Shakespeare Full Circle

"Two sets of twins, a storm & a shipwreck. Three things that contain "Neither rhyme nor reason." Or do they? Tune in to find out!

This morning we take a journey to a Venetian Court to look into the phrase, "A Pound of Flesh."

This week Qarie takes us on a journey to ancient Scotland to look at the origins of "the milk of human kindness."

This week Qarie takes a look at social norms, public shaming and how a comedy set in Windsor gave us the term, "Laughing Stock."

Have you ever been part of a fruitless endeavor? A lost cause perhaps? Well in this episode of SFC, Qarie Marshall puts that all to rest when we finally catch our untamed waterfoul and find out where the term Wild Goose Chase originated.

Host Qarie Marshall finds out if it's possible to have too much of a good thing, whether Shakespeare thought so and how a cross-dressing romp in the forest led to that phrase entering our vocabulary.

Qarie Marshall examines the dark etymology and Shakespearean origins of the phrase "The world is my oyster" and its connection to modern-day life in London.

Love, deception, and a beast with a distinctly sickly hue... today we look at Othello’s “Green-Eyed Monster” and how Jealousy’s historical tint has been taken on by its sister serpent, Envy.

In this episode, host Qarie Marshall traces the journey of being "cruel to be kind" from Hamlet to Victorian Stoicism and on to school punishment and modern parenting.

In this premiere episode of Shakespeare Full Circle, host Qarie Marshall takes us on a tour of the Shakespearean saying "All That Glisters is Not Gold" - and how it came to be the much more familiar "All That Glitters..."