Will’s World

Will’s World

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Will’s World episodes

  • Will's World: The Gun Powder Plot

    Join Amanda, Conner as they discuss the historical inpact of the Gun Powder Plot of 1605.

    Instagram: @everymothersonproductions

    Sources:

    World History Encyclopedia worldhistory.org

    The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend - Reel Truth Science Documentaries

    UK Parliament parliament.uk

    https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpowder-plot


    Music:

    freemusicarchive.org

    Crowander, Jerrys Back

    59 min
  • Macbeth Part 2

    Acts 3, 4 and 5 of Shakespeares Macbeth

    A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects.


    Instagram: @everymotherssonproductions

    56 min
  • Macbeth Part 1

    Acts 1 and 2 of Shakespeares Macbeth 

    A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects.

    Part 2 will be released on Saturday October 31st. 


    Instagram: @everymotherssonproductions

    41 min
  • Will's World: Macbeth: Witches and Treason

    Join Amanda, Conner and special guest Jess as we explore the historical and supernatural events behind Macbeth! 


    Instagram: @everymothersonproductions


    Sources:

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/englands-witch-trials-were-lawful-180964514/

    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25929/25929-h/25929-h.html 

    https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/daemonologie-james-i-and-witchcraft/

    https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2014/11/05/the-gunpowder-plot-and-shakespeares-macbeth/

    https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/gunpowder-plot-medal#

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Gunpowder-Plot

    http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/gunpowderplot.html

    https://www.cassidycash.com/macbeth-saved-shakespeare-gunpowder-plot/ 

    https://www.bard.org/news/king-james-i-and-macbeth

    http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth/jamescompliments.html

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kings-Men 

    http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/kingsmen.html 

    https://www.seattleshakespeare.org/who-were-these-people/#:~:text=Shakespeare's%20audience%20was%20the%20very,money%20going%20to%20the%20theater.


    Music:

    freemusicarchive.org

    Crowander, Jerrys Back

    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 3: Shakespeare and Pandemics

    Join Amanda and Conner as they discuss Shakespeares life in a pandemic and how it relates to our current covid-19 situation. 


    Instagram: @everymothersonproductions


    Sources: 

    What Shakespeare Actually Wrote About the Plague by Stephen Greenblatt

    Shakespeare and the Plague-How Did Disease Influence the Playwright by Oliver Ainley: whatsonstage.com

    The Black Death: A Timeline of the Gruesome Pandemic by John Seven: history.com

    Death By Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup

    Worst Diseases in Shakespeares London:shakespeare-online.com

    Bubonic Plague:The First Pandemic:sciencemuseum.org.uk

    PandemicShakespeare.com

    The Year of Lear Shakespeare in 1606 - James Shapiro

    Shakespeare Wrote Three of His Famous Tragedies During Turbulent Times by Tim Ott-biography.com

    Open Source Shakespeare 


    Music:

    freemusicarchive.org

    Crowander, Jerrys Back

    56 min
  • Will's World: Shakespeare and American Colonization

    Join Conner and Amanda as they explore William Shakespeares influence on early American Colonization. 



    Instagram: @everymothersonproductions


    Sources:

    Shakespeare and The Making of America by Kevin J Hayes  

    The Reading of Shakespeare in Colonial America from Edwin Eliott Willoughby  

    A Testimony Against Several Prophane and Superstitious Customs from Increase Mather  

    Yale Historical Review Shakespeare in America  Shakespeare-Online: Publishing in Elizabethan England

    Shakespeare and Beyond: Shakespeare and the American Revolution

    Shakespeare in America: No Sweat Shakespeare

    Shakespeares Life, A Time Line: Shakespeare.org

    Shakespeare in America: James Shapiro 


    Music:

    freemusicarchive.org

    Crowander, Jerrys Back

    1 hr 8 min
  • Will's World: War of the Roses


    Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica, Shakespeare.org, historic-theuk.com, Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King by Mike Pitts, The Wars of the Roses: Adapted for the Royal Shakespeare Company from William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III from John Barton and Peter Hall, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones, thehistoryofengland.co.uk, Band of Arrogant and United Heroes: Story of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Production of the " Wars of the Roses " by Richard Pearson


    Music: freemusicarchive.org 

    Crowander, Jerrys Back


    1 hr 27 min
  • Episode 1: Shakespeare's Sonnets and Sexuality

    Please join two of Every Mothers Sons board members, Abby and Kirsten to talk about a selection of Shakespearian sonnets and how his life shaped and formed what he wrote. 

    If you'd like to read more from the sources we pulled from check out the sources below:

    Shakespeare, Sexuality and the Sonnets by Aviva Dautch, 

    Queering Shakespeare by Sandra Newman, Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the History of Sexuality,: A Reception History by Bruce R. Smith, 

    The Mysterious Identity if the “Fair Youth” by Jessica-May Smith,

     Homosocial, Homoerotic, Bisexual and Androgynous Bonds in Shakespeare’s Comedies by Klarisa Sokolovic-Cizmek, 

    Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust

    The Preface to the Sonnets in the Arden Shakespeare by Katherine Duncan-Jones


    Disclaimer: This podcast is not affiliated with Shakespeare and Company, but if you'd like to learn more about their company you can visit their website at: https://www.shakespeare.org/

    45 min
  • A Midsummer Nights Dream: The Radio Play Act 3

    Acts 4 and 5 of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream.

    A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for the our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects.


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    34 min

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