The Bardcast: "It's Shakespeare, You Dick!"
Lisa Ann Goldsmith and Owen Thompson
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A cheeky, irreverent yet informative deep-dive into all things Shakespeare, hosted by two longtime Shakespeare performers, directors, and teachers.
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Woke Shakespeare
*Merriam Webster's definition of "woke" is as follows:*
Woke (chiefly US slang) -
1a: aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice) - often used in contexts that suggest someone's expressed beliefs about such matters are not backed with genuine concern or action.
In this episode, we discuss a particular American production of a Shakespeare play that we feel falls under the above heading. And not necessarily in a good way.
We strongly encourage anyone who listens and has a differing opinion or a comment about this episode (or the subject in general) to PLEASE contact us - let's start a dialogue!!!
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two - scratch that, SIX!!! - rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)
Many, many, many books.
And the inter webs :)
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May 19, 2023
AI Shakespeare (with special guest CHATGPT)
So, dear listeners... everyone is up in arms these days about Artificial Intelligence, and all the things that it's being used for - photography, art, advertising, voiceovers, etc. - with good reason to be nervous!
So we decided we were going to ask CHATGPT to write sequels of three Shakespeare plays for us. (We also asked for a synopsis of the original plays).
Listen for yourselves, but our final takeaway is this:
William Shakespeare ain't got nothing to worry about.
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two - scratch that, SIX!!! - rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)
Many, many, many books.
And the inter webs :)
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May 5, 2023
Leadership Shakespeare
What makes a good leader? What makes a bad leader? What Shakespeare characters fall into which category?
In this episode, we take a deep dive into all those that rule... or don't!
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two - scratch that, SIX!!! - rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)
Many, many, many books.
And the inter webs :)
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Apr 21, 2023
Friendship Shakespeare
“Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel”
— Polonius, Hamlet Act I Scene 3
"We'll always be bosom buddies...." - Mame and Vera, Mame Act II
In today's episode, we discuss those platonic (mostly!) relationships in Shakespeare which feed us, touch us, annoy us, and horrify us.
Did we miss one you like?? Let us know which one and why!!
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two - scratch that, SIX!!! - rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)
Many, many, many books.
And the inter webs :)
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Apr 7, 2023
Framing Shakespeare
So... what's the deal with those prologues and epilogues in Shakespeare plays? And who is the "Chorus," exactly??
In this episode we discuss all the things that are used in the Shakespeare canon as a framing device.
You know, two households both alike and all that...
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two - scratch that, SIX!!! - rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)
Many, many, many books.
And the inter webs :)
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Mar 24, 2023
Expert Shakespeare: Tony Hulme from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust!
As if our trip to the UK wasn't incredible enough, we met this AMAZING man in Stratford Upon Avon who is a docent for The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, who oversees the Shakespeare Birthplace, Holy Trinity Church, Shakespeare's Schoolhouse, The New Place... EVERYTHING that has ANYTHING to do with Shakespeare in Stratford Upon Avon!!!!!!
Join us as we talk to this incredible fount of Shakespeare information, Tony Hulme. We were blown away!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!!
And history, you rapscallion bastards!!!
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Mar 17, 2023
RSC/Lyric Hammersmith Shakespeare! The Tempest and Othello, Respectively!
We complete our UK Shakespeare binge with The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford Upon Avon and Othello by the sizzling Frantic Assembly at the Lyric Hammersmith back in London
What a whirlwind tour!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!!
And history, you rapscallion bastards!!!
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Mar 10, 2023
Southwark Playhouse Shakespeare - Hamlet Edition!
To be or not to be..... 90 minutes?!?
What do you get when you cut all of the adults out of Hamlet??
Listen to the episode and find out as we Shakespeare our way through London!!!
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!!
And history, you rapscallion bastards!!!
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Mar 2, 2023
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Shakespeare!! Part 2 - Titus Andronicus
Continuing on our UK quest for all things Shakespeare, we returned to the indoor theatre at The Globe for Titus Andronicus.
Now we understand why some mothers eat their young.
Hide all your candles!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!!
And history, you rapscallion bastards!!!
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Feb 24, 2023
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Shakespeare!! Part 1: Henry V
Hello you dicks and dickesses!!!
We continue to take you with us on our journey through Merrie Olde England with our review of Henry V at the Sam Wanamaker, the indoor theatre at the Globe in London.
We wish we were back in London (sob!), but listen with us and maybe we can all meet there in our dreams!!! Cuppa, anyone?? Or a pint?? We're so in!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
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Episode Sources:
Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from two rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!!
And history, you rapscallion bastards!!!
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Feb 17, 2023
Touchstone Tom Mison - As We Like It Shakespeare!!
As if our UK trip wasn't AMAZING enough... in this episode not only do we review the stunning production of As You Like It that we saw at SohoPlace, but we were thrilled to be able to do an interview with TOM MISON, who played a simply outstanding Touchstone in that production!!
We bet that you know him from other things besides Shakespeare... check out his IMDB page...https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2070427/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Sometimes, listeners, life is pretty fucking great!!!
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Feb 3, 2023
Birthplace Shakespeare!
WE ARE IN THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE!!!!
For us anyway!!!
Did you know that Shakespeare grew up with gallons and gallons of urine and manure in his back yard??
Or that his dad ran a brisk business out of the front window while little Will was sleeping upstairs (before he went bankrupt, that is)??
Or that he and his knocked up wife had to live with his parents after they got hitched - shotgun wedding style - because young Billy Boy had flies and nothing else coming out of his wallet??
