Is Shakespeare American? (2022 Audio)

Series

Where There’s a Will: Finding Shakespeare

Podcast hosted by Barry Edelstein that explores Shakespeare outside of the theatre. In this edition he looks at the rivalry between Irish-English actor Charles Macready and American actor Edwin Forrest and...

"To Play a Pleasant Comedy" (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 186

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. The Argentine scholar and filmmaker Matías Piñeiro talks to Barbara Bogaev about The Shakespeare Reads, his series of films inspired by Shakespeare’s plays: ROSALINDA (2011), VIOLA (2012), THE...

Becoming King (2022 Audio)

Series

Where There’s a Will: Finding Shakespeare

Podcast hosted by Barry Edelstein that explores Shakespeare outside of the theatre. In this edition he travels to California’s Centinela State Prison to see their production of the Shakespeare history plays.

4 Hamlets (2022 Audio)

Series

Where There’s a Will: Finding Shakespeare

Podcast hosted by Barry Edelstein that explores Shakespeare outside of the theatre. In this edition he talks to those responsible for such Hamlet variations as a musical version, The Northman’s Amleth and...

Ruined Masterpiece of Nature (2022 Radio)

aka: Episode 7

Series

Play on Podcasts: King Lear

Director

Eric Ting

Producer

Catherine Eaton

Part seven of a radio podcast serialisation of Shakespeare’s tragedy relocated to modern day San Francisco, adapted into modern English verse by Marcus Gardley and directed by Eric Ting. Part of the...

Roger Stritmatter: Shakespeare and the Law (2022 Video)

Bob Meyers interviews Roger Stritmatter about his new edited anthology, Shakespeare and the Law: How the Bard’s Legal Knowledge Affects the Authorship Question.

We Must Adapt to These Hard Times (2022 Radio)

aka: Episode 8

Series

Play on Podcasts: King Lear

Director

Eric Ting

Producer

Catherine Eaton

Part eight of a radio podcast serialisation of Shakespeare’s tragedy relocated to modern day San Francisco, adapted into modern English verse by Marcus Gardley and directed by Eric Ting. Part of the...

Women in Shakespeare with Dr. Sharon Beehler (2022 Video)

Video of a lecture by Dr. Sharon Beehler recorded at The Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, Montana, USA.

Sage of Monticello and the Sweet Swan of Avon, The: Jefferson and Shakespeare Side by Side (2022 Multimedia, Video)

Recording of an illustrated presentation by Jeanie Grant Moore (University of San Diego) on the fascination of US President Thomas Jefferson with the work of William Shakespeare.

We Who Are Young (2022 Radio)

aka: Episode 9

Series

Play on Podcasts: King Lear

Director

Eric Ting

Producer

Catherine Eaton

Ninth and concluding episode of a radio podcast serialisation of Shakespeare’s tragedy relocated to modern day San Francisco, adapted into modern English verse by Marcus Gardley and directed by Eric Ting....

"Whither Are You Bound’: The Publication and Shaping of Shakespeare in 1619, 1623 and 1923 (2022 Video)

Recording of an illustrated lecture by Brandi Adams (Arizona State University) in which she looks at the history of the First Folio and Shakespeare in print. The lecture is followed by a Q&A session.

"I Shall See Some Squeaking Cleopatra Boy My Greatness" (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 187

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. Dr. Pamela Allen Brown talks to Barbara Bogaev about the impact of the Italian troups that played for English audiences from the 1570s onwards and which included actresses - the so-called ‘Dive’...

2 Views of Shakespeare - "The Mystery of the Human Personality" (2022 Video)

Recording of an online lecture on Shakespeare’s personality and very person, split into two parts. In the first Bruce Donehowe looks at Shakespeare using a lens provided by Rufolf Steiner, then Fred...

Nathan Winkelstein (2022 Audio)

Series

State of Shakespeare, The

Podcast. An interview with the Red Bull Theater’s Associate Artistic Director, Nathan Winkelstein, who also performs Act 1, Scene 2 from Shakespeare’s Henry V.

