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After presenting him with his newborn daughter, Leontes throws Paulina out of his chambers and commands Antigonus to kill the child. His Lords beg him to relent and he appeases them by commanding Antigonus to abandon the baby in the wilderness instead. Cleomenes and Dion, meanwhile, return from the Oracle of Delphi full of optimism. The trial comes to order. Hermione testifies in her own defense against her husband’s accusations. The Oracle’s message is opened and read aloud: Hermione is innocent. Refusing to accept the judgment, Leontes is met with immediate and devastating consequences.

The Play On Podcast series, “THE WINTER’S TALE”, was translated into modern English verse and directed by TRACY YOUNG. 

The Cast is as follows:

ELIJAH ALEXANDER as LEONTES

KAYLA CARTER as PERDITA and EMILIA

GINA DANIELS as HERMIONE, MOPSA, SHEPERD’S SERVANT and PAULINA’S STEWARD

RODNEY GARDINER as POLIXENES

ELIJAH GOODFRIEND as MAMILLIUS

IAN GOULD as CLOWN, LORD and GENTLEMAN

CRISTOFER JEAN as ANTIGONUS, OLD SHEPHERD, SERVANT, LORD and ROGERO

JIM LICHTSCHEIDL as AUTOLYCUS, JAILER, CLEOMENES, OFFICER and LORD

CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as FLORIZEL and SERVANT

KT VOGT as PAULINA and DORCAS

LISA WOLPE as CAMILLO, DION, OLDER LADY IN WAITING, and GENTLEMAN

Featuring ESTELLE PARSONS as TIME

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN.

Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH

Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON 

Original Music Composition, Sound Design and Mix by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction by ANDREW FOX. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI and KABBY KABAKOFF. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH and ROBERT McNABB. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Managing Producer: ROBERT CAPPADONA. Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.

The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships at Next Chapter Podcasts is SALLYCADE HOLMES.

The Play On Podcast Series “THE WINTER’S TALE” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NCPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. 

Hear more about the Play On Shakespeare Podcast series by subscribing to PLAY ON PREMIUM at NCPODCASTS.COM, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “It is required you do awake your faith.”

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The Play On Podcast series, “THE WINTER’S TALE”, was translated into modern English verse and directed by TRACY YOUNG. 

The Cast is as follows:

ELIJAH ALEXANDER as LEONTES

KAYLA CARTER as PERDITA and EMILIA

GINA DANIELS as HERMIONE, MOPSA, SHEPERD’S SERVANT and PAULINA’S STEWARD

RODNEY GARDINER as POLIXENES

ELIJAH GOODFRIEND as MAMILLIUS

IAN GOULD as CLOWN, LORD and GENTLEMAN

CRISTOFER JEAN as ANTIGONUS, OLD SHEPHERD, SERVANT, LORD and ROGERO

JIM LICHTSCHEIDL as AUTOLYCUS, JAILER, CLEOMENES, OFFICER and LORD

CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as FLORIZEL and SERVANT

KT VOGT as PAULINA and DORCAS

LISA WOLPE as CAMILLO, DION, OLDER LADY IN WAITING, and GENTLEMAN

Featuring ESTELLE PARSONS as TIME

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN.

Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH

Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON 

Original Music Composition, Sound Design and Mix by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction by ANDREW FOX. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI and KABBY KABAKOFF. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH and ROBERT McNABB. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Managing Producer: ROBERT CAPPADONA. Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.

The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships at Next Chapter Podcasts is SALLYCADE HOLMES.

The Play On Podcast Series “THE WINTER’S TALE” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NCPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. 

Hear more about the Play On Shakespeare Podcast series by subscribing to PLAY ON PREMIUM at NCPODCASTS.COM, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “It is required you do awake your faith.”

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King Polixenes of Bohemia bids adieu to his childhood friend, King Leontes of Sicilia, after a visit of nine months. Leontes implores him not to leave and prevails on his pregnant wife, Hermione, to persuade him to stay. When Polixenes gives in to Hermione, Leontes goes mad with jealousy and paranoia, convinced that his wife is carrying his best friend’s child, not his own. He orders his top advisor, Camillo, to poison Polixenes.