Neither did we! (Ok, we knew some of that, but this IS a Shakespeare podcast, you dicks!!)
It’s all true though!! Have a listen!! We’re off to grab a pint!!
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Jan 20, 2023
London and Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare - A Preview!
OHMYGODWERESOEXCITED!!!!!
The next time you hear us, we will be recording from THE UK!!!
IN THE SAME ROOM!!!
Yes, listeners, The Bardcast is heading to London and Stratford-upon-Avon for ALL THINGS SHAKESPEARE (what, what?!??)!!!
In this episode, we give you a preview of our itinerary - what Shakespeare plays we’re seeing, where we’re going, what we’re doing etc. - all of which you’ll hear about in episodes to come!!!
Join us for a pint, you bloody dicks and dickesses!!
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Jan 6, 2023
Another Card Game Shakespeare - Great Shakespearean Deaths!!
Happy 2023, dicks and dickesses!!
We decided to start off the new year by playing a game that we were both given for Christmas, Great Shakespearean Deaths, a card game by Chris Riddell & Spymonkey.
Let the games begin!!! Also, make sure you join us on January 20, when we will be doing a "The Bardcast Goes to London and Stratford" preview episode!!!!
Announcements!!! We are now a federal non-profit 501C3, so any money you donate towards the podcast is a 100% tax deduction - doesn't that absolutely rock for both you and us?!?!?!? Get on it, dear listeners!!! Much obliged :)
Also... we are going to the UK in late January 2023!!! Seeing a bunch of Shakespeare plays in London and Stratford Upon Avon, and visiting major Shakespeare attractions and maybe even (hopefully!) a private tour of the Globe!! Donations towards that trip are gleefully accepted, and we will send you swag in return!!!
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Dec 23, 2022
Crucified Shakespeare 🎄
Okay people, relax... Shakespeare wasn't crucified, of course!! He even survived many rounds of the Bubonic Plague!!
But... it is close to Christmas, and this is our last episode of 2022, so we decided to see how many times Christ, Jesus, or Jesus Christ is mentioned in the canon. We include some other variations, but you'd be amazed at how relatively few this is - and there's a reason for that!!! (You'll have to listen to find out!!)
And, as always, we close this episode with our Christmas tradition, A Visit From Saint Falstaff!! Thanks again to our dear friend and brilliant talent Keith Howard for lending us his incredible voice!!
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happiest of New Years (even though we're pretty much atheists), you dicks and dickesses!!! We love you!!!!!
Announcements!!! We are now a federal non-profit 501C3, so any money you donate towards the podcast is a 100% tax deduction - doesn't that absolutely rock for both you and us?!?!?!? Get on it, dear listeners!!!…
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Dec 9, 2022
It's Good to Be King Shakespeare! 🤴🏻🤴🏻🤴🏻
Remember our Yaaaaassss Queen episode???
We figured that fair is fair, so here's our counterpart episode!!!
There are SOOOOOOO MANY KINGS in Shakespeare's plays!!! And we talk about ALL of them, but if we miss one... let us know!!!!
Announcements!!! We are now a federal non-profit 501C3, so any money you donate towards the podcast is a 100% tax deduction - doesn't that absolutely rock for both you and us?!?!?!? Get on it, dear listeners!!! Much obliged :)
Also... we are going to the UK in late January 2023!!! Seeing a bunch of Shakespeare plays in London and Stratford Upon Avon, and visiting major Shakespeare attractions and maybe even (hopefully!) a private tour of the Globe!! Donations towards that trip are gleefully accepted, and we will send you swag in return!!!
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
To support us (by giving us money - we're starving artists, dammit!!) - per episode if you like! -
On Pa…
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Nov 25, 2022
Marry, Fuck, Kill! Shakespeare
So... you know that game people play where you give someone three names of either famous people, or people you both know, or historical characters, etc., and you have to pick the one who you'd marry, the one who you'd fuck, and the one who you'd kill out of the three?
Yeah, that game.
Except we play it with Shakespeare characters!!!
It's a blast. Check it out!!!
Announcement!!! We are now a federal non-profit 501C3, so any money you donate towards the podcast is a 100% tax deduction - doesn't that absolutely rock for both you and us?!?!?!? Get on it, dear listeners!!! Much obliged :)
To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com
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Nov 11, 2022
Bard Cards Shakespeare!
So... one of our beloved listeners, David Overton PhD, contacted us and told us about this FABULOUS game that he sells all over, including this link for Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/734729316/bard-cards-the-authentic-shakespearean
We decided to play a round against each other (yes, substances are involved!) to see how the game is - and it ROCKS!!! AND it's hard!! Worthy of the Bardcast!! Of course, we adjusted the scoring a little to make it EVEN HARDER!!!
Best of all, our dear friend and friend of the pod Caleb Feigles of Making A Martini podcast (link below!) agreed to be our FABULOUS host!!!
Checketh it outeth!!!!!
https://makingamartini.buzzsprout.com/
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Oct 28, 2022
Impersonation Shakespeare
Hi there poison ghouls!! (Get it??)
It's spooky season!! All Hallow's Eve is around the corner!!
And since we're heading into Halloween weekend, we thought we'd talk about all the characters in Shakespeare that dress up and/or impersonate someone or something else. There's a lot!! If we miss one, let us know!!!
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Oct 14, 2022
Medical Shakespeare
Pustules and chancres and ague and belching,
Carbuncles, dropsy, kyphosis, and felching....
