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- 80. Macbeth - screw your courage to the sticking place And we’ll not fail.
We meet Lady Macbeth, one of literature's greatest villainesses. This selection has several notables lines and speeches. Lady Macbeth's "unsex me now speech, inviting demons to possess her. And she bends all her power urging a reluctant appearing Macbeth to murder.
30 min - 79. Macbeth Begins - Fair is foul, and foul is fair;
Scottish King Duncan, with the aid of loyal Macbeth and Banquo, defeats the rebel army. Macbeth is rewarded with the title Thane of Cawdor. The three witches greet Macbeth with that title and prophesy he will be king and that Banquo will be the father of kings. Macbeth starts to plot to murder Duncan.
Royal Shakespeare with Ian McKellen version is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgEshHhnLqU . There is also the Orson Welles version on Youtube, but I can't really recommend that.
37 min - 78. Richard III Concludes - A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!
Richard loses to Richmond who is crowned Henry VII
21 min - 77. Richard III - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues
Richmond lands, gathers strength and prepares for battle against Richard. Both commanders are visited in the night by the ghosts of Richard's victims.
30 min - 37 min
- 75. Richard III - Windy attorneys to their clients’ woes
Richard delights to hear of the princes' murder, but rebellion is growing. Queen Margaret confronts Richard's mother and Queen Elizabeth and reminds them of her curses. Richard (unbelievably) seems to win Queen Elizabeth's consent to his marrying her daughter.
44 min - 74. Richard III - hie thee from this slaughterhouse
Richard is crowned. Nobles flee and a rebellion is in the offing. Richard arranges for the princes in the Tower to be murdered.
30 min - 53 min
- 72. Richard III - Bad is the world, and all will come to naught
Richard has Hastings executed and moves to seize the crown.
30 min - 71. Richard III - For we tomorrow hold divided councils
Richard arranges for the Prince to stay at the Tower and plots to have all his potential rivals killed.
29 min
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Full readings of Shakespeare's plays and other works in the public domain along with comments and text analysis. A podcast for lovers of beautiful thoughts and words!
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