Cataracts Surgery (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 206

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week she talks to ophthalmologist Dr. Chris Lefflfer on eye disease and procedures as presented...

Billy Collins on Writing Short Poems and Approaching Shakespeare’s Sonnets (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 197

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to American poet Billy Collins about humanising Shakespeare and his new collection, Musical Tables. Collins starts by reading his earlier poem, "The Bard in Flight."

Cocktails (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 207

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week she talks to Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown about the kinds of drinks that would have...

Death is a Great Disguiser (2022 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: Measure for Measure

Director

Jessie Austrian

Audio podcast. Fifth episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. Adapted by Catherine Eaton and Nat Cassidy, rendered into modern English verse by Aditi Brennan Kapil. Part of...

To Be or Not to Be - Lubitsch, Shakespeare and the Theatricality of Power (2022 Video)

Recording of a lecture by Gregor Moder (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) looking at Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 wartime satire TO BE OR NOT TO BE (qv), analysing how it uses speeches from Shakespeare’s...

Truth is Truth (2022 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: Measure for Measure

Director

Jessie Austrian

Audio podcast. Sixth episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. Adapted by Catherine Eaton and Nat Cassidy, rendered into modern English verse by Aditi Brennan Kapil. Part of...

Witty Numbers: Ben Jonson’s Shakespeare First Folio Jest in Focus (2022 Video)

Expanded version of an illustrated presentation by Roger Stritmatter first delivered at the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship symposium on 10 April 2021. It explores the possible hidden meanings behind Ben...

All’s Well That Ends Well: Act II (2022 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. The host Tim is joined by actor Nora Ankrom and Dr Matthew Bianco to look at the second part of what many consider to be one of Shakespeare’s more controversial and ‘difficult’ comedies....

Shakespeare and the Psychological Thriller (2022 Multimedia, Video)

Recording of a live online lecture by Alan Stanford in which he looks at how Shakespeare creates suspense in his plays. He focuses in particular on Macbeth, Richard III, Othello and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

All’s Well That Ends Well: Act III (2022 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. The host Tim is joined by actor Nora Ankrom and Dr Matthew Bianco to look at the third part of what many consider to be one of Shakespeare’s more controversial and ‘difficult’ comedies....

All’s Well That Ends Well: Act IV (2022 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. The host Tim is joined by actor Nora Ankrom and Dr Matthew Bianco to look at the fourth part of what many consider to be one of Shakespeare’s more controversial and ‘difficult’ comedies....

Marx and Shakespeare in Love: How Shakespeare Influenced Marx and What Marxism Says About Shakespeare (2022 Multimedia, Video)

Series

Letters and Politics

Mitch Jeserich talks to Christian Smith, the author of the book ‘Shakespeare’s Influence on Karl Marx: The Shakespearean Roots of Marxism.'

All’s Well That Ends Well: Act V (2022 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. The host Tim is joined by actor Nora Ankrom and Dr Matthew Bianco to look at the fifth part of what many consider to be one of Shakespeare’s more controversial and ‘difficult’ comedies....

Othello (2022 Multimedia, Video)

Series

Contemporary Shakespeare

Recording of an online video conversation between Dr. Dennis Britton and Melissa Karmen Lee. They discuss contemporary views on Shakespeare’s Othello and the role of Iago, focusing on Chris Ofili’s 2019...

All’s Well That Ends Well: Q&A (2022 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. The host Tim is joined by actor Nora Ankrom and Dr Matthew Bianco to look at what many consider to be one of Shakespeare’s more controversial and ‘difficult’ comedies. In this episode...

King Lear (2022 Multimedia, Video)

Series

Contemporary Shakespeare

Recording of an online video conversation between Melissa Karmen Lee and her guests Dr. Paul Yachnin, Dr. Gregory Mackie and Norman Colbeck . They discuss Shakespeare’s King Lear, focussing on...

Life of Shakespeare, The: Part One (2022 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. The host Tim takes a break from analysing Shakespeare’s plays to examine the author’s life. The first of a two-part episode.