Okay, that last one wasn't Shakespeare per se, but it fucking rhymes!!!
On today's episode, we go through all the lovely medical terms in Elizabethan times and Shakespeare plays.
Got your tissues and puke bags handy?? You're gonna need 'em. Enjoy!!
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Sep 30, 2022
Couples Therapy Shakespeare
What do Antony and Cleopatra, Lord and Lady Macbeth, and Tamora and Aaron
have in common with Brad and Angelina, and Chris and Rihanna???
They are all INCREDIBLY TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS!!! Therapists could have made a FORTUNE in Elizabethan times!!!
Join us as we work our way through most of the couples in Shakespeare, discussing the dirt on each one of them. Whew!!! It's a LOT!!!
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Sep 16, 2022
Return of Sonnet Shakespeare
Darling Dearest Dicks and Dickesses!!!
We promised you more sonnets and boy, oh boy, do we deliver!!! And to top it all off, this is our 60th episode - dropping on Owen's 60th natal anniversary!!!!!!
Coincidence??? We think not.
In this episode, we have our dear friends and incredible artists Elisabeth Rodgers, Alvin Keith, Natalia Cuevas, and McCrae Hardy sharing their mind-blowing interpretations of yet more Shakespeare's sonnets - and this time, one is even set to music!!!!
Somewhere, our boy Will S. is a happy, happy man!!!
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Sep 2, 2022
Cumming, Farting, Pissing, Shitting, Barfing Shakespeare
So, this week's episode is about...
Well, seriously.. need we say more than the title???
We thinkst not.
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Aug 19, 2022
Dueling Shakespeare
En Garde!!
Now... we know there are TONS of battles in Shakespeare plays... but what about the quintessential duel??
How many times does a duel happen in the canon?
And for that matter, how many examples of single combat are there in the plays??
On today's episode we attempt to answer this questions!!
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Aug 5, 2022
Yaaasss Queen Shakespeare
We all know that women didn't have a ton of power in the home in the Elizabethan Age - except for Elizabeth, of course! Shakespeare did good things for female characters, even though it was men who played them!
In this episode, we discuss not only the actual Queens in Shakespeare's plays, but those women who are head of a household.
Dayum, bitch - it was hard being a girl!!!
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Jul 22, 2022
Foolish Shakespeare
Be A Clown, Be A Clown,
All The World Loves A Clown.
Act A Fool, Play The Calf,
And You'll Always Have The Last Laugh!!
And it's true!!! Gene Kelly and Judy Garland knew what they were talking about... we privately wonder if they were bardolaters behind closed doors!!
The clowns and fools in Shakespeare not only make us laugh uproariously, but Shakespeare puts words of razor sharp wit in their mouths to illuminate the human condition.
But what exactly designates one character a fool, and one a clown??
Join us and find out!!!
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Jul 8, 2022
Bards Dispense Profanity: Even Drunker Edition!!!
Darling listeners!!!
Today's episode is one we've been looking forward to - the SECOND game of Bards Dispense Profanity, Even Drunker Edition!!!!
It's been a crazy month, as Owen is currently directing The House of Bernarda Alba and Lisa Ann is Dialect Coach for Kinky Boots - so we have been BUSY BUSY BUSY!!! (Links are below - go see some theatre!!!)
We'll be back to you live and in person (kinda, since we record these) next episode but in the meantime - can you BELIEVE how wasted we were and STILL managed to answer questions involving Shakespeare?!??
We can't!!! (Although the next day hangover might say otherwise.)
Enjoy!!!
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Jun 24, 2022
Son of Sonnet Shakespeare - The Sequel!
Listeners!!!
We have had such a wonderful response to our first Sonnet Shakespeare episode that we rushed to put together another one!!!
In this episode, we have our dear friends and incredible artists Colin Wulff, Simon Nigam, Michael Daly, and Harper York sharing their choice of sonnets - and the feeling, insight, and talent they bring to them is MIND BLOWING!!!!!!
We are incredibly lucky ducks here at The Bardcast!!!!
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Jun 10, 2022
Punk Rock Shakespeare
HAPPY THIRD YEAR OF THE POD, LISTENERS!!!!!
We couldn't have done it without you and we are eternally grateful.
That being said, we thought we'd take a left at Albuquerque and riff a little on this idea we've been throwing around for a while: what does it mean to be "punk rock" (other than the music of course!)?? What is the energy and the attitude AND - what characters in Shakespeare plays could be considered "punk?"
In today's episode, we discuss this intriguing (to us, and hopefully, to you!) idea of anarchy and anti-establishment thinking. And we'd love to hear what you have to say about it!!!
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May 27, 2022
Superfan Shakespeare! Season 2 Finale
The last episode of our second full season?!?!?!?!?!?!?
SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!?!
WE MADE IT, THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!
In this episode we talk to three of our beloved listeners and fans of the pod - they're THE FUCKING GREATEST!!!!!!!
Truly. Check it out.
And thanks, guys, we're incredibly grateful for ALL of you!!!!!!!!
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May 13, 2022
Sonnet Shakespeare
We would bet that almost any human probably knows arguably the most famous line from all of Shakespeare's sonnets - "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
But there are SO MANY MORE!!!!!! 153 more, to be precise. So we decided to ask about 20 or so of our most beloved artist friends to pick a sonnet to speak and speak about on the podcast. We're going to take our time with this one, making it an ongoing series.
In today's episode, we (Owen, doing Sonnet 30, and Lisa Ann, doing Sonnet 23) are joined by our dear friends (already friends of the pod!!) Patrick Lawlor, doing Sonnet 60, and Keith Howard, doing Sonnet 66.
