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Podcasts – The Shakespeare Underground
by The Shakespeare Underground
Podcasting about the works and life of William Shakespeare
Episodes
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Mysteries of the First FolioEpisode 7 with Katherine Chiljan
The First Folio has been called “incomparably the most important work in the English language.” First Folios are among the most prized books in the world. The 230 or so surviving copies are treasured for their age and rarity, but mostly for their close association to the world of Shakespeare. In...
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Poet Ape, A Plagiarist Among the Playwrights: Episode 6 with Sabrina Feldman
Ben Jonson and other writers of Shakespeare’s time satirized a playwright-actor who stole their words and passed them off as his own. In epigrams and plays they attacked the plagiarist, who made a career from their works. Dr. Sabrina Feldman argues that the lampoons take aim at one highly...
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The Comedy of Othello: Commedia dell’Arte and Shakespeare the Genre-Bender Episode 5 with Richard Whalen
Does Shakespeare's bleak tragedy of jealousy and betrayal have roots in Commedia dell'Arte? Richard Whalen, co-editor of the Oxfordian edition of Othello, reveals the play's surprising comic underpinnings, and addresses the mystery of Shakespeare's knowledge of Italian comedy. How did Shakespeare...
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The Apocryphal William Shakespeare: Episode 4 with Sabrina Feldman
What is your favorite Shakespeare play – Locrine? maybe The London Prodigall? Or perhaps the superhit Mucedorus, reprinted in at least 17 quarto editions, more than any other extant play of the era. These dramas and more are part of the “Shakespeare Apocrypha,” works that were attributed to…
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Midsummer Monsieur: Episode 3 with Earl Showerman
Does A Midsummer Night’s Dream satirize Queen Elizabeth’s courtship with the Duc of Alençon, brother to King Henry III of France? Join Dr. Earl Showerman for a spirited visit to the court of the Virgin Queen, where politics, love, image-making and theater weave together in a confused tangle, and...
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The Law in Hamlet: Episode 2 with Tom Regnier
Can the intricacies of Elizabethan Law shed new light on the tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark? In this fascinating interview with attorney Tom Regnier, we look at how Shakespeare uses the law in the plays and Sonnets, why scholars and lawyers have claimed that Shakespeare had legal training,...
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Where There’s a Will: Episode 1 with Bonner Miller Cutting
We have few records from the life of William Shakespeare. Most are related to petty lawsuits or the purchase of property. The most personal document that remains is his Last Will & Testament. Researcher Bonner Miller Cutting looked at some 3,000 wills from Shakespeare’s day, and in this…
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