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William Shakespeare is undoubtedly one of the greatest literary geniuses of all time. Author of over 30 plays and over 150 poems, he masterfully knit together over 20,000 English words, all out inventing some 1,700 of them, to beautifully capture full ranges of complex emotions and subtle nuances of human nature that still capture audiences over 400 years later. Pretty impressive for a 16th century man from a modest family with only a grammar school education, illiterate parents, illiterate children, who never left the country, didn't seem to own any books, and has no surviving handwritten letters or documents of any kind today. So impressive, in fact, it actually raises some pretty big questions. How exactly did a man like William Shakespeare write such an impressive collection of literary masterpieces? Or didn't he? Let's fix that. Support the show! Join the Patreon (patreon.com/historyfixpodcast)Buy some merchBuy Me a CoffeeVenmo @Shea-LaFountaineSources: poets.org "About William Shakespeare"Shakespeare Birthplace Trust "William Shakespeare Biography"shakespeareauthorship.com "How Do We Know That Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare?"History Extra "The Globe Theatre Fire of 1613"Book Brunch "The British and Reading: a Short History"Shakespeare Birthplace Trust "Shakespeare's Words"History.com "10 Things You Didn't Know About William Shakespeare"Encyclopedia Britannica "William Shakespeare"biography.com "Was Shakespeare the Real Author of His Plays?"EBSCO "Shakespeare Authorship Question"Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship "How Wrote Shakespeare? Shakespeare Authorship 101"Shoot me a message!
SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived
In Sonnet 148, William Shakespeare develops the themes revisited with Sonnet 147 and further elaborates on his realisation that reason has abandoned him and he is therefore incapable of judging properly what he sees. Either that, or his eyes themselves are faulty, since they seem to distort what they are looking at. The conclusion he comes to, much in line with the previous sonnet, is that his defective vision stems from his love for his mistress, but he here adds the almost 'technical' but for this not at all inconsequential detail that his eyes couldn't possibly be expected to deliver a true picture to the brain of what they see, since their vision is blurred by tears, suggesting therefore that this love he feels for his mistress is tinged with sadness, sorrow, or pain.
'Macbeth' es una de las tragedias más oscuras y poderosas de William Shakespeare, sumergiendo al espectador en un mundo de ambición, brujería, locura y traición. La obra se centra en Macbeth, un valiente guerrero escocés, y su esposa Lady Macbeth, quienes, consumidos por la ambición y las profecías de tres brujas, trazan un plan para asesinar al rey Duncan y tomar el trono de Escocia. La trama se desenreda en un espiral de violencia y paranoia, con Macbeth asesinando a aquellos que sospecha que amenazan su poder, incluyendo a su amigo Banquo y la familia de su rival Macduff. A medida que el derramamiento de sangre aumenta, Macbeth se ve acosado por la culpa y las visiones, mientras que Lady Macbeth, igualmente atormentada, desciende a la locura. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Reino de Inglaterra, 23 de abril de 1564 - ib., 23 de abril/3 de mayo de 1616) ha sido considerado unánimemente el escritor más importante de la literatura universal. Se mantiene que nació el 23 de abril de 1564 y que fue bautizado, al día siguiente, en Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Su llegada a Londres se ha fechado hacia 1588. Cuatro años después de su llegada a la metrópoli, ya había logrado un notable éxito como dramaturgo y actor teatral, éxito que pronto le valió el mecenazgo de Henry Wriothesley, tercer conde de Southampton. Con solo haberse dedicado a la poesía, Shakespeare ya habría pasado a la historia por poemas como Venus y Adonis, La violación de Lucrecia o los sonetos. Sin embargo, si hay un campo en el que Shakespeare realizó grandes y trascendentales logros fue en el teatro; no en vano es el responsable principal del florecimiento del teatro isabelino, uno de los mascarones de proa de la incipiente hegemonía mundial de Inglaterra. A lo largo de su carrera escribió, modificó o colaboró en decenas de obras teatrales, de las cuales podemos atribuirle plenamente treinta y ocho, que perviven en nuestros días gracias a su genio y su talento. Cuento extraído de Tragedias de Shakespeare, de 451Editores, autorizado por el autor Andrés Barba para su publicación en Historias para ser leídas. Andrés Barba, Licenciado en Filología Hispánica, es autor de la novelas 'La hermana de Katia', finalista del premio Herralde de Novela, 'Ahora tocad música del baile' y 'Versiones de Teresa', premio Torrente Ballester, así como el libro de relatos 'La recta intención'. Coautor junto a Javier Montes de 'La ceremonia del porno', premio Anagrama de ensayo, ha publicado la novela infantil 'Historia de nadas', y el poemario en prosa 'Libro de las caídas'. Ilustración by Scott McKowen Narración y sonido Olga Paraíso https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Apertura Las tres brujas La Tragedia de Shakespeare, ACTO 1. Música Epidemic Sound con licencia premium para este podcast Cierre opera Verdi, Eva Rydén swedish soprano sing "Ambizioso spirto...Vienni t´affretta" from the opera Macbeth - Verdi. Hay nombres que no conviene pronunciar en voz alta. Nombres que cargan con siglos de sombras y supersticiones. Entre ellos, uno en particular: Macbeth. Shakespeare escribió esta tragedia hacia 1606, y con ella puso en escena no solo la ambición y la sangre de un noble escocés, sino también los susurros de tres brujas que, dicen, hablaban con un lenguaje demasiado verdadero. Hechizos reales, robados a quienes no perdonan la profanación. Desde entonces, la obra arrastra un halo maldito. Se cuenta que cada vez que alguien osa pronunciar su título dentro de un teatro, la desgracia acecha. Para evitarlo, existe un ritual: salir, girar tres veces sobre sí mismo, escupir al suelo, lanzar una blasfemia y pedir permiso para volver a entrar. ¿Exageración? Quizá. Pero en los pasillos oscuros del teatro, donde la ficción y la realidad se rozan, más de un actor prefiere no tentar al destino. Y ahora, abramos el telón de esta tragedia… ¡Únete a la nave de Historias para ser Leídas y conviértete en uno de nuestros taberneros galácticos. Al hacerlo, tendrás acceso a lecturas exclusivas y ayudarás a que estas historias sigan viajando por el cosmos.🖤Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!!🚀 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