It's all in there, friends - every emotion you can imagine. Join us as we embark on this sonnetic journey!!!
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Apr 29, 2022
Bards Dispense Profanity Shakespeare - Game On(e)!
Well... we had SO MUCH FUN playing Trivial Pursuit Shakespeare that we decided to invite some of our favorite nerdy Shakespeare peeps and play another Shakespeare themed game - Bards Dispense Profanity!!! It's basically the Shakespeare version of Cards Against Humanity - get it?? Get the play on words???
Much profanity was dispensed. (The attitude adjustment substances were helpful, to be sure, but we went for it!!)
So grab a libation or an herb of your choice and enjoy, friends and listeners!!! (Will knows WE did!!)
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Apr 15, 2022
Song and Dance Shakespeare (Tra la, tra la, tra la!)
Where the bee sucks, there suck we!
In today's episode, we discuss all the songs and dances mentioned in Shakespeare plays. There's a LOT!!! Those Elizabethans like to PAR-TAY!!!!!
Also, Shakespeare used vocal music to evoke mood, or to establish the character or the mental state of the singer.
So sigh no more, ladies (and gents, and others), sigh no more - and fill up your dance cards with a galliard, or maybe a coranto... and if all else fails, JIG, baby, JIG!!!!
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Apr 1, 2022
Military Shakespeare
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
King Henry, Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1
Shakespeare did write a ton about love, but he also wrote a TON about war - people going to war, people coming back from war, people in the middle of a war... whew!
In today's episode, we examine the oh so masculine art of war. We're sending you strength, Ukraine!!!
(NOTE: Also, Lisa Ann's sound SUCKS on this recording - we're so sorry and we'll fix it!!!)
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Mar 18, 2022
Go See Some Shakespeare!
Hello dear listeners!!!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? WHY ARE YOU JUST SITTING AROUND?????
Summer is upon us and Shakespeare companies are FINALLY going to be able to perform - get online and buy yourself some tickets, for heaven's sake!!!!
In this episode, we lay out a whole bunch of Shakespeare performance companies in the US, the UK, Canada, and the rest of the world. So you have NO EXCUSE!!!!
VENTURE FORTH OUT OF YOUR COVID HOLES AND SEE SOME SHAKESPEARE, YOU DICKS AND DICKESSES!!!!!!
This has been a public service announcement. Thank you.
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Mar 4, 2022
New York Shakespeare
Okay, so maybe we're biased when it comes to Shakespeare... and maybe we're biased when it comes to New York... but!!!
We are definitely biased when it comes to our guest - we are so, so excited to have Rodney Hakim on this episode!!! Rodney is ALL things Shakespeare, particularly New York!!!
In this episode we talk about all thing Rodney, Shakespeare, and New York - wheeeeeeee!!!
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Feb 18, 2022
Timeline Shakespeare
So..... wait..... are you telling me that Shakespeare wrote King Lear, Macbeth, AND Antony and Cleopatra in the SAME YEAR????
After writing As You Like It and Julius Caesar immediately followed by Hamlet?!???!?!?!
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?????
Shakespeare is a friggin' genius, we all know that - but in this episode, we look at WHEN he wrote WHAT - and some of the answers will blow your collective minds!!!
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Feb 4, 2022
Legal Shakespeare
*Dick: The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. - **Henry VI, Part 2 - Act 4 Scene 2
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*NOTE: * Is it just us, or it is hilarious that it's "*Dick"* that says the above quote????
That's right, you dicks!!! Today's episode is all about law and order!!! What was the justice system like in Shakespeare's time? WAS there a justice system?? And was our friend Will above it all or....... not??
And how do the words of the Bard affect the legal system in modern times???
Tune in to today's episode to find out as we break down the ins and outs of Elizabethan - and Shakespearean! - law!!!
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Jan 21, 2022
Shakespeare's Contemporaries
We all know that William Shakespeare may, in fact, be the greatest playwright that ever lived... but he wasn't the only one writing!!
On today's episode we discuss the other writers that were around during Shakespeare's time - the good, the bad, and the ugly!!! (Okay, that doesn't really track, but it sounded good!!)
So, who WAS Christopher Marlowe? And Thomas Kyd?? And Ben Jonson and Thomas Dekker and Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher???
Tune in to find out!!!
(Seriously you guys, there's was SO MUCH GREAT STUFF GOING ON THEN!!!!)
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Jan 7, 2022
Diseased Shakespeare
Happy New Year!! Happy New Covid Variant!!
Sigh.
To start off 2022, we are deep diving into diseases during the Elizabethan era, as well as the ones Shakespeare talks about and mentions in his plays.
You think Omicron is bad????
Try having lice shitting on you, or fleas puking in you. Yeah. That's right.
Here we go!!!
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Dec 24, 2021
Holiday Shakespeare - and - A Visit From Saint Falstaff!!
Merry Merry!!!!
In this episode we talk about the holidays mentioned in Shakespeare plays - which aren't many - they were a somber lot! - as well as holidays that would have been a thing for the Elizabethans.
AND!!!!!
We've decided that our "A Visit From Saint Falstaff" is so yummy, we are going to make it a yearly tradition. Here's the link to it on our YouTube channel if you want visuals!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb1AcMg4L8E
Enjoy, listeners!!! We love you!!! Get vaccinated and stay safe out there - and Happiest of Holidays to all of you from both of us!!!