The Play On Podcast series, “THE WINTER’S TALE”, was translated into modern English verse and directed by TRACY YOUNG. 

The Cast is as follows:

ELIJAH ALEXANDER as LEONTES

KAYLA CARTER as PERDITA and EMILIA

GINA DANIELS as HERMIONE, MOPSA, SHEPERD’S SERVANT and PAULINA’S STEWARD

RODNEY GARDINER as POLIXENES

ELIJAH GOODFRIEND as MAMILLIUS

IAN GOULD as CLOWN, LORD and GENTLEMAN

CRISTOFER JEAN as ANTIGONUS, OLD SHEPHERD, SERVANT, LORD and ROGERO

JIM LICHTSCHEIDL as AUTOLYCUS, JAILER, CLEOMENES, OFFICER and LORD

CHRISTOPHER LIVINGSTON as FLORIZEL and SERVANT

KT VOGT as PAULINA and DORCAS

LISA WOLPE as CAMILLO, DION, OLDER LADY IN WAITING, and GENTLEMAN

Featuring ESTELLE PARSONS as TIME

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN.

Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH

Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON 

Original Music Composition, Sound Design and Mix by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction by ANDREW FOX. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI and KABBY KABAKOFF. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH and ROBERT McNABB. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Managing Producer: ROBERT CAPPADONA. Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.

The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships is SALLYCADE HOLMES.

The Play On Podcast Series “THE WINTER’S TALE” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NCPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. 

Hear more about the Play On Shakespeare Podcast series by subscribing to PLAY ON PREMIUM at NCPODCASTS.COM, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “It is required you do awake your faith.”

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Mariana confronts Angelo as the Duke calls for Friar Lodowick. In a scuffle with Lucio, the Friar is unmasked and revealed as the Duke. He calls for the women to be released and forces Angelo to marry Mariana before condemning him to death. Mariana begs for mercy on behalf of Angelo. Barnardine arrives and is pardoned by the Duke. The Provost confesses that she’s kept Claudio alive, and reunites him with Isabella. The Duke sends Lucio to prison and rewards those who behaved honorably with what he thinks will make them happy.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE was translated into modern English verse by ADITI BRENNAN KAPIL.

Directed by JESSIE AUSTRIAN. 

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN.

Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH

Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON AND NAT CASSIDY. 

Original Music, Sound Design, and Sound Mix by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editors: LARRY WALSH and ROBERT McNABB. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE, LEANNA KEYES and EMYLN DOOLITTLE).. Script Supervisor: JORDAN MOORE. Managing Producer: ROBERT CAPPADONA. Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.

The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships is SALLYCADE HOLMES.

The Play On Podcast Series “MEASURE FOR MEASURE” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION.

Visit NCPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Sign up to support the artists! Subscribe to PLAY ON PREMIUM to get exclusive access to ad-free episodes, full plays, merch & more! Hear full interviews with the artists, producers, and engineers who brought it all to life.

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In Part Two of his interview, Nat Cassidy explains why the “rape room” got cut, why horror exists, why writing a script is forty-seven thousand times easier than writing a novel, why actors should celebrate the audition even if they don’t get the job, why Open Source Shakespeare is the adapters’ best friend, and why the elitism and classism of rehearsal rooms drove him from pursuing a career as a classical actor. Plus, a special easter egg for all you logophiles: listen for the word stichomythia in action! 

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Friar Lodowick (Duke Vincenzo) informs Isabella that Claudio has been put to death on Angelo’s orders. He persuades her to confront Angelo and ask for justice at the city gates, where Angelo and Escalus are to meet the Duke and surrender power back to him. At the Capitol, Escalus and Angelo try to make sense of the Duke’s imminent return and his strange request that they invite the people of the city to air their grievances at the changeover of power. Alone, Angelo privately regrets his actions. The Duke returns the monk's robes to Friar Thomas, and instructs him to carry out his plan at the Town Square. There, Friar Thomas meets Mariana and Isabella. As Angelo enters with the Duke, Isabella confronts him with accusations of his wrongdoings. Lucio vouches for her, but the Duke and Angelo cast aspersions on her story. The Duke orders Isabella’s arrest for defaming Lord Angelo but is interrupted by the entrance of Friar Thomas, who promises to absolve Angelo of all guilt with the testimony of a mysterious surprise witness.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE was translated into modern English verse by ADITI BRENNAN KAPIL.