Paul Mescal joins Backstage's In the Envelope: The Actor's Podcast to offer a rare, candid look inside his acting process. Mescal also discusses his chemistry with Josh O'Connor in "The History of Sound," playing William Shakespeare in Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet," and what it's been like during camera tests and rehearsals for Sam Mendes' four Beatles biopics, in which he'll play Paul McCartney alongside Harris Dickinson's John Lennon, Joseph Quinn's George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan's Ringo Starr. ... Backstage has been the #1 resource for actors and talent-seekers for 60 years. In the Envelope, Backstage's podcast, features intimate, in-depth conversations with today's most noteworthy film, television, and theater actors and creators. Full of both know-how and inspiration, In the Envelope airs bi-weekly to cover everything from practical advice on navigating the industry, to how your favorite projects are made and personal stories of success and failure alike. Join host Vinnie Mancuso, senior editor at Backstage, for this guide on how to live the creative life from those who are doing it every day: https://bit.ly/2OMryWQ ... Follow Backstage and In the Envelope on social media: - https://www.facebook.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/backstage - https://www.twitter.com/intheenvelope - https://www.instagram.com/backstagecast Looking to get cast? Subscribe here: www.backstage.com/subscribe Browse Backstage casting listings: https://bit.ly/3mth68e Special thanks to... - Host: Vinnie Mancuso - Producer: Jamie Muffett - Social media: Karen Jenkins, Sky Silverman - Design: Andy Turnbull - Additional support: Kasey Howe, Suzy Woltmann, Jenn Zilioli
How does literature enrich our understanding of ourselves and of others, in ways that STEM fields and other forms of knowledge cannot? What is contained within the language of reading that you don't encounter with other art forms like painting or film?Arnold Weinstein is a Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Brown University and the author of several books. His latest two publications are The Lives of Literature: Reading, Teaching, Knowing and Morning, Noon, and Night: Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through Books.Greg and Arnold discuss how literature offers unique and invaluable insights into the human experience, bridging historical and cultural divides. Their conversation examines the connections between literature and self-discovery, the challenges of teaching literature in a contemporary academic setting, and the enduring relevance of classic works from authors like William Faulkner, William Shakespeare, and Mark Twain. *unSILOed Podcast is produced by University FM.*Episode Quotes:Life doesn't come in disciplines01:02:54: Literature helps you see history. That philosophy, et cetera, needs a good dosage of literature, which is why we created that course and let the disciplines—not the people, the disciplines themselves—do battle with each other. And there's no obvious answer here. There's no winner or loser. But the students were confused. They wanted to get what's the right take on this. Well, has anybody ever offered the right take on reality? Universities come packaged in disciplines. Life doesn't. It doesn't. All of our major problems cannot be solved with any single discipline, including economics and, you know, and coding.Literature makes us more human09:25: It's a good workout to read literature. It makes us more generous, as being able to award the notion of humanity to other people. Because I do not think you can kill them. You cannot stamp them out if you do not think back.Why great books leave you uneasy30:13: We are supposed to exit literature course, not exactly being more confused, but more embattled in a sense to see that other ways of being, as well as other ways, other values that people might have, is a kind of absolutely basic "meat-and-potatoes" element of human life. You cannot just live in your own silo, in your own scheme, even though you are locked in it. That's the point. We cannot exit ourselves.History isn't a fairy tale40:51: If we read the books, it only tells us what we want to know, which is what we are headed towards in this society today with the current political scene. Any text that is critical of American history is considered broke and therefore removed. And I'm worried that we are going to get a generation of people who think that American history is a fairy tale, which it is not, and no amount of rhetoric can change that. That we can police and prohibit these certain kinds of texts can take over the Kennedy Center, but we cannot, in fact, change what all of that is about, which is that we are still paying the bill for the history of racism and slavery in this country. It is not solved. We can just try to put it under the rug, but it is not solved by any means. So it is in that sense that the discomfort is required. If it simply massages us, say, "oh, this is terrific," then I think we are reading the wrong book.Show Links:Recommended Resources:Harold BloomFranz KafkaThe MetamorphosisSøren KierkegaardWilliam FaulknerMark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnJamesBenito CerenoBlaise PascalWilliam ShakespeareKing LearHamletOthelloIagoToni MorrisonNaked LunchGuest Profile:Profile at Brown UniversityWikipedia PageProfile at Roundtable.orgGuest Work:Amazon Author PageThe Lives of Literature: Reading, Teaching, KnowingMorning, Noon, and Night: Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through BooksNorthern Arts: The Breakthrough of Scandinavian Literature and Art, from Ibsen to BergmanA Scream Goes Through the House: What Literature Teaches Us About LifeRecovering Your Story: Proust, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, MorrisonNobody's Home: Speech, Self, and Place in American Fiction from Hawthorne to DeLilloThe Great Courses - Classic Novels: Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature
William Shakespeare, né en 1564 en Angleterre, est un poète et dramaturge devenu l'un des écrivains les plus célèbres de l'histoire. Il commence sa carrière à Londres, écrit pour la troupe des Lord Chamberlain's Men et connaît un immense succès avec ses pièces jouées au théâtre du Globe. Il mêle comédies, tragédies et drames historiques, avec des personnages pleins d'émotions et des thèmes comme l'amour, la jalousie ou le pouvoir. Il écrit aussi des poèmes célèbres comme ses Sonnets. Il meurt en 1616, mais ses œuvres sont publiées par ses amis dans un recueil qui les rend immortelles. Aujourd'hui, Shakespeare est considéré comme le plus grand dramaturge de tous les temps.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
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William Shakespeare, né en 1564 en Angleterre, est un poète et dramaturge devenu l'un des écrivains les plus célèbres de l'histoire. Il commence sa carrière à Londres, écrit pour la troupe des Lord Chamberlain's Men et connaît un immense succès avec ses pièces jouées au théâtre du Globe. Il mêle comédies, tragédies et drames historiques, avec des personnages pleins d'émotions et des thèmes comme l'amour, la jalousie ou le pouvoir. Il écrit aussi des poèmes célèbres comme ses Sonnets. Il meurt en 1616, mais ses œuvres sont publiées par ses amis dans un recueil qui les rend immortelles. Aujourd'hui, Shakespeare est considéré comme le plus grand dramaturge de tous les temps.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
The CMA nominations came out yesterday. Bobby gives his predictions on who he thinks will win based on data. Bobby shares the list of the Top 5 haunted crime scenes in the US and the origins behind them. Bobby shares why he thinks Hellen Keller’s story may have been exaggerated. Bobby asks his assistant why people think William Shakespeare wasn’t real. A listener called in to give us his own Tuesday Reviewsday and another listener tries to convince Bobby to come to the Ole Miss / Arkansas game this weekend. Carolina Roy calls in and needs to ask Bobby for a birthday favor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In tonight's soothing sleep hypnosis with Jessica, we're diving into the life and time's of one of the worlds' greatest poets and writers - William Shakespeare. This episode is designed to help you drift off to sleep, all whilst learning about what made William, "The Bard Of Avon". As always, tonight's episode will start with a relaxing introduction from Jessica, before we sink into tonight's Sleep Hypnosis. Want more Sleep Magic? Join Sleep Magic Premium ✨ Enjoy 2 bonus episodes a month plus all episodes ad-free, access to Jessica's complete back catalog of over 60 episodes, and show your support to Jessica. To Subscribe