Brian Carroll (2022 Audio)

Series

State of Shakespeare, The

Podcast. An interview with Brian Carroll about his book, Shakespeare’s Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays, on what Elizabethan audiences may have thought being ‘English’...

Rome and Julie (2022 Film)

Director

Curtis Everitt

Producer

Curtis Everitt

Medium length film (47 minutes) adapting Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to the present day. Rome, while recovering from the death of Mercutio, goes to a party and falls for Juliet, who comes from a rival...

Life of Shakespeare, The: Part Two (2022 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. The host Tim takes a break from analysing Shakespeare’s plays to examine the author’s life. The second of a two-part episode.

Proposal for the Greater Good, A (2022 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: Measure for Measure

Director

Jessie Austrian

Audio podcast. Seventh and final episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. Adapted by Catherine Eaton and Nat Cassidy, rendered into modern English verse by Aditi Brennan...

Fiona Ritchie on Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 198

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Fiona Ritchie about her new book, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble.

Live at the Porpentine: A Comedy of Errors (2022 Film)

Director

David Melville

Film adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, made in the style of a 1960s musical comedy.

Talene Monahon on Her New Revenge Comedy, Jane Anger (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 199

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Talene Monahon about her new play, Jane Anger, which imagines the author of the 1589 pamphlet ‘Jane Anger: Her Protection for Women’ helping Shakespeare with writer’s...

Education and Liberty in Shakespeare’s the Tempest (2022 Video)

Recording of Dr. Benedict Whalen’s Keynote Address at the Winter 2022 Valor Symposium.

Shakespeare in Paradise (2022 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Nicolette Bethel about the Caribbean Theatre festival she co-founded, Shakespeare In Paradise.

King Lear (2022 Multimedia, Video)

Series

Anti-Racist Shakespeare: Perspectives on the Plays

Recording of an online webinar, part of a series from the Globe Theatre examining Shakespeare and race. The event, focusing on King Lear, is hosted by Teaching and Research Fellow, Hanh Bui, and features...

To Decolonize Shakespeare (2022 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Nicolette Bethel about the problematic way that Shakespeare has been used as a part of colonisation in the Caribbean and look at how The Tempest relates to this.

Trans & Nonbinary Shakespeare - That Way Madness Lies (2022 Video)

Recording of an online launch for the new anthology That Way Madness Lies: Fifteen of Shakespeare’s Most Notable Works Reimagined. The event is hosted by the book’s editors, A. R. Capetta, Cory McCarthy,...

Shakespeare’s Life and Times (2022 Video)

Illustrated video lecture by Dr Darren Freebury-Jones on the life and work of William Shakespeare.

King Lear: The Full Play (2022 Radio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: King Lear

Director

Eric Ting

Producer

Catherine Eaton

Omnibus edition of the nine-part radio podcast serialisation (qv individual episodes) of Shakespeare’s tragedy relocated to modern day San Francisco, adapted into modern English verse by Marcus Gardley and...

Authorship 101: Who was Shakespeare? (2022 Video)

Recording of an audio-visual presentation by Alex McNeil at the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship’s Spring 2022 International Online Symposium. He presents the argument for Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford,...

Shakespeare’s the Winter’s Tale - A Post Show Discussion (2022 Video)

Recording of an on-stage discussion following a performance of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale at the Quintessence Theatre in Philadelphia. Dr. Daniel Ciba, Quintessence’s Director of Education, is...

Shakespeare Redux (2022 Film, Video)

Director

Seamus Fera; Paul Moniz de Sá; Moniz de Sán Susanne; Laura McLean

Film of a play by Seamus Fera that explores some of the themes and characters in Shakespeare’s plays and the reaction to this by young students. The play is intended as an educational resource and can be...

Hamlet 1603 (2022 Video)

Director

Sarah Neville

Recording of an open air production that is presented as an imagined first draft of Shakespeare’s play, a ‘younger, and much faster version.'

"What Woman then?" (2022 Audio)

aka: Episode 188

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. Pamela Hutchinson talks to Barbara Bogaev about the life and career of actress Asta Nielsen and her 1921 film version of Hamlet (qv), which depicted the title character as a princess.