Directed by JESSIE AUSTRIAN. 

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN.

Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH

Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON AND NAT CASSIDY. 

Original Music, Sound Design, and Sound Mix by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editors: LARRY WALSH and ROBERT McNABB. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE, LEANNA KEYES and EMYLN DOOLITTLE).. Script Supervisor: JORDAN MOORE. Managing Producer: ROBERT CAPPADONA. Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.

The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships is SALLYCADE HOLMES.

The Play On Podcast Series “MEASURE FOR MEASURE” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION.

Visit NCPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Sign up to support the artists! Subscribe to PLAY ON PREMIUM to get exclusive access to ad-free episodes, full plays, merch & more! Hear full interviews with the artists, producers, and engineers who brought it all to life.

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We’re changing things up a bit today and bringing you a preview of a new podcast we’re enjoying and think you will, too. Where There’s a Will: Finding Shakespeare searches for the surprising places Shakespeare shows up outside the theater. Host Barry Edelstein, artistic director at one of the country’s leading Shakespeare theaters, and co-host writer and director Em Weinstein, ask what is it about Shakespeare that’s given him a continuous afterlife in all sorts of unexpected ways? You’ll hear Shakespeare doing rehabilitative work in a maximum security prison, helping autistic children to communicate, in the mouths of U.S. presidents, and even at the center of a deadly riot in New York City. In this preview, Barry takes us into California’s Centinela State Prison for a one-of-a-kind production of Shakespeare’s English history plays performed by incarcerated individuals. Barry asks: What makes Shakespeare a force of transformation and transcendence behind bars? Hear more from Where There’s a Will at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/wtaw?sid=pop.

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“She dared me to read Macbeth”: How the lonely son of a single mom in Arizona was inspired by a teacher who despised him to embrace his demons and become a celebrated scribe of horror. Author, Actor and POP “Measure for Measure” script adaptor Nat Cassidy talks about the spellbinding image of Sissy Spacek covered in blood, the fulfillment of writing for audio, the short distance between Shakespeare and Stephen King, and just how much can happen when kids have too much time on their hands...

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Isabella, Mariana and the Duke (disguised as Friar Lodowick) finalize their plans to trick Angelo. But even after the bed trick, Angelo persists in his plans to execute Claudio. Meanwhile, the Provost (Jailer) and Abhorson prepare to execute Claudio’s cellmate, the drunkard Barnardine, pressing Pompey into service as the executioner. Friar Lodowick (the Duke) convinces the Provost to send Barnardine’s head to Angelo and say it’s Claudio’s. Barnardine, however, refuses to die in drunkenness and Friar Lodowick (the Duke) refuses to force him to the chopping block. As luck would have it, another prisoner, the pirate Ragozine, dies overnight. The Provost suggests that Ragozine’s head be sent to Angelo instead of Barnardine’s. The Friar (Duke) celebrates the news and privately plans to write to Angelo of his imminent return to office. Plus, Pompey introduces his new podcast, “Bars”!

MEASURE FOR MEASURE was translated into modern English verse by ADITI BRENNAN KAPIL.

Directed by JESSIE AUSTRIAN. 

Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN.

Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH

Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON AND NAT CASSIDY. 

Original Music, Sound Design, and Sound Mix by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editors: LARRY WALSH and ROBERT McNABB. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE, LEANNA KEYES and EMYLN DOOLITTLE).. Script Supervisor: JORDAN MOORE. Managing Producer: ROBERT CAPPADONA. Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.

The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships is SALLYCADE HOLMES.

The Play On Podcast Series “MEASURE FOR MEASURE” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION.

Visit NCPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.

Sign up to support the artists! Subscribe to PLAY ON PREMIUM to get exclusive access to ad-free episodes, full plays, merch & more! Hear full interviews with the artists, producers, and engineers who brought it all to life.

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“We got rid of the table.” Fiasco Theater co-founders Jessie Austrian and Noah Brody describe how they up-ended traditional norms of theatrical hierarchy to create one of the most acclaimed ensembles in the country, and why they love “the gloriously free playground” of podcasts. 

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