Season 7: A Shakespeare Episode with guest Dr. Kurt Daw

#mitchhampton #DrKurtDaw #shakespeare #theatre #hamnet #life #podcast #folio #shakespeare Dr. Daw’s journey is in many respects similar one ideal or representative journey I have in mind for the journey of our podcast name. I have always felt that Shakespeare has a universal value and this episode was in many respects an expression in conversation of what such a phenomenon in art and culture could possibly mean. During this episode I mentioned in passing the now somewhat obscure but once culturally significant figure of the great jazz/hispter comedian Lord Buckley and his “Willie The Shake” routine. I have no idea whether this registers much anymore but the very fact that in the 1950s a “hipster”and “beatnik” comedy could have a sort of hit about the glories of Shakespeare is but one of many and myriad examples of just how one author can have a most comprehensive and, indeed, eternal journey. I really enjoyed this conversation and episode immensely and hope this pleasure connects with the audience and listeners in the world.More about the magnificent Dr. Kurt Daw:BIOGRAPHYKurt Daw is a professor of Theater Arts at San Francisco State. He has previously served as arts dean at SFSU and at SUNY-New Paltz. He was the president of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education from 2000-03. He twice participated in National Endowment for the Humanities seminars on Shakespeare and Performance at the Folger Shakespeare Library. He has directed numerous Shakespeare plays, operas and musicals for the stage.RESEARCH INTERESTSEarly Modern print cultureTextual Criticism and EditingEnglish Renaissance LiteratureHamletPrint CultureTheatre ArtsTheatre HistoryPhilosophy of Dance and Theatre ArtsGreek Language and Literature - theatre and historiographymoreAFFILIATIONSSan Francisco State University, Theatre Arts, Faculty MemberWEBSITEhttps://midsummer.playersreference.com/midsummer/experiential/BOOKS:Acting: Thought into ActionRevised Acting Shakespeare & His Contemporaries A Guide to Scenes & Monologues from Shakespeare and His Contemporaries #theater #uk #1500s #1600s #england #folio #foliosociety #marjoriegarber #frankkermode #haroldbloom #midsummernightsdream #measureformeasure #romeoandjuliet #hamlet #hamnet #art #acting #maggieo'farrell #chloezhao #jessiebuckley #ireland #scotland #cinema #film #literature #literarycriticism #theory #hermeneutics #kinglear #peterbrook #paulscofield #laurenceolivier #mickeyrooney #jamescagney #maxreinhardt #hollywood #1930s #1940s #1950s #1960s #1970s #1980s #1990s #2000s #shakespeareinlove #tomstoppard #emmathompson #kennethbranagh #damejudidench #gwynethpaltrow #brucepaltrow #colinfirth #lordbuckley #bebop #comedy #beatnick #awinterstale #thorntonwilder #ourtown #theskinofourteeth #thematchmaker #shadowofadoubt #alfredhitchcock #jospehcotten #teresawright