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Will's World: Shakespeare and Marriage

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 39:38


Join Connor, Jess, and Amanda as they discuss an essay from James Shaprios book Shakespeare in a Divided America. Link to the book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future-james-shapiro/12077112?ean=9780525522317 Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Twitter: @willsworldpod Music: freemusicarchive.org- Crowander, Jerrys Back

Will's World: Shakespeare and Immigration

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 46:06


Join Amanda, Jess, and Conner and they discuss an essay from James Shapiros book Shakespeare in a Divided America. Link to the book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future-james-shapiro/12077112?ean=9780525522317 Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Twitter: @willsworldpod Music: freemusicarchive.org- Crowander, Jerrys Back --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Shakespeare and Ghosts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 44:21


Join Conner, Amanda, and Jess as they discuss how supernatural beliefs influenced Shakespeares work. Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Twitter: @willsworldpod Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Will's World: All's Well that Ends Well

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 43:18


Join Amanda and Conner as they discuss the final installment of their problem plays series. Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

Will's World: Troilus and Cressida

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 36:12


Join Amanda, Connor, and Jess as they discuss Troilus and Cressida one of Shakespeares problem plays. Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

Will's World: Measure for Measure

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 44:54


Join Amanda, Connor, and Jess as they discuss Measure for Measure one of Shakespeares problem plays.  Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions  Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

Will's World War of the Roses Rerelease

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 86:46


It's been one year since our first episode! Take a listen to our first ever episode, and stay tuned for a new episode next month!

Will's World: Julias Caesar

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 48:48


Join Amanda, Jess, and Conner as they suggest the history around Shakespeares Julias Caesar just in time for the Ides of March.  Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

Will's World: Margaret

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 90:33


Join Conner and special guest Jessica Trznadel as they discuss her new adaption of Shakespeares War of the Roses Plays. You can find tickets to the reading of Margaret at https://checkout.square.site/buy/5TGAFUFCGPUDXXDGGV4L5I6L. For non Wisconsin residents keep your eyes peeled for links to the virtual reading. Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

Will's World: Twelfth Night or What You Will

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 37:34


Join Amanda and Conner for a discussion about Shakespeares Twelfth Night and the holiday in which is gets its name. Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Sources: https://www.bard.org/news/what-the-heck-is-a-twelfth-night https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/context/historical/what-does-twelfth-night-refer-to/ Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

Will's World: The Gun Powder Plot

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 58:51


Join Amanda, Conner as they discuss the historical inpact of the Gun Powder Plot of 1605. Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com 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

Macbeth Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 55:15


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 Email: everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com

Macbeth Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 40:10


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 Email: everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com

Will's World: Macbeth: Witches and Treason

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 64:49


Join Amanda, Conner and special guest Jess as we explore the historical and supernatural events behind Macbeth! Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com 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

Episode 3: Shakespeare and Pandemics

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 55:43


Join Amanda and Conner as they discuss Shakespeares life in a pandemic and how it relates to our current covid-19 situation. Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com 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

Will's World: Shakespeare and American Colonization

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 67:26


Join Conner and Amanda as they explore William Shakespeares influence on early American Colonization. Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com 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

Will's World: War of the Roses

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 86:46


Email us: everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com 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

Episode 2: The Dark Lady Sonnets

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 50:34


Join Wills Words hosts Kirsten, and Abby as they discuss another grouping of Shakespeares sonnets referred to as the dark lady sonnets.

Episode 1: Shakespeare's Sonnets and Sexuality

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 44:50


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/

A Midsummer Nights Dream: The Radio Play Act 3

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 33:26


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. Be sure to like and follow Every Mothers Son Productions on Facebook, Instagram, and your favorite listening platform for more information on our next productions!

A Midsummer Nights Dream: The Radio Play Act 2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 34:24


Act 3 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. Our Act 3 will be released Sunday September 13th, 2020.

A Midsummer Nights Dream: The Radio Play Act 1

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 38:59


Acts 1 and 2 of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects. Act 2 will be released on Sunday September 6th, 2020

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