The CMA nominations came out yesterday. Bobby gives his predictions on who he thinks will win based on data. Bobby shares the list of the Top 5 haunted crime scenes in the US and the origins behind them. Bobby shares why he thinks Hellen Keller’s story may have been exaggerated. Bobby asks his assistant why people think William Shakespeare wasn’t real. A listener called in to give us his own Tuesday Reviewsday and another listener tries to convince Bobby to come to the Ole Miss / Arkansas game this weekend. Carolina Roy calls in and needs to ask Bobby for a birthday favor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You may know Al Letson as a journalist—he's the host of the popular investigative podcast Reveal. Before that, he created and hosted the public radio show State of the Re:Union. But Letson is also an actor, writer, playwright, and poet. His play Julius X: A Re-envisioning of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare kicks off Folger Theatre's 2025-26 season. Julius X isn't an adaptation of Julius Caesar — it's a new play that borrows from Shakespeare's language, characters, and plot to tell a different story. In Letson's play, Julius X is a fictionalized version of Malcolm X. The play mixes lines from Shakespeare with Letson's original poetry and songs. It expands the roles of Shakespeare's female characters, as well as that of Cinna the poet. Letson discusses the origin story of Julius X - a hint: it involves an audition, his lifelong love for Malcolm X, and the lessons he learned as an artist from Bill Moyers' series, The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. Published September 9, 2025. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This episode was produced by Matt Frassica. Garland Scott is the executive producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. We had help with web production from Paola García Acuña. Leonor Fernandez edits our transcripts. Final mixing services are provided by Clean Cuts at Three Seas, Inc. Al Letson is the Peabody Award-winning host of Reveal. Born in New Jersey, he moved to Jacksonville, Florida, at age 11 and, as a teenager, began rapping and producing hip-hop records. By the early 1990s, he had fallen in love with the theater, becoming a local actor and playwright, and soon discovered slam poetry. In 2000, Letson placed third in the National Poetry Slam and performed on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam, which led him to write and perform one-man shows. In Letson's travels around the country, he realized that the America he was seeing on the news was far different from the one he was experiencing up close. In 2007, he competed in the Public Radio Talent Quest, where he pitched a show called State of the Re:Union that reflected the conversations he was having throughout the US. The show ran for five seasons and won a Peabody Award in 2014. In 2015, Letson helped create and launch Reveal, the nation's first weekly investigative radio show, which has won two duPont Awards and three Peabody Awards and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize twice. He has also hosted the podcast Errthang; written and developed several TV shows with major networks, including AMC+'s Moonhaven and Apple TV+'s Monarch; and DC Comics recently released his series Mister Terrific: Year One.
This week, we explore the legacy of Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, through the only epitaph in the Shakespeare family plot that's written in Latin and engraved on brass. Our guest, Katherine Scheil, walks us through the historical significance of Anne's burial placement, the meaning behind the poetic language of her epitaph, and what these choices tell us about Anne's relationship with her daughters, with William Shakespeare, and with the 17th-century culture of commemoration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 185:For today's guest episode it's a warm welcome to the podcast for Christine and Jonathan Hainsworth, co-authors of the recently published book ‘The Shakespeare Ladies Club'.Their book explores the lives of four ladies who were crucial in ensuring the original work of Shakespeare was not forgotten in the 18th Century and beyond. In 1736, these three ladies of quality, two from the aristocracy and one a writer who ran a stationery shop, formed the ‘Shakespeare Ladies Club'. All three were so enraptured by the plays of William Shakespeare that they met to read and discuss his them and his genius. Not content with this, they used their power and influence to campaign for a statue of their literary idol to be placed in Westminster Abbey. They were successful in that endeavour, but their role in these achievements has never been properly recognised. Along with other scholars Christine and Johnathn's book is part of the process of putting that right. It is a very entertaining and informative read that I thoroughly enjoyed as I hope you will our conversation with just a taster of some of the details Christine and Jonathan have revealed.Christine and Jonathan Hainsworth live in Adelaide, South Australia and have a passion for historical investigation and challenging the 'conventional wisdom' regarding famous historical subjects.Christine spent several decades working for the Australian government in social services. Her work on a program to re-connect lone parents with training, education and employment opportunities gave her a unique insight into family and societal challenges.Jonathan was educated in Britain and Australia and has over thirty years of experience as a high school teacher of Modern and Ancient History, and English Literature. He is a graduate of The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia.Link to Christine and Jonathan's website: https://hainsworthwardagius.comLink to The Shakespeare Ladies Club on Amberley Publishing: https://www.amberley-books.comLink to The Shakespeare Ladies Club on Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Ladies-Club-Forgotten-Rescued/dp/1398127442/ref=sr_1_1?Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.patreon.com/thoetpwww.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived
In Sonnet 147, William Shakespeare brings together two themes that have agitated him before: firstly the at the time fairly commonplace notion of love – and, more to the point, desire – as a disease that weakens the mind to the point of an irrational madness and afflicts the body in a similarly stark fashion, and secondly the ways in which his mistress deviates from the ordinarily praised ideal of beauty. The sonnet therefore returns the series firmly and identifiably to the 'Dark Lady' and the effect she is having on our poet in an unequivocally physical manner, leaving behind the reflections on the soul of the previous sonnet and concerning itself once more with his lust for someone he knows – or at the very least declares – to be neither traditionally beautiful nor morally sound.
