Sheldrake on Shakespeare

Sheldrake on Shakespeare

By James SheldrakePerforming Arts
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Sheldrake on Shakespeare episodes

  • Short SoS – Shakespeare at School

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    If you think Shakespeare was a purely natural genius, the words spilling out from a free spirit of a mind, think again. Shakespeare’s rigorous education at school primed him in all sorts of crucial ways for his later career. Sheldrake explains how at breakneck speed.

    Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm

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  • Short SoS – Shakespeare at School
    If you think Shakespeare was a purely natural genius, the words spilling out from a free spirit of a mind, think again. Shakespeare’s rigorous education at school primed him in all sorts of crucial ways for his later career. Sheldrake explains how at breakneck speed. Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm
    7 min
  • Henry VIII – Master and Apprentice

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    Henry VIII is a little known play, but it bears witness to John Fletcher’s apprenticeship to William Shakespeare. And perhaps it’s not that bad a play after all.

    Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm

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  • Short SoS – Costume Matters
    The scarcity of scenery on Shakespeare’s stage does not mean that there were no impressive visual effects. One way of awing an audience was with fine costume. As a primer to the full Henry VIII episode next week, Sheldrake describes the impact of costume in two scenes from that play. Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm
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  • Short SoS – Costume Matters
    The scarcity of scenery on Shakespeare’s stage does not mean that there were no impressive visual effects. One way of awing an audience was with fine costume. As a primer to the full Henry VIII episode next week, Sheldrake describes the impact of costume in two scenes from that play. Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm
    7 min
  • Macbeth – On the Construction Site

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    We are so used to some of Shakespeare’s plays that it can be very difficult to see their shape with clear eyes. Fusing historical context with an analysis of dramatic structure, Sheldrake takes Macbeth apart and puts it back together again, arguing that Shakespeare’s structural courage is what makes this play so electrifying.

    Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm

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  • Short SoS – Fast First Folio

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    Without the First Folio, half of Shakespeare’s plays would be lost. What was the process that led to this miraculous book? And how was it made? Sheldrake explains, briefly.

    Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm

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  • Short SoS – Fast First Folio
    Without the First Folio, half of Shakespeare’s plays would be lost. What was the process that led to this miraculous book? And how was it made? Sheldrake explains, briefly. Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm
    6 min
  • Romeo and Juliet – Self-Promotion Through Boring Lovers

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    Romeo and Juliet. Either you love it or you hate it. But might there be a middle road between those viewpoints that reveals the clever structuring of the play? Sheldrake investigates.

    Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm

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  • Short SoS – Female Parts

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    In the first of a series of supplementary podcasts, Sheldrake talks about the boys who created Shakespeare’s female roles on-stage.

    Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm

    7 min