Shakespeers

Because there's SO much to cover in Hamlet, we've returned to the play for episode 14 to chat with Susan Hart about Queen Gertrude!    [Original air date: November 27, 2020] 

Hell is empty, and all the devils are here!  Mary and Brendan talk frights, sprites, and merry wanderers of the night in the Shakespeers Halloween Special    [Original air date: October 31, 2020]

Oh hating love, oh loving hate! Mary and Victoria are discussing mixed feelings towards Shakepeare and the amount of space his works occupy in our cultural education and experiences.    https://howlround.com/interrogating-shakespeare-system   [Original air date: September 26, 2020]

Mary and Matt are talking all things Tempest-- a play that hit different in quarantine.    [Original air date: August 28, 2020]

Mary and Lavina are chatting about how to handle the parts of Shakespeare that have not aged well-- language that is anti-black, racist, misogynistic, antisemitic, etc. Lavina has written a wonderful guide on how to approach some of the potentially harmful language in Shakespeare. Follow the link below!   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kpq3nTAUVKwTrY_XLiH6aCr3agUMu-pSCe87fg8DYQM/edit?fbclid=IwAR237VdnxDmXnh9u1i2g7EjDeRhEndPCEtoeJ7_2KR2ChRb13JCCNtHUB5E   [Original air date: July 30 2020]

You know it, and you may or may not love it: Mary and James are talking Hamlet, but specifically, Hamlet from Hamlet, and they attempt to answer the questions:  Why Hamlet?  and  Why, Hamlet?     

Mary and Raquel discuss the thirst traps within Shakespeare

Join Bree and Mary for a discussion of a Midsummer Night's Dream -- a "starter play" for many a young actor, and a blissful escape. 

Mary and Melanie are talking about sex, flirting, and plenty of innuendo with the help of Love's Labors Lost! (some other plays creep in too, because Shakespeare was one bawdy dude).   [ Original release date: March 21, 2020] 

Mary and Kara dive deep into The Winter's Tale -- a bear of a play!    [Original release date: February 22, 2020]

Mary and Jen cover their mutual favorite play-- Twelfth Night, or What You Will    [Original Release Date: January 6, 2020]

This episode has TWO guests, both alike in dignity: Leah, Mary (T) and Mary (R) discuss the teenage turmoil of Romeo and Juliet    [Original release date: November 16, 2019] 

Mary and LaRose explore a true horror masterpiece: the tragedy of Macbeth. Please be warned, there are descriptions of graphic violence and gore. 

Sarah and Mary discuss Much Ado About Nothing, with heavy and frequent reference to the cinematic masterpiece that is the film adaptation starring Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh. 

In this episode, Mary and AC discuss Shakespeare's top three gayest plays (according to AC and Mary), because, *spoilers* Shakespeare is gay. Both the man and his plays. Oh, so gay. 

As promised, we're returning to Denmark to talk more about another member of the royal court! Highly respected classical actor and teacher Susan Hart pops on to the pod to talk about her experience playing Gertrude at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC 

Witches, sprites, frights, and merry wanderers of the night-- Mary and Brendan are taking you through a highlights reel of Shakespeare's best supernatural characters.   Brendan's Socials: INSTA: @brendanhaley / @lonelyspectreprod / @haleydoodledo TWITTER: @brendohales / @spectre_lonely FACEBOOK: Lonely Spectre Productions Sources:  http://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/fairiesshakespeare.html https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/ghosts-in-shakespeare https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/character-analysis-the-witches-in-macbeth https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/01/28/macbeth-curse-of-the-stage/b80659e4-369d-4ef4-b772-edee79d75d5a/   https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2000-10-13/the-curse-of-the-play/ The Ghost- A Cultural History by Susan Owens  Women of Will by Tina Packer     

O brawling love, O loving hate! Mary and Victoria are discussing mixed feelings towards Shakespeare, why and how to take him off the pedestal, and nerding out over Original Pronunciation (OP)!      article mentioned:  https://howlround.com/interrogating-shakespeare-system?fbclid=IwAR1qsC0BAX20nZc7vopo0eWheJNKHiDxAWPo6kTxIS35voVM3Jd0_I94fpU   OP with Ben Crystal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiYd9RcK5M    

Mary and Matt are talking all things Tempest-- a play that certainly hits different in quarantine! 

Mary and Lavina are chatting about how to handle the parts of Shakespeare that have not aged well-- language that is anti-black, racist, misogynistic, antisemitic, etc. Shakespeare is for everyone and we want to make sure that the plays are not alienating or excluding.   Lavina has written a wonderful guide on how to approach some of the potentially harmful language in Shakespeare. Follow the link below!  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kpq3nTAUVKwTrY_XLiH6aCr3agUMu-pSCe87fg8DYQM/edit?fbclid=IwAR14VuV7Lck49tS5qsmLsNr2c0M7U9zKRrO2AEKDKHmOJ_1xNVlQ9BRv0sQ

Hamlet usually asks all the questions, but in this episode, the tables are turned.  Mary and James explore such deep questions as: How do you solve a problem like Hamlet? and: Why Hamlet?     

Shakespeare was one thirsty dude, and Mary and Raquel are here with an in-depth analysis of some of his most thirst-worthy characters.  

Is there no play to ease the. anguish of a torturing hour? Why yes, there is-- Midsummer is a comfort play if there ever was one, and Mary and Bree are here to sing its praises! 

Mary and Melanie are talking about sex, with the help of Love's Labors Lost (some other plays creep in too, because Shakespeare was one bawdy dude).  

Tyrants and peasants and bears, oh my! Mary and Kara are talking all things Winter's Tale

Mary and Jen discuss their favorite play-- Twelfth Night, or What you Will, and it is, to quote Olivia, "Most wonderful!" 

This month’s episode has two (yes TWO!) guests, both alike in dignity— Leah and Mary (Tilden) join Mary (Regalado) to talk pilgrims, potions, and productions past! 

In the spirit of Halloween, Mary and guest LaRose are breaking down Shakespeare's spooky masterpiece-- Macbeth! Get ready for a whirlwind of romance, dark humor, and murder. Lots of murder. 

It's the very first episode, and Mary and Sarah are talking all things Much Ado-- rumors, crushes, tricks, villains and more!