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Dec 10, 2021
Drunken Trivial Pursuit Shakespeare - Part DEUX
So.... if you listened to the FIRST part of this drunken series... you'd know that another episode was coming. We were gonna save it, but our lovely listener Stacey asked for it so... here ya go, kid!!!!
To reiterate, in case you're NEW... we invited some dear friends to play Trivial Pursuit Shakespeare Edition via Zoom. The caveat was that we should all be imbibing some delicious drinkables, smokables, and/or edibles. The result is this second episode. (And may we say, steeping away and listening several months afterwards....? We were REALLY bombed by the end of this.)
ENJOY!!!!! (Shakespeare knows we did!!!!!)
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Nov 26, 2021
Designing Shakespeare
Lights!! Costumes!! Set!! Props!! Sound!! Camera!! Action!!
Although when Shakespeare was around, his productions would have had none of the above - except cobbled costumes and props from each actor's trunk. However, we believe that if Will came back today, he'd be like "Fuck, yeah!! Use whatever you got!!"
That being said, this episode looks at Shakespeare from a designer's point of view. We welcome four fabulous guests - Rychard Curtiss, Nancy Nicholls, Kristopher Buggey, and Rob Duties - to discuss how a set, lighting, costumes, or sound design work in a Shakespeare production and how it differs from, say, a modern musical or a contemporary drama.
Or does it??? We discuss.
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Nov 12, 2021
Seasonal Shakespeare
It's Autumn... leaves are falling, the wind is getting colder, and the daylight is receding for the near future...
WHAT THE FUCK, Eastern Standard Time?!????
Since we're both EST haters, in this episode we discuss the ways Shakespeare uses the seasons in his work - as metaphors, indications of time, indications of aging, etc.
We have to do SOMETHING to keep us sane until the warm weather comes back!!!
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Oct 29, 2021
Ghostly Shakespeare 👻
Double double toil and trouble...
It's Spooky Season!!! Spirits and vampires and werewolves - oh my!!!
In this episode we discuss all the ghosts that are present in Shakespeare plays. Some are benevolent, some are malevolent, and some are just plain boring - but we love them anyway!!
(Angels and ministers of grace defend us.)
Happy All Hallow's Eve!!!
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Oct 15, 2021
Shakespearean Actors - Part One!!
To act Shakespeare or not to act Shakespeare... that is the question!!
In this episode, we begin our exploration of The Ones Who Act Shakespeare with the household names of actors that you may have actually seen in a Shakespeare play in your time on this rock!! And we peruse a list of modern day well known celebrities who have dipped a toe or ten into the waters of The Bard.
This notice serves as a disclaimer that the views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode - and trust us, there are some OPINIONS! - belong solely to the podcast hosts, and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of any entity whatsoever with which we have been, are now, or will be affiliated.
Whew. Ass covered.
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Oct 1, 2021
Drunken Trivial Pursuit Shakespeare - Part 1
And now, for something completely different......
We invited some dear friends to play Trivial Pursuit Shakespeare Edition via Zoom. The caveat was that we should all be imbibing some delicious drinkables, smokables, and/or edibles. The result is this episode.
ENJOY!!!!! (Shakespeare knows we did!!!!!)
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Sep 17, 2021
Al Fresco Shakespeare
In the beginning....
Will created plays, and they were played outdoors.
In today's world, we have indoor theaters, and microphones, and all kinds of things to make the Bard more accessible to modern day audiences.
But does it, really? On this episode we talk to two guests both well acquainted with Shakespeare outdoors, one primarily an actor, and one an actor/producer.
What do they think about this subject?!?? Have a listen to find out!!
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Sep 3, 2021
Beastly Shakespeare 😼
Guess how many times the actual word "animal" shows up in all of Shakespeare's plays??
HUH???? C'MON!!!!! GUESS!!!!!!!
There are all KINDS of animals in the canon - mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles - they're all in there!!!
In this episode, we begin to scratch (ha!!) the surface... of the winter lion, the Hyrcanian tiger, and baited bear; the little shrew and the necessary cat; bottled spiders and horned toads; brave harts and gentle hinds; the forward horse and preposterous ass; the temple-haunting martlet, morning lark, nightly owl, and winging crow; the nibbling sheep and hunger-starved wolves; the chafed boar, princely palfrey, fat oxen, and spotted leopards; stranger curs, mastiffs, hellhounds...
You get the idea.
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Aug 20, 2021
Insult Shakespeare
Hey, you crusty toad-spotted turds!
Thou puny tallow-faced giggles!!
Thou droning ill-nurtured pignuts!!!
Thou sanctimonious rude-growing canker-blossom!!!!
WHAT THE HELL DO THOSE MEAN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
In today's episode, we deep dive into the insults in Shakespeare plays and those of Elizabethan times in general. Think about it - you can learn how to insult your friends and neighbors AND THEY WON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD!!!!!
You hope............
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Aug 6, 2021
English Shakespeare vs. American Shakespeare
Listen.... we know that William Shakespeare was English. We know that the English have performed Shakespeare plays WAAAAAAY more than Americans, simply because they've been around longer!!! And there are many, many British actors and directors and productions of Shakespeare that we just LOOOOOOVE.
That being said... we have heard that "Americans can't do Shakespeare like the English."
We take umbrage to that statement, but we decided to ask two wonderful guests their opinions!!
Harper Annette York and Amelia White, both incredible theatre artists who were born in England and moved to the United States, join us to discuss this topic.