Earlier this week, Mickey-Jo caught BORN WITH TEETH, a play by Liz Duffy Adams which brings the Elizabethan playwrights William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe into sizzling conversation.Starring Edward Bluemel and Ncuti Gatwa, the production, which is directed by Daniel Evans, recently opened at the Wyndham's Theatre in London.Check out this full review to find out whether Mickey-Jo enjoyed this play about the possibility of a personal and professional partnership between the two poets as much as the two performances...• 00:00 | introduction01:43 | overview / synopsis07:22 | the performances16:05 | final thoughts...About Mickey-Jo:As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: MickeyJoTheatre is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 89,000 subscribers. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows in New York, London, Edinburgh, Hamburg, Toronto, Sao Pãolo, and Paris. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK, Musicals Magazine and LondonTheatre.co.uk. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tonight's sleep story is Romeo and Juliet retold by Edith Nesbit. You know the story of the ill-fated lovers Romeo and Juliet, originally written by William Shakespeare. This adaptation by Edith Nesbit condenses and simplifies the story but the end remains the same. If you're still awake, the second story is Much Ado About Nothing. A story you might not be as familiar with. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts. For other podcast platforms go to https://justsleeppodcast.com/supportOr, you can support with a one time donation at buymeacoffee.com/justsleeppodOrder your copy of the Just Sleep book! https://www.justsleeppodcast.com/book/If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app. Also, share with any family or friends that might have trouble drifting off.Goodnight! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Richard III is an early history play probably written and performed around 1592-93. It is the culmination of Shakespeare's earlier three plays about Henry VI, and chronicles the bloody career of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. As the play opens, the Wars of the Roses are over, King Edward IV (Richard's brother) is on the throne, and all is ostensibly well. But Richard wants to be king - and he'll stop at nothing to realize his ambition. This is a dramatic reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Richard III is an early history play probably written and performed around 1592-93. It is the culmination of Shakespeare's earlier three plays about Henry VI, and chronicles the bloody career of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. As the play opens, the Wars of the Roses are over, King Edward IV (Richard's brother) is on the throne, and all is ostensibly well. But Richard wants to be king - and he'll stop at nothing to realize his ambition. This is a dramatic reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Richard III is an early history play probably written and performed around 1592-93. It is the culmination of Shakespeare's earlier three plays about Henry VI, and chronicles the bloody career of Richard, Duke of Gloucester. As the play opens, the Wars of the Roses are over, King Edward IV (Richard's brother) is on the throne, and all is ostensibly well. But Richard wants to be king - and he'll stop at nothing to realize his ambition. This is a dramatic reading.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
To be (in this movie) or not to be (in this movie)... that is the question Robin Williams must ask himself as he joins back up with Kenneth Branagh for a short and quick role in his 1996 epic cinematic adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
As PMQs kick off today after the summer recess, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has admitted that she did not pay enough tax when buying her new flat and has referred herself for investigation. She said she received incorrect legal advice that led to her paying less stamp duty. In other news, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced when this year's autumn budget will happen - and is under pressure to improve public finances. The Standard's Chief Political Correspondent Rachael Burford joins us with the latest. And in part two, The Standard's Theatre Critic Nick Curtis reviews Born with Teeth, a sizzling new chamber play from the Royal Shakespeare Company, which is currently showing at London's Wyndham Theatre, featuring Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemal, as Elizabethan playwrights Kit Marlowe and William Shakespeare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Voetberg Music Academy 2025 Fall Competition Tue, Oct. 21, 2025 12:00 PM - Wed, Oct. 22, 2025 3:30 PM Join us this fall for a music competition that includes: Guitar | Fiddle | Piano | Mandolin | Ukulele Entry to the fall competition is free for VMA students. If you are not enrolled Voetberg Music Academy then we would love to have you! You can either sign up for one of our signature courses or pay a one-time $20 entry fee. Learn more information here - https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com/2025-fall-competition - Mentioned during podcast: Mythology books - “A Severe Mercy” by Sheldon Vanauken - https://amzn.to/4g8TQtg "D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths" by Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire - https://amzn.to/3VuvDDW Shakespeare books -"Green Tiger's Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare" by William Shakespeare - https://amzn.to/3HFIjEZ "Leon Garfield's Shakespeare Stories" by Leon Garfield - https://amzn.to/4p7Enha “Tragedies” by William Shakespeare “How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare” by Ken Ludwig - https://amzn.to/4lZ75xU
