Podcast Shakespeare

"She sat like Patience on a monument, 

smiling at grief." -- Viola, 'Twelfth Night'

Before we kick off the festivities, a quick trip through the backstory of Western theatre, and a look at some of the early playwrights of the Elizabethan era, including Kit Marlowe.

You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or by email at [email protected]. The website for the podcast is https://podcastshakespeare.com/. On the website, you can find an evolving bibliography.

Links mentioned:

Aristotle, Poetics

Kevin Costner, The Postman

The playwright Hrosvitha

Shakespeare's Way - signposted walk from Stratford-upon-Avon to London

Stephen Greenblatt on the "controversial" 2017 Julius Caesar at New York's Public Theatre (The Guardian)

Clips:

Sergei Prokofiev, "Montagues and Capulets", from Romeo and Juliet (ballet), 1935

Leonard Bernstein, Intro from West Side Story, 1957

Luciano Michelini, 'Frolic', from Curb Your Enthusiasm, 2000 - present

Niamh Cusack as Viola, Twelfth Night Act II scene iv

William Walton, Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario, 1947

Thomas Adès, The Tempest (after William Shakespeare), Act II scene iv, 2004

Henry Purcell, "Ritornelle" from Dido and Aeneas, Act II, 1689

Giuseppe Verdi, Act I finale from Otello, 1887

"In states unborn and accents yet unknown." - Cassius, Julius Caesar

A brief overview of what's to come on Podcast Shakespeare, and some recommendations for enjoyable listening.

You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or by email at [email protected]. The website for the podcast is https://podcastshakespeare.wordpress.com/.

Links mentioned:

Kenneth Branagh as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing

Jane Austen's letter (LV) regarding King John

The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare

Clips:

Sergei Prokofiev, "Montagues and Capulets", from Romeo and Juliet (ballet), 1935

Henry Purcell / John Weldon, Introduction to The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island, 1667

Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) meets Shakespeare in Blackadder Back & Forth, 1999

Kym Mazelle, "Young Hearts Run Free", from Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, 1996