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Years and years of experience with Shakespeare from four rather opinionated theatre professionals, you dicks!!!! And cunts. (Owen insisted we add this.)
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Jul 23, 2021
Garbage Shakespeare
Look.... we LOVE Shakespeare. Like we love theatre in general. That being said....
....some of it just - simply - sucks. We are NOT bardolators. Nothing is sacred, dammit!!!!
Crappy characters, plays that don't work, story lines that are quintessentially uninteresting, oodles of misogyny....
So, in this episode we discuss the stuff in Shakespeare's plays that we just don't care a bloody whit for - end of story.
Do you agree?? Do you disagree????
Write us at thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com and tell us!!!
C'mon!!! Bring it!!! We're waiting!!!!!!!!!!
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Jul 9, 2021
Wasted Shakespeare
To doob or not to doob?? That IS the question!!
There are many substances that are consumed in Shakespeare plays and, indeed, the Bard himself may have snorted a fingerful or smoked the proverbial bowl before he sat down to write the canon. Not to mention the usual pint or five!!
In this episode, we discuss the ways and means that the Elizabethans adjusted their attitudes!!
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Jun 25, 2021
Pride Shakespeare! 🌈
It's June - Happy Pride everyone!!! Love is Love is Love!!!
That being said (even though it should have ALWAYS been love is love), in the Elizabethan times things were very different as far as the way people lived, loved, and talked about same sex relationships. In fact, they didn't really outwardly deal with anything other than the traditional man and wife (purported to be the only acceptable relationship in the fictional bible).
Except that you could be executed for buggery. Yeah.
Soooooooo..... was William Shakespeare gay or bisexual?? It's conjecture, but we discuss.
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Jun 11, 2021
Religious Shakespeare
HOLY SHAKESPEARE!!!!!!!
Or not so holy!!! We don't actually know for sure whether Will was a practitioner of ANY organized religion, especially because he lived when one's religious beliefs were literally a matter of life or death.
And who says we can decipher his personal beliefs by what he writes in his plays??? Did Theodore Geisel - better known as Dr. Seuss - actually think that we eat a roast beast during Christmas, aka Davoo Dores???? Not so much.
Join us as we take a deeper dive into the religion os the period in which Shakespeare lived, loved, wrote and performed, and died.
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May 28, 2021
Retrospective Pandemic Shakespeare
What????
It's been an ENTIRE YEAR?!?!!?!?!?
And we STILL have SO much to talk about!!!!
In this episode, we are joined by our wonderful guests Michael Daly, Alvin Keith, Caleb Feigles, Randy Kovitz, and Patrick Lawlor - past experts on the pod and amazing artists who have also been a part of Shakespeare Sunday and The Bardcast Players, which has kept us SANE throughout the last year.
We talk about how the pandemic affected the arts, what lasting effects it's going to have, and how the last year has changed the way we think as artists... and humans!!
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May 14, 2021
Concept Shakespeare
Coming to you live from.......... Maine?
Owen is off directing a play, so even though this episode is chockfull of more opinion than fact, we do discuss a bunch of famous productions of Shakespeare plays that are "conceptual."
Do they work? What makes a concept fly or not? Does it add to the text or distract from it??
The answer is..... both!!! Depending on the production.
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Apr 30, 2021
Dishy Shakespeare!
You know how sometimes you just feel like dishing and bitching about a particular topic instead of getting all academic??
Welcome to Dishy Shakespeare!
In this episode, we let it all (proverbially speaking) hang out, insofar as what WE think about all things Shakespeare - plays, productions, and people. WTF, sometimes you just gotta bitch.
It's gettin' real, friends.
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Apr 16, 2021
Relationship Shakespeare
We WERE going to call this episode Romantic Shakespeare - but then we realized in a lot of the plays, non-platonic relationships are often UNromantic so.... yeah.
So therefore, in this episode, we discuss the believability and viability of the "love" relationships in Shakespeare's plays. Can one really sustain a marriage when you fall in love in less than a page?? Can you have a happy marriage when you have managed to get married by having some whore pretend to be you so your soon to be husband HAS to marry you???
It's a conundrum. We discuss.
AND!!!! Make sure you join us for second FREE benefit live stream of As You Like It !!
Friday April 23, 2021 at 7:30 pm - Shakespeare's birthday!!!
and
Saturday April 24, 2021 at 3:00 pm - info will be on our website and all social media!!
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Apr 2, 2021
Recreational Shakespeare!
The Elizabethan era was a time of great fun and frivolity.... usually involving beating the crap out of someone or something.
Seriously. You can't make this shit up.
Although........... since this episode was recorded on April 1 - Happy April Fool's Day!! - we did!!
Listen to the episode and hit us up via our website or social media and tell us which two games are a product of our own twisted imaginations. One right answer gets you a shout-out on the next episode; two right answers gets you a PRIZE!!!
That's right!!! SWAG CAN BE YOURS!!!!
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Mar 19, 2021
Invented by Shakespeare
*What the dickens* does "Invented by Shakespeare" mean???
*As luck would have it* - in this week's episode, we discuss all the phrases and words we modern folk use every day - that came directly from William Shakespeare!!
It's *a brave new world*!! Can there be *too much of a good thing*?? It may be *a foregone conclusion!*!
But we wear *our heart on our sleeve**s* and it would be* cold comfort* if our listeners weren't waiting with *bated breath* to hear this episode - come on guys, *kill us with kindness*!!!
*Give the devil his due*!!!
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Mar 5, 2021
WTF Shakespeare?!??