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: overflowing bookshelves + a fun way to count your finished reads Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we are bossing some more TBRs The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site). . . . . 2:29 - Ad For Ourselves 6:45 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 9:55 - Meredith's Floor Lamp 10:46 - “The Number of Books I've Read This Year” desktop counter from Etsy 13:06 - Our Current Reads 13:32 - A Duke Never Tells by Suzanne Enoch (Kaytee) 16:18 - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare 17:16 - The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North (Meredith) 18:32 - The Whisper Man by Alex North 22:05 - Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones (Kaytee) 24:48 - Annie B. Jones on Instagram 25:25 - The Dark One (Vicious Lost Boys, 2) by St. Crow (Meredith) 26:13 - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 26:36 - The Never King (Vicious Lost Boys, 1) by Nikki St. Crow 30:07 - Shutter by Ramona Emerson (Kaytee) 34:19 - Withered Hill by David Barnett (Meredith) 37:28 - Slewfoot by Brom 38:28 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier 38:34 - Boss My TBR From Catherine Bridgewater 40:19 - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie 40:21 - North Woods by Daniel Mason 40:24 - After the Crash by Michel Bussi 40:27 - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 40:29 - The Shell Seekers by Rosamund Pilcher 40:42 - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry 40:43 - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann From Lisa Stone 44:05 - Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall 44:08 - My Friends by Fredrik Backman 44:10 - Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson 44:13 - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaughy 44:17 - The Unseen World by Liz Moore 44:25 - Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Kay Sneed 44:37 - Happy Place by Emily Henry 49:36 - Meet Us At The Fountain 49:40 - I wish to become (or really, have already been) a correspondent. (Kaytee) 49:52 - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 51:56 - I wish that for every book it had a perfume-type scent to transport you back to that particular experience of reading it. (Meredith) 52:06 - Ffern | Organic Eau de Parfum 53:40 - The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister 56:35 - Chrissie on Instagram and at Sarah's Bookshelves Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. September's IPL comes to us from: Words Matter in Pitman, NJ. Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, Timon of Athens, in its entirety. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TIMON OF ATHENS”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by KENNETH CAVANDER. All episodes were directed by ANDY WOLK. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT. The cast is as follows: ANTHONY COCHRANE as TIMON POOYA MOHSENI as FLAVIA KEVIN KILNER as ALCIBIADES JASON KRAVITS as APEMANTUS ABIGAIL ONWUNALI as VENTIDIA, TIMANDRA and SENATOR 1 MICHAEL LUWOYE as OLD ATHENIAN, CAPHIS, and SENATOR 2 BARZIN AKHAVAN as THE PAINTER and LUCULLUS NADINA HASSAN as THE POET and LUCRETIA HASSIEM MUHAMMAD as MERCHANT, ISIDORE, and THIEF #1 GREGG MOZGALA as LUCILIUS, SEMPRONIUS, and THIEF #2 DORCAS LEUNG as JEWELER, CUPID, VARRO and PHRYNIA Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA. Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH Original music composition by LAWRENCE SHRAGGE. Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND. The Play On Podcast Series “TIMON OF ATHENS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “The rich are never satisfied.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
I complain about Harry Potter, James Bond, and the new movie where William Shakespeare somehow looks amazing for a guy in the late 1500's.
SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived
With his solemn, near pious, Sonnet 146, William Shakespeare for the first and only time speaks directly to his soul and entreats it to look after itself; to stop expending its energy on the pursuit of outward, physical adornments which are all doomed to swift decay – effectively starving and weakening itself whilst feeding and strengthening the gluttonous body that is only meant to house it and that will soon succumb to death – and to instead let go of material riches and with the 'return' from 'selling' them, 'purchase' something infinitely more valuable: eternal life in concord with, and on the terms ordained by, God.The poem makes no mention, nor does it allude to or reference indirectly, any lover, mistress, or wife, nor love itself, or sex. This, too, makes it unique in the collection. As does its close alignment with a Christian notion of redemption through spiritual nurture at the expense of, and in preference to, physical or material gratification.
Pericles runs at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine through September 2nd. To learn more, visit www.publictheater.org. Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org
Appearing on stages all across the country and the Off-Broadway rialto, RAPHAEL NASH THOMPSON has built a sterling reputation as a brilliant actor in the classics. He joined host NATHAN WINKELSTEIN, Red Bull's Associate Artistic Director, and special guest JESSE BERGER, Red Bull's Founder and Artistic Director, for a conversation focused on Shakespeare's Pericles. Thompson tackled the role of Gower in Red Bull Theater's 2003 production. He reprised the role in 2016 at Theater for a New Audience under the direction of Trevor Nunn. Thompson read an except from Act 3 Prologue—“Now sleep yslackèd hath the rout;”—and joined in a discussion of the rewards and challenges of this unique Shakespeare play. (10/4/2021)This event was part of PERICLES 2021 – a multi-faceted endeavor to provide an opportunity for our entire community to explore William Shakespeare's Pericles – the founding production of Red Bull Theater (2003) – with BIPOC voices in our present moment.
