Mary and Jen cover their mutual favorite play-- Twelfth Night, or What You Will 

[Original Release Date: January 6, 2020]

This episode has TWO guests, both alike in dignity: Leah, Mary (T) and Mary (R) discuss the teenage turmoil of Romeo and Juliet 

[Original release date: November 16, 2019] 

Mary and LaRose explore a true horror masterpiece: the tragedy of Macbeth. Please be warned, there are descriptions of graphic violence and gore. 

Sarah and Mary discuss Much Ado About Nothing, with heavy and frequent reference to the cinematic masterpiece that is the film adaptation starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh. 

In this episode, Mary and AC discuss Shakespeare's top three gayest plays (according to AC and Mary), because, *spoilers* Shakespeare is gay. Both the man and his plays. Oh, so gay. 

As promised, we're returning to Denmark to talk more about another member of the royal court! Highly respected classical actor and teacher Susan Hart pops on to the pod to talk about her experience playing Gertrude at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC 

Witches, sprites, frights, and merry wanderers of the night-- Mary and Brendan are taking you through a highlights reel of Shakespeare's best supernatural characters.  

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Sources: 

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/fairiesshakespeare.html

https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/ghosts-in-shakespeare

https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/character-analysis-the-witches-in-macbeth

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/01/28/macbeth-curse-of-the-stage/b80659e4-369d-4ef4-b772-edee79d75d5a/

https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2000-10-13/the-curse-of-the-play/

The Ghost- A Cultural History by Susan Owens 

Women of Will by Tina Packer 

O brawling love, O loving hate! Mary and Victoria are discussing mixed feelings towards Shakespeare, why and how to take him off the pedestal, and nerding out over Original Pronunciation (OP)! 

article mentioned:  https://howlround.com/interrogating-shakespeare-system?fbclid=IwAR1qsC0BAX20nZc7vopo0eWheJNKHiDxAWPo6kTxIS35voVM3Jd0_I94fpU

OP with Ben Crystal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiYd9RcK5M

Mary and Matt are talking all things Tempest-- a play that certainly hits different in quarantine! 

Mary and Lavina are chatting about how to handle the parts of Shakespeare that have not aged well-- language that is anti-black, racist, misogynistic, antisemitic, etc. Shakespeare is for everyone and we want to make sure that the plays are not alienating or excluding.   Lavina has written a wonderful guide on how to approach some of the potentially harmful language in Shakespeare. Follow the link below! 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kpq3nTAUVKwTrY_XLiH6aCr3agUMu-pSCe87fg8DYQM/edit?fbclid=IwAR14VuV7Lck49tS5qsmLsNr2c0M7U9zKRrO2AEKDKHmOJ_1xNVlQ9BRv0sQ