What do farting, syphillis, misogyny, homo-erotica, and bodily mutilation have in common??
They're ALL in the plays of Shakespeare!!!
In this episode we discuss all the things that make us go:
"What the actually fuck, William Shakespeare?!??"
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Feb 19, 2021
Zoom Shakespeare
"It's the end of the world as we know it......"
Not really, although the pandemic has put quite a damper on theatre. How to get around that??? One word....
ZOOM!!!!!!
In today's episode we discuss the inaugural livestream performance of The Bardcast Player's Macbeth. How do artists make what quintessentially depends on the congregation of human energies into a satisfying and electrifying theatre experience??
ZOOM!!!!!!
And a bunch of background, sound cues, and special effects. Whew!!!
Make sure you join us for our FREE benefit live stream of Macbeth on:
Friday February 19, 2021 at 7:30 pm at https://youtu.be/--WmiCA2Has
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Feb 5, 2021
Punny Shakespeare
An academic walked into a bar and sat down at the counter. "Barkeep," he said "Pour me a stiff one. I've had a hard day." "What's the matter, friend?" said the barkeep. "Well," said the academic, "this morning's class was all about the life of Shakespeare himself. This afternoon's class will be all about his poetry. Things are going from Bard to Verse!!!"
(Ba dum dum.)
Okay, maybe that's not as good a pun as most of Will's, although there are some that groan worthy, but we can't help it - we're paronomasiacs.
(You'll learn what that is in this episode.)
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Jan 22, 2021
Adapted Shakespeare
The well known American author Susan Vreeland was correct - art begets art!!!
On the heels of our Film Shakespeare series - here is our longest episode so far, comprising even MORE stuff that is based on, or inspired by, the works of our friend Will!!!
His plays have given birth to SOOOOO MUCH ART!!!!!
We can tell you this....
Shakespeare AIN'T GOING NOWHERE, folks, and this episode proves that indisputably.
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Jan 8, 2021
Violent Shakespeare
"Have at thee, coward!!!"
As we've discussed before, there are SOOOOO many instances of violence of one kind or another in the Shakespeare canon. So... how does that get translated onto the stage or in a film in a believable way?
We talk to Randy Kovitz, master fight choreographer, who helps us understand how we can stab, strangle, smother, or otherwise subdue a character and make it look real - while being safe... cuz we're only ACTING, people!!!
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Dec 25, 2020
Christmas Shakespeare
Merrie Christmas, dear listeners!!!
In this episode we discuss how those Elizabethans celebrated Christmas - for twelve days, those filthy animals!!!
ALSO.....
At the end of the episode is a special gift from us to you... Merry Merry!!!!
So now is come our joyful'st feast,
Let every man be jolly.
Each room with ivy leaves is drest,
And every post with holly.
Though some churls at our mirth repine,
Round your foreheads garlands twine,
Drown sorrow in a cup of wine,
And let us all be merry.
(George Wither—16th c. poet)
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Dec 11, 2020
Racial Shakespeare
Was Shakespeare racist? Was he anti-Semitic? Or was he just writing as a product of his times?
And what about modern day productions of Shakespeare - how do they deal with these issues? Is there such a thing as truly colorblind casting?
We are proud to welcome our first guest (YAY!!!!), the wonderful and talented Alvin Keith, to discuss this very timely, important, and frankly, often inflammatory topic.
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Little, Arthur L. Jr.: Shakespeare Jungle Fever,…
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Nov 27, 2020
Film Shakespeare Part 4 - Romeo and Juliet
We're back at it! The bard's youngest lovers on the big screen!!
For this episode, we stuffed ourselves full of Romeo and Juliet in preparation for stuffing ourselves full of turkey!! Although frankly, some of the Romeo and Juliet was far less palatable...
But we digress.
We give thanks for YOU this year, dear listener!!!
So dive in with us to the world of love, passion, weapons, family feuding, and fatal mistakes!!
And hopefully, no plague on any of your houses, especially this year - 2020 has given us some shit, you know???
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Nov 13, 2020
Winning Shakespeare
Winners and losers... losers and winners....
What kind of behaviour does a winner or loser display? Are they gracious? Do they experience a moment of clarity in loss? Do they ascend with humility or do they try to burn the freaking house down??
On the heels of the recent United States Presidential election of Joe Biden (and yes, he DID win, contrary to what SOME people would like to believe), we return once more to the plays of the Bard to understand the etiquette - or lack thereof - within the scope of political power.
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IT'S SHAKESPEARE, YOU DICK!!!!
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Oct 30, 2020
Occult Shakespeare
Double, double, toil, and trouble....
Fire burn and podcast bubble....
What?? Never mind.
It's Halloween!!! Samhaim!!! All Hallows Eve!!! And our boy Will has magic and witches and ghosts and demons and premonitions and precognitions and dreams and all kinds of freaky shit literally sprinkled throughout his plays. In this episode, we discuss some of the history that influenced Shakespeare's writing as well as some conjecture about which witch is which in many of his plays.
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Episode Sources:
Rogers, L.W., The Occultism in the Shakespeare Plays - A study of the Occult, First Edition 1907
Brigg, K.M.,…
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Oct 16, 2020
Tyrannical Shakespeare
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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Oct 2, 2020
Film Shakespeare - Part 3 - Macbeth!
"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes....." (and in some cases, it's the way the text of Macbeth is bastardized - feh!!)
One of the greatest dramatic plays ever written about the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake, we deep dive into the many versions of the Scottish Play available on film.
Can you smell the blood still???