Please welcome to our 175th episode, which is also falls on our TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY!The playwright Liz Duffy Adams is on the podcast and today we're talking about her play - Born with Teeth, currently at Wyndham's Theatre in London, starring Ncuti Gatwa and Edward Bluemel where they play Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. What was the inspiration behind this fictional (?) encounter between two literary giants? Why is it relevant to tell this story now? Tune in and find out.... See the Play:https://www.wyndhamstheatre.co.uk/Find the Play:https://www.rsc.org.uk/born-with-teethhttps://www.instagram.com/bornwithteethplay/Find Liz:https://www.instagram.com/lizduffyadams/https://lizduffyadams.com/Read Liz:https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/multiple.asp?keysearchauthor=Liz+Duffy+Adams&indexm=25&start=1&total=all&male=all&female=allhttps://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/born-with-teethFind Baroque:https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/https://www.instagram.com/ifitaintbaroquepodcast/Support Baroque:https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroqueIf you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:Saxons to Stuarts:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/Tudors to Windsors:https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.getyourguide.com/reign-of-london-s252243/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Está considerada como la invención más sincera y original de Shakespeare. Es también la «summa» de su cultura acumulada a través de los años, y sobre todo de su experiencia teatral. Es ante todo un experimento en el ámbito del espectáculo: explota, deliberadamente, como ninguna otra obra precedente, los recursos y trucos de escena y hace del elemento musical y de todos los efectos sonoros una estructura que recorre la obra. La figura de Próspero se contempla esencialmente en «La tempestad» en su contexto natural que no es sino teatral. Su magia, su arte, son una reflexión sobre el arte del dramaturgo. Metateatro y psicodrama jugando sobre una serie de sugerencias que inducen a los personajes a autorrevelarse y a la vez a reconocerse como parte de una inteligencia más amplia que los incluye, como parte del diseño con el que el mago-dramaturgo se explica a sí mismo
The Senators arrive at Timon's cave to beg forgiveness in exchange for funds. Flavia implores her master to let her serve him. Timon writes his epitaph. Alcibiades storms Athens gates and negotiates terms for the city's surrender. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TIMON OF ATHENS”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by KENNETH CAVANDER. All episodes were directed by ANDY WOLK. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT. The cast is as follows: ANTHONY COCHRANE as TIMON POOYA MOHSENI as FLAVIA KEVIN KILNER as ALCIBIADES JASON KRAVITS as APEMANTUS ABIGAIL ONWUNALI as VENTIDIA, TIMANDRA and SENATOR 1 MICHAEL LUWOYE as OLD ATHENIAN, CAPHIS, and SENATOR 2 BARZIN AKHAVAN as THE PAINTER and LUCULLUS NADINA HASSAN as THE POET and LUCRETIA HASSIEM MUHAMMAD as MERCHANT, ISIDORE, and THIEF #1 GREGG MOZGALA as LUCILIUS, SEMPRONIUS, and THIEF #2 DORCAS LEUNG as JEWELER, CUPID, VARRO and PHRYNIA Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA. Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH Original music composition by LAWRENCE SHRAGGE. Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND. The Play On Podcast Series “TIMON OF ATHENS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “The rich are never satisfied.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 183:Today's episode is the first of a short run of guest episodes to see us through the end of the English summer and first up is Daniel Swift, author of ‘The Dream Factory: London's First Playhouse and the making of William Shakespeare'. Given that title I don't think Daniel's book needs any further introduction other than to say that I found it a fascinating read and I hope this episode gives. You a taster of Daniel's work and the research he has undertaken.Daniel Swift is associate professor of English at Northeastern University, London, and has written books on Shakespeare, Ezra Pound, and the poetry of the Second World War and articles for The New York Times, The New Statesman and The Spectator.Links to'The Dream Factory':Yale University Press London: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300263541/the-dream-factory/Macmillan New York https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374601270/thedreamfactory/Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dream-Factory-Londons-Playhouse-Shakespeare/dp/0300263546/ref=sr_1_1?Amazon USA: https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Factory-Londons-Playhouse-Shakespeare/dp/0374601275/ref=sr_1_1?Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.patreon.com/thoetpwww.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A lively, hilarious, and entirely truthful look at the druggie side of history's most famous figures, including Shakespeare, George Washington, the Beatles, and moreDid you know that Alexander the Great was a sloppy drunk and William Shakespeare was a stoner? Or how about the fact that Steve Jobs believed taking LSD helped him create the Apple computer, or that Sigmund Freud loved cocaine so much he took it all the time and prescribed it to his patients?In Human History on Drugs, Sam Kelly introduces us to the history our teachers never told us, offering up irreverent and insightful commentary as he sheds light on some truly bizarre aspects of the historical characters we only thought we knew. With chapters spanning from Ancient Greece (“The Oracle of Delphi Was Huffing Fumes”) to modern times (“Carl Sagan Got Astronomically High”), Kelly's research covers all manner of eras, places, and, of course, drugs.History is rife with drug use and drug users, and Human History on Drugs takes us through those highs (pun intended) and lows on a witty and entertaining ride that uncovers their mind-boggling impact on our past.Website: https://brandyschillace.com/peculiar/Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/ixJJ2YPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeculiarBookClub/membershipYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@PeculiarBookClub/streamsBluesky: @peculiarbookclub.bsky.socialFacebook: facebook.com/groups/peculiarbooksclubInstagram: @thepeculiarbookclub
How are some people so much smarter than the rest of us? Where do visionary creatives and savvy decision-makers like Vincent Van Gogh, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Maya Angelou, Warren Buffet, and William Shakespeare,get their extraordinary mental abilities?In 2021, researchers at Ohio State's Project Narrative, the world's leading academic think-tank for the study of how stories work, and a place renowned for collaborations with NASA, Hollywood, and Silicon Valley, announced they had the answer. They named it Primal Intelligence. And they published scientific proof that Primal Intelligence was impossible for computers—but could be strengthened in humans.Intrigued, U.S. Army Special Operations developed Primal training for its most classified units. The training succeeded. The Operators saw the future faster. They healed quicker from trauma. In life-and-death situations, they chose wiser.From there the Army authorized training for civilian entrepreneurs, doctors, engineers, managers, coaches, teachers, investors, and NFL players. Their leadership and innovation improved significantly. They coped better with change and uncertainty. They experienced less anger and anxiety. And when they offered the training to college and K-12 classrooms it produced substantial effects in students as young as eight.In today's conversation with Angus Fletcher who serves as Professor of story science at Project Narrative,holds dual degrees in neuroscience and literature, a PhD in Shakespeare, and is author of the powerful new book: Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter than You know.We'll take a deep dive into the groundbreaking research and training they've been developing at Project Narrative over the past 4 years. And Angus will share his often surprising and unexpected journey into this work. Including some of the most potent insights and practices he gained from collaborating with U.S. Special Operations along the way.To learn more about Primal Intelligence, including the inspiring new book, Angus's work, and Primal trainings please visit operationhuman.comEnjoying the show? Please rate it wherever you listen to your podcasts!Did you find this episode inspiring? Here are other conversations we think you'll love:On How the Arts Transform Us | Susan Magsamen & Ivy RossUnwinding Anxiety | Dr. Jud BrewerThanks for listening!Support the show
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your podcast-listening ears. We warp back in time to an Elizabethan fandom that has only grown over the centuries. Join us for a series of games and improv challenges in the world of Billy Shakespeare. Featuring special guest players Stephanie Fackler, Meggan Hyde and Kristen O'Neal. A talented line-up of improvisors, actors, authors, podcasters, singers, dancers and comedians! Art thou entertained?Send your William Shakespeare muses and inspirations to gateleapers@gmail.comSupport our PlayersGet involved with the Teamup beta (Full beta manual, character sheet + Discord access ALL free!)Listen to Thin Places RadioRead Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses Check out peakimprov.com for classes, shows and Tune Titans - The premiere musical improv group in Colorado SpringsWe are an ad and listener supported podcast, but mainly listener supported. Consider supporting our production over at patreon.com/gateleapers. All supporters get ad-free audio episodes. Premium supporters get video recordings + a bonus monthly episode.Do you have a suggestion for a fandom we've not yet covered? Are you a podcaster, creative or performer who would like to be a guest on our show? Get in touch! gateleapers@gmail.comMusic: BoucheDag by Alexander Nakarada (serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gateleapers-a-fandom-gameshow--5150861/support.
