsshakespeareproject.org for details. The last show is Saturday night! You can also subscribe to next year's season.
    30 min
  • Episode 10 - NTL 12th Night

    The second half of our conversation about Twelfth Night focusing on National Theatre Live's production that aired at the Coolidge Corner Theater on April 6th. 

    26 min
  • Hiatus Explained
    The podcast is not dead! Learn about Email Debt Forgiveness Day at http://emaildebtforgiveness.me/ and also listen to Reply All at replyall.limo
    2 min
  • Episode 8 - Something Rotten
    Here's a link to the Something Rotten website: http://www.rottenbroadway.com/ and the Genius.com annotated song lyrics: https://genius.com/albums/Various-artists/Something-rotten-original-broadway-cast-recording. At one point in the episode I mention how "Kate" explained a Chorus Line reference. Kate is a friend who arranged for our tickets to Something Rotten.
    24 min
  • Episode 7 - RSC's King Lear

    Lear Quarto, 1608

    Here's a photo of the 1608 quarto of the True Chronicle History of the life and death of King Lear. Some modern texts rely solely on this first quarto while others combine it with the First Folio text (1623). This picture is of the Harvard Houghton Library's copy.

    30 min

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A twice-monthly look at Shakespeare productions in the Boston area