You will, rabbit, you will.........
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Episode Sources:
Shakespeare: Script, Stage, Screen: David Bevington, Anne Marie Welsh, Michael L. Greenwald
A History of Shakespeare on Screen - A Century of F…
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Sep 18, 2020
Gendered Shakespeare
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a..................
No, wait... is that a male or female Desdemona?!?!???
In this episode, we go down the rabbit hole of gender in Shakespeare plays. Join us as we discuss some of the greatest cross-dressing "actoresses" of the Bard, as well as what the text of Shakespeare reveals about the differences between guys and gals (and we're not talking anatomy here folks - well, okay, but just a little).
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Episode Sources:
Lucas Garcia, Gender on Shakespeare’s Stage: A Brief History, writerstheatre.org
shakespeare-online.com /sonnets/20detail
McManus, Clare: Shakespeare and g…
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Sep 4, 2020
Film Shakespeare - Part 2 - Hamlet!
To be, or no to be..... HAMLET!!!! SOOOOOO many famous actors have given their collective eye-teeth to have a go at this role, and not just on stage. In this continuation episode, we go through a bunch of the many film and/or video Hamlets we've been watching lately.
And BTW... who knew how sexy Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek or Quint from Jaws as the unctuous Claudius could be?!?!? (pant pant)
Angels and ministers of grace defend us!!!!
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Episode Sources:
Shakespeare: Script, Stage, Screen: David Bevington, Anne Marie Welsh, Michael L. Greenwald
A History of Shakespeare on Screen - A Century of Film and Televisi…
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Aug 21, 2020
Assholes, Douchebags, and Fuck-ups in Shakespeare
What is the difference between an asshole, a douchebag, and a fuck-up?
And that being said, how about a jagoff, a prick, and a dick? And what title transcends even those???
In this episode, we discuss our favorites of the MANY somewhat detestable characters in Shakespeare, attempting to delineate between the above monikers.
Strap in, people - it's a bumpy ride through the crapola!!!
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Aug 7, 2020
Film Shakespeare - Part I
Did you know that Will Shakespeare - that bitch! - has the kind of numbers on IMDB that every freakin' actor DREAMS of????
It's true.
This is the first episode in a series, 'cuz this category is just too damn big for one. For the foreseeable future, until we've satisfactorily exhausted the category, the first episode each month will be an episode that falls under the Film Shakespeare umbrella.
Get your popcorn ready, you surly tardy-gaited clotpoles!!!
(And please, no talking during the feature.)
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Episode sources:
Shakespeare: Script, Stage, Screen: David Bevington, Anne Marie Welsh, Michael L. Greenwald
A History of Shakesp…
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Jul 24, 2020
Was it Shakespeare?
There are SOME people who think William Shakespeare didn't actually write the plays he is so famous for... fuck 'em!!! However, to be fair, in this episode we will explain who they are and what they think (eye roll).
Can you tell what WE think by this explanation???
William Shakespeare's Plays Matter!!!!
Sources for Bardcast Episode 4: Was it Shakespeare?
Heather Wolfe, Adam G. Hooks, Erin A. McCarthy, Alan H. Nelson, et al at Shakespearedocumented@folger.edu
David Kathman and Terry Ross at The Shakespeare Authorship Page
Stephen Greenblatt, Will in the World
Russ McDonald, The Bedord Companion to Shakespeare
Ron Rosenbaum, The Shakespeare Wars
James Shapiro, Contested Will
The Shakespeare Authorship Coalition at www.doubtaboutwill.org
C-Span.org, Shakespeare: Author or Pseudonym?
BBC America, Did Shakespeare Really Write His Plays? A Few Theories Examined
Robert McCrum, Who Really Wrote Shakespeare? The Guardian
Ben Jonson, To the Memory of My Beloved the Author, Mr. Wi…
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Jul 10, 2020
Death by Shakespeare
What do Stephen King, Clive Barker, Bram Stoker, and Edgar Allen Poe all have in common?? They WISH they could throw the gore the way Shakespeare did!! Take a trip with us back to the days before chainsaws and automatic weapons, when men were men and bears were bears and murder was up close and personal.
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Episode Sources:
Harkup, Katherine: Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts – Bloomsbury Sigma
Meier, Allison: The Poisons, Potions and Charms of Shakespeare's Plays, hyperallergic.com
Mabillard, Amanda. Violence in Shakespeare's Plays. www.shakespeare-online.com
Slingsby, Dr. Tim: Would S…
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Jun 26, 2020
Plague Shakespeare
This social distancing thing?? It's been around for hundreds of years!! In fact, they did it way better than us!! Learn how repeated epidemics of bubonic plague impacted Shakespeare's life and work AND learn how the Oriental Rat Flea accomplished its nasty, nasty business!!
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Episode sources:
Dickson, Andrew: Shakespeare in Lockdown: did he write King Lear in plague quarantine? Printed in The Guardian
Greenblatt, Stephen: What Shakespeare Actually Wrote About the Plague Printed in The New Yorker
Maltby, Kate: What Shakespeare can – and can’t – teach us about Covid-19 CNN.com
McDonald, Russ: The Bedford Companion to Shakes…
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Jun 9, 2020
Filthy Shakespeare
Were you ever sitting in high school English class, struggling to stay awake while listening to the theatre kids schmacting Romeo and Juliet out loud, and you hear a phrase that perks you up for a second? You think, "Was that a dick joke??? Nah, can't be, it's Shakespeare."
It WAS a dick joke!
And there's SO much more.
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