Welcome to the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast, created and hosted by Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICD-10-CM.Thanks to all of you for making this a Top 15 Podcast for 4 Years: https://blog.feedspot.com/medical_billing_and_coding_podcasts/Sonal's 15th Season starts up and Episode 16 features a Newsworthy spotlight on August as National Wellness Month.Sonal's Trusty Tip and compliance recommendations focus on the TPE appeals process.Spark inspires us all to reflect on hopes and aspirations based on the inspirational words of William Shakespeare.National Wellness Month:Website: https://nationaltoday.com/national-wellness-month/#historyPaint The Medical Picture Podcast now on:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hcJAHHrqNLo9UmKtqRP3XApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/paint-the-medical-picture-podcast/id1530442177Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bc6146d7-3d30-4b73-ae7f-d77d6046fe6a/paint-the-medical-picture-podcastFind Paint The Medical Picture Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNUxmYdIU_U8I5hP91Kk7AFind Sonal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonapate/And checkout the website: https://paintthemedicalpicturepodcast.com/If you'd like to be a sponsor of the Paint The Medical Picture Podcast series, please contact Sonal directly for pricing: PaintTheMedicalPicturePodcast@gmail.com
The Dean's List with Host Dean Bowen – National Council of Teachers of English believe that if parents would stop censoring their book choices, they could finally get rid of all literature written by old white men. The organization is upset because the list of the most frequently used literature books hasn't changed in the past 35 years. According to the survey, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is the most...
Alcibiades leads his troops past Timon's hideout in the wilderness, prompting a barrage of insults and mockery from the malcontent. But when Timon learns Alcibiades is planning to take over Athens, he gives him gold to support the campaign. Alcibiades is followed by the Poet and Painter, who Timon turns away with another barrage of insults. When thieves come to rob him, Timon cheers them on, baffling their efforts and sending them to the city to sow chaos in the streets. The Senators are the last to arrive. Flavia heads them off in an effort to win Timon over to their side before they meet. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TIMON OF ATHENS”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by KENNETH CAVANDER. All episodes were directed by ANDY WOLK. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT. The cast is as follows: ANTHONY COCHRANE as TIMON POOYA MOHSENI as FLAVIA KEVIN KILNER as ALCIBIADES JASON KRAVITS as APEMANTUS ABIGAIL ONWUNALI as VENTIDIA, TIMANDRA and SENATOR 1 MICHAEL LUWOYE as OLD ATHENIAN, CAPHIS, and SENATOR 2 BARZIN AKHAVAN as THE PAINTER and LUCULLUS NADINA HASSAN as THE POET and LUCRETIA HASSIEM MUHAMMAD as MERCHANT, ISIDORE, and THIEF #1 GREGG MOZGALA as LUCILIUS, SEMPRONIUS, and THIEF #2 DORCAS LEUNG as JEWELER, CUPID, VARRO and PHRYNIA Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA. Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH Original music composition by LAWRENCE SHRAGGE. Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND. The Play On Podcast Series “TIMON OF ATHENS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “The rich are never satisfied.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived
With his exceptionally explicit and startlingly revelatory Sonnet 144 William Shakespeare addresses head on the fact that his mistress and his lover are certainly friends, and that he suspects – rather strongly, we get the impression – them to be so with benefits.By identifying the man as 'right fair' and contrasting him with a woman who is 'coloured ill', he confirms what we have long thought to be the case: this is a constellation that has turned triangular, and it involves these precise three individuals, the poet, his younger male lover, the Fair Youth of the first 126 sonnets in the collection, and the Dark Lady around whom 25 of the remaining 28 sonnets revolve. This rather puts paid to the suggestion espoused by some scholars that these sonnets can or let alone should be read in isolation, that no narrative of any kind should ever be deduced from them, or that they may have been written to and about any number of lovers of any gender over the period of their composition. What Sonnet 144 shows beyond anything that might still be considered reasonable doubt, and much in line with Sonnets 33 through 42 in the Fair Youth section and Sonnets 133 and 134 in this, the Dark Lady section of the collection, is that these two groups of poems overlap, that they concern themselves with the same 'two loves' of Shakespeare's, and that our poet is profoundly disturbed by the fact that, as he sees and presents it, his mistress has seduced his young man.
“And baby, that's show business for you!❤️
I might say today's poem is all subtext–if it weren't for all the text. Ambiguous praise, sincere romantic angst, just the right amount of bitter wit: this sonnet has it all. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
James Shapiro wears many hats – author, scholar, cultural historian, consultant to New York's Public Theatre – discusses his work with actors and students, as well as his invaluable books A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599, The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606, and Shakespeare in a Divided America. Shapiro also shares experiences of working on this summer's Twelfth Night in New York's Central Park; working with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal on Broadway in Othello; how he first discovered Shakespeare; what he learns from working with actors; the power of knowing whether a thou is a formal thou or an eff-you thou; being scolded (rightly!) by F. Murray Abraham; whether he prefers to be known as a historian, a mensch, or the Shakespeare Guy; how his thoughts about America have evolved since he wrote Shakespeare in a Divided America; how his correspondence with a Supreme Court justice was the Shakespeare in the coal mine; and how we look at the news for what's happening today but turn to Shakespeare to find out what's at stake. (Length 26:51) The post Shakespearean James Shapiro appeared first on Reduced Shakespeare Company.
