It's almost November, people!!!

There are certain ELECTIONS in certain countries that are very much on our minds, as well as the minds of the rest of the planet. 

So... how  we do deal with it?  We talk about the political atmosphere that surrounded our boy Will!!  Was there a separation of church and state for Shakespeare?  Hell, no!  Shakespeare had a devil of a time maneuvering around the politics of his time, but managed to stay under the radar of those who would chop off his head for treason.

"Tyranny attempts to poison not merely the present but generations to come, to extend itself forever.  Tyrannies are enemies of the future."

Just sayin'.....



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Episode Sources:

Greenblatt, Stephen: Tyrant, W. W. Norton, 2019

Bloom, Allan and Jaffa, Henry V.: Shakespeare's Politics, The University of Chicago Press, 1964

Altschuler, Bruce E. and Genovese, Michael A.: Shakespeare and Politics, Paradigm, 2014

Shapiro, James: Shakespeare in a Divided America, Penguin Press, 2020

Asquith, Claire: Shadowplay, Public Affairs, 2005