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A performance focused Shakespeare podcast. Each episode, Lee and a guest perform a scene from one of Shakespeare's plays and then talk about it.

Lee Vineyard


    • May 10, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


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    EMBC: The Faerie Queene

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 32:08


    This time as a bonus episode, we are reading the first canto of Spenser's The Faerie Queene. I would say this episode comes with a pretty intense emetophobia warning, and a warning for violence.If you hear me stumbling, that's because I'm trying to figure out what on earth the original spelling means. 

    The Fox, the Ape, and the Humblebee - Loves Labours Lost 3.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 39:05


    Bronwyn Barnwell joins us to talk about Loves Labours Lost and share an excerpt from her upcoming radio play. Actors in this scene are Jude Owusu as Biron, Gabe Calleja as Armado, Wendy Lennon as Moth, and Ian Gould as Costard. You can find more about the Radio Shakespeare Lab here: http://www.tablingthepodcast.com/radio-shakespeare-labNew episodes of Scenic Review will return in June.

    Euphues the Anatomy of Wit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 30:01


    In a departure from out regular content, Lee reads the begining of John Lyly's 1578 novel Euphues the Anatomy of Wit

    Murder Speedrun - Macbeth 1.5, 1.7, and 2.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 40:23


    This episode, Kelsey Linberg (@leslieknopejr) joins us with not 1, not 2, but 3 (!) scenes from Macbeth that follow the titular characters from the inception of a murder through its execution. Come on, it's Macbeth, you know it's a fun time. A bell rings at the scene transitions

    Revenge Plot B: Hamlet 4.7

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 39:30


    Will Larsen joins us once again to talk about Hamlet, this time looking at a scene without the man himself. Contains spoilers for basically all of Hamlet, if you're worried about that sort of thing.

    Shadows and Substances: Additions to The Spanish Tragedy and Titus Andronicus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 38:54 Transcription Available


    David Higbee Williams (@DavidHigbee) joins us to talk about metatheatre and madness in the painter scene and the fly killing scene from The Spanish Tragedy and Titus Andronicus. Transcript: https://leevineyard.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/shadows-and-substances-episode-5-transcript/

    Much Ado About Nothing Act 1 Scene 1: Messengers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 39:09


    Lily Pipkin and Ronan Melomo join us to talk about the first moments of Much Ado About Nothing, and why messengers are always funny. I'm scheduling this post before the transcript is finished, so we'll have to see if I lose power before I can finish it. Fingers crossed. Edit: no power loss, but the transcript will still be late. mea culpa

    Taming Of The Shrew 2.1: First Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 33:27 Transcription Available


    Kat Agudo joins us to talk about Taming of the Shrew and finding value in a difficult text. You can find Kat at https://www.katagudo.com, and check out Patriettes this Saturday, February 6th. Transcript: https://leevineyard.wordpress.com/2021/02/03/transcript-taming-act-2-scene-1/

    Hamlet Act 3 Scene 4: Gertrude and Hamlet's Heart To Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 37:38 Transcription Available


    Will Larsen joins us to talk Hamlet, and if it lives up to the hype.Transcript: https://leevineyard.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/transcript-hamlet-act-3-scene-4/

    Troilus and Cressida Act 1 Scene 2: The Pageant of Troy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 35:01 Transcription Available


    Bronwyn Barnwell joins us to talk about Troilus and Cressida, the pageant of Troy, and why we all love Pandarus. Transcript at https://wordpress.com/post/leevineyard.wordpress.com/26

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