This week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Sam Kelly, author of Human History on Drugs. About Human History on Drugs: Did you know that Alexander the Great was a sloppy drunk and William Shakespeare was a stoner? Or how about the fact that Steve Jobs believed taking LSD helped him create the Apple […] The post Episode 674-With Sam Kelly appeared first on The Functional Nerds.
On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: devoting unexpected extra time on morning reading + journaling and embracing chaotic reading with reader roulette Current Reads: all the great, interesting, and/or terrible stuff we've been reading lately Deep Dive: we circle back to the summer reads we assigned to each other The Fountain: we visit our perfect fountain to make wishes about our reading lives Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . 01:28 - Our Bookish Moments Of The Week 10:18 - Our Current Reads 10:34 - Hide and Seek by Andrea Mara [Amazon link] (Meredith) 15:57 - I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjørk 16:05 - You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith (Kaytee) 20:09 - A Little Daylight Left by Sarah Kay (Meredith) 24:30 - The Unbecoming of Margaret Wolf by Isa Arsén (Kaytee) 24:38 - Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén 27:01 - Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 27:03 - Macbeth by William Shakespeare 29:18 - Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby (Meredith) 31:35 - All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby 34:46 - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Kaytee) 39:12 - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas 39:15 - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 44:22 - Deep Dive: Our Assigned Summer Reading Experiences 45:16 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 45:27 - Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 55:07 - Meet Us At The Fountain 55:11 - I wish we would all consider having a little bookish pet project (Meredith) 57:18 - I wish I could create a bookish focus chamber (Kaytee) Support Us: Become a Bookish Friend | Grab Some Merch Shop Bookshop dot org | Shop Amazon Bookish Friends Receive: The Indie Press List with a curated list of five books hand sold by the indie of the month. August's IPL comes to us from our founding Indie Press List store: Fabled Bookshop in Waco, TX! Love and Chili Peppers with Kaytee and Rebekah - romance lovers get their due with this special episode focused entirely on the best selling genre fiction in the business. All Things Murderful with Meredith and Elizabeth - special content for the scary-lovers, brought to you with the behind-the-scenes insights of an independent bookseller From the Editor's Desk with Kaytee and Bunmi Ishola - a quarterly peek behind the curtain at the publishing industry The Bookish Friends Facebook Group - where you can build community with bookish friends from around the globe as well as our hosts Connect With Us: The Show: Instagram | Website | Email | Threads The Hosts and Regulars: Meredith | Kaytee | Mary | Roxanna Production and Editing: Megan Phouthavong Evans Affiliate Disclosure: All affiliate links go to Bookshop unless otherwise noted. Shopping here helps keep the lights on and benefits indie bookstores. Thanks for your support!
Timon leaves Athens with his curses, strips himself bare and goes into the wilderness. As hunger sets in, he digs for a root to eat and discovers a pile of gold hidden underground. Apemantus finds Timon lamenting his fate and scolds him for being an undeserving misanthrope, telling him to come back to Athens. Timon refuses, setting off an argument between them. Apemantus finally leaves Timon and returns to Athens, where the citizens are growing increasingly unruly over the high taxes and prices they're paying as Alcibiades launches his offensive against the city. When Apemantus announces that he's found Timon with a trove of coins, the Artist, the Painter and the Senators head for the hills to get some of Timon's gold. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TIMON OF ATHENS”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by KENNETH CAVANDER. All episodes were directed by ANDY WOLK. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT. The cast is as follows: ANTHONY COCHRANE as TIMON POOYA MOHSENI as FLAVIA KEVIN KILNER as ALCIBIADES JASON KRAVITS as APEMANTUS ABIGAIL ONWUNALI as VENTIDIA, TIMANDRA and SENATOR 1 MICHAEL LUWOYE as OLD ATHENIAN, CAPHIS, and SENATOR 2 BARZIN AKHAVAN as THE PAINTER and LUCULLUS NADINA HASSAN as THE POET and LUCRETIA HASSIEM MUHAMMAD as MERCHANT, ISIDORE, and THIEF #1 GREGG MOZGALA as LUCILIUS, SEMPRONIUS, and THIEF #2 DORCAS LEUNG as JEWELER, CUPID, VARRO and PHRYNIA Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA. Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH Original music composition by LAWRENCE SHRAGGE. Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND. The Play On Podcast Series “TIMON OF ATHENS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “The rich are never satisfied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Don't Quill the Messenger : Revealing the Truth of Shakespeare Authorship
Steven welcomes author Derek Hunter to this episode to discuss his historical fiction book, "Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists," written from the voice of Thomas Sackville, who claims in his writings to be the true author of the works of William Shakespeare. Support the show by picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com and becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger Made possible by Patrons: Clare Jaget, Courtney L, David Neufer, Deduce, Earl Showerman, Edward Henke, Ellen Swanson, Eva Varelas, Frank Lawler, James Warren, Jen Swan, John Creider, John Eddings, Kara Elizabeth Martin, Michael Hannigan, Neal Riesterer, Patricia Carrelli, Richard Wood, Romola, Sandi Boney, Sandi Paulus, Sheila Kethley, Tim Norman, Tim Price, Vanessa Lops, Yvonne Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com
In the second installment of this summer's Little Gold Men book club series, David, Richard, and Rebecca are joined by VF's Hillary Busis to discuss Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, which explores grief and hope from the perspective of William Shakespeare's wife. At the end of the episode, O'Farrell herself joins David and Rebecca to talk about Chloe Zhao's movie adaptation starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices