Shakespeare’s Couples (2021 Video)

aka: Episode 35

Series

Shakespeare Hour Live!

Video podcast hosted by Drew Lichtenberg and Simon Godwin. This episode, timed for Valentine’s day, looks at couple in Shakespeare plays. Guests include Christian Conn (STC Affiliated Artist); Dr. Frances...

All is Mended (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 6

Series

Midsummer’s Quarantine, A

Director

Amelia Kinch

An audio adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in six episodes, set in 2020 New York. The serial was created by Hannah Levin with Paul Walsh, Jaclyn Seelagy and Stefan Lewis. 6....

Taming of the Shrew, The (2021 Video)

aka: Episode 36

Series

Shakespeare Hour Live!

Video podcast hosted by Drew Lichtenberg and Simon Godwin. This episode looks at Shakespeare’s controversial comedy with guests including director Lileana Blain-Cruz, journalist Maureen Dowd and Dr. Tobias...

Anger’s My Meat (2021 Radio)

aka: Episode 5

Series

Play on Podcasts: Coriolanus

Director

Kate Wisniewski

Part five of a radio podcast serialisation of Shakespeare’s drama set in Ancient Rome, adapted into modern English verse by Sean San José and Catherine Eaton. Part of the ‘Play On Shakespeare’ project...

Emma Smith Discusses "This is Shakespeare" With Davis McCallum (2021 Video)

Professor Emma Smith talks about her book ‘This is Shakespeare’ on its publication in paperback with David McCallum, the Artistic Director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

This Bud of Love (2021 Multimedia, Video)

Director

Rod Gomez

Recording of a live stream of a contemporary stage adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by Maureen Connolly McFeely, performed in front of a live audience by students at Hosfra University.

Macbeth and the Gunpowder Plot of 1606 (2021 Video)

Recording of an online event held using Zoom in which Erin Sloan and guests (including Dr Jim Horne, Barbara Zahora and Tyler Madeley) explore how the gunpowder plot of 1605 may have influenced Shakespeare...

Macbeth (2021 Multimedia, Video)

Director

Royston Coppenger

Recording of a streamed live performance in front of an audience of Macbeth, set in the 1940s, by students at Hosfra University. The video includes a 12-minute intermission.

This Above All: Why Hamlet is Shakespeare’s Greatest Play (2021 Video)

Video lecture by Peter Garino (Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Project of Chicago) including film clips from various adaptations of the play featuring Christopher Plummer, Laurence Olivier, Kenneth...

Shakespeare’s Poetry: Trans Philology and Queer Prosody (2021 Video)

Recording of an online event featuring papers delivered as part of the London Shakespeare Seminar. The first is ‘Man in Hew: Trans Philology in Sonnnet 20’ by Colby Gordon (Bryn Mawr College) and the...

Shakespeare Spotlight (2021 Video)

Series

Opera Happy Hour

Video podcast. L.A. Opera chorus master Jeremy Frank and soprano Katherine Powers discuss Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as well as its 1867 opera adaptation by Charles Gounod, with selections performed by...

Shakespeare Shorts (2021 Video)

Director

Mary Jo Sodd; Cailyn Sales; Eric Bridges

A compilation of seven short student films originally premiered singly online, made with the intention of ‘redefining Shakespeare.' The individual items, and their place in the compilation, is as follows:...

Macbeth (2021 Multimedia, Video)

Director

Northern_Harvest

Recording of an abridged version of Shakespeare’s play performed live by a troupe of actors using the Fallout 76 online action role-playing game technology and set in a digital environment based on The Globe.

Mental Health and Shakespeare (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 45

Series

Bicks Pod, The

Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay look at what Shakespeare has to say on mental health issues by looking at Jaques from As You Like It, Hamlet and Ophelia from Hamlet, and Lady Macbeth from...

Shakespeare in Asia (2021 Multimedia, Video)

Video recording of an online interview by Charles Exley with Alexa Alice Joubin (George Washington University), author of Shakespeare and East Asia. The interview took place during the Screenshot Asia Film...

Fictional Shakespeare, The (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 47

Series

Bicks Pod, The

Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay look at fictional depictions of William Shakespeare on film and television. Titles covered include: "Back and Forth" episode of BLACKADDER; "The...

African American Shakespeare: Past Present Future (2021 Video)

Video recording of a live virtual panel discussion moderated by David McCandless (Southern Oregon University). Participants include: L. Peter Callender (African-American Shakespeare Company), Jennie...

Troilus and Cressida (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 48

Series

Bicks Pod, The

Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss why this is one of Shakespeare’s least performed plays.

Shakespeare and Politics: An Interview with Oskar Eustis (2021 Video)

Video recording of an interview by David McCandless (Southern Oregon University) with Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater in New York. The discussion is followed by a Q&A session.

Why we Need Lgbtq+ Inclusive Schools (2021 Audio)

Series

Such Stuff

Podcast from Shakespeare’s Globe presented by Imogen Greenberg. This edition, to coincide with LGBTQ+ History Month, sees Lucy Cuthbertson talking to some of her former students about their experiences of...

Macbeth (2021 Multimedia, Video)

Recording of a live streamed production of Macbeth that combines one live actor with AI voices. Guy Birtwhistle performs the title role direct to camera in front of a black screen. All other roles are only...

'Julius Caesar’ For the Ages (2021 Audio)

Series

Learning Curve, The

Podcast from the Libertarian think tank, Pioneer Institute. In this edition co-hosts Jay Greene and Mark Bauerlein interview Profeffor Sir Jonathan Bate about Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the episode...

Othello’s Powerful Pov (2021 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Kelvin Roston Jr. about how he prepared for his current production of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice at Chicago’s Court Theater.

Taming of the Shrew, The: Act IV (2021 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. Tim McIntosh and Heidi White devote multiple episodes to each Shakespeare play. In this episode Tim is joined by Matt Bianco (Circe Institute) and Nora Ankrom (West Virginia Shakespeare...

Voodoo Macbeth (2021)

Series

Afternoon Drama

Director

Gaynor Macfarlane

Radio drama by by Sharon Oakes about the making of Orson Welles’ landmark 1936 production of Macbeth, staged in Harlem for the Federal Theatre Project’s Negro Unit and featuring an all-black cast.

Taming of the Shrew, The: Act V (2021 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. Tim McIntosh and Heidi White devote multiple episodes to each Shakespeare play. In this episode Tim is joined by Matt Bianco (Circe Institute) and Nora Ankrom (West Virginia Shakespeare...

Titus Andronicus (2021 Video)

aka: Episode 38

Series

Shakespeare Hour Live!

Video podcast hosted by Drew Lichtenberg and Simon Godwin. This episode looks at Shakespeare’s controversial tragedy with guests including Dr. Martine Kei Green-Rogers (Dramaturg, Oregon Shakespeare...

Taming of the Shrew (Drunk Episode), The (2021 Audio)

Series

Not Another Shakespeare Podcast!

Audio podcast hosted by University lecturer Nora and her husband, James. Their approach is generally semi-serious. In this edition they drink wine and discuss one of Shakespeare’s most controversial comedies.

Printing the First Folio (2021 Video)

Former Wadham Research Associate Dr John Miles describes the process behind the printing of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

You Made This (2021 Radio)

aka: Episode 6

Series

Play on Podcasts: Coriolanus

Director

Kate Wisniewski

Sixth part of a radio podcast serialisation of Shakespeare’s drama set in Ancient Rome, adapted into modern English verse by Sean San José and Catherine Eaton. Part of the ‘Play On Shakespeare’...

Canon Calls [02/03/2021] (2021 Audio)

Series

Canon Calls

And interview with Ben Crystal about his 2008 book, Shakespeare on Toast, and about making the Bard’s work as accessible and unforbidding as possible.

"Any Accent Breaking from Thy Tongue" (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 178

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. Cynthia Santos DeCure (Yale School of Drama) and Micha Espinosa (Arizona State University) both also work as vocal coaches and they talk to Barbara Bogaev about why many actors from the Latin...

Et Tu, Brute? (2021 Multimedia, Video)

Series

Uc Shakespeare Trial

Recording of a live virtual event in which Brutus is put on trial for treason and the murder of Julius Caesar. The proceedings are run by real legal professionals: Erwin Chemerinsky (Berkeley Law) appears...

2021 Bell Shakespeare Shorts Festival Awards Ceremony (2021 Film, Video)

Recording of the live online event at which Bell Shakespeare Shorts Festival Awards director Peter Evans and Bell Shakespeare’s Head of Education Joanna Erskine announce the winners of the festival and...

Reckoning with Shakespeare (2021 Video)

Recording of a Zoom conversation between Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Diversity Programming Coordinator, Lamar Legend, and playwright Meme García. They discuss the history and future of Shakespeare in...

Boy of Tears (2021 Radio)

aka: Episode 7

Series

Play on Podcasts: Coriolanus

Director

Kate Wisniewski

Seventh and final part of a radio podcast serialisation of Shakespeare’s drama set in Ancient Rome, adapted into modern English verse by Sean San José and Catherine Eaton. Part of the ‘Play On...

Friends, Romans, Countrymen ... (2021 Video)

Series

Speech of the Week

The Bard on the Beach festival’s Director of Education, Mary Hartman, discuss the ‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen; speech from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar with actor and teacher, Ming Hudson.

Life Lessons from Shakespeare with John Bell (2021 Radio)

Series

Soul of the Age

Producer

Kate MacDonald

Radio series. First in a series of lectures by the actor John Bell. Here he looks at the observations about life made by Shakespeare in his work.

What Shakespeare Can Teach Us About Digital Transformation (2021 Video)

Illustrated video lecture by Howard Tiiersky who looks at a number of famous lines from Shakespeare’s plays - including Hamlet, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Measure...

Order Vs Chaos with John Bell (2021 Radio)

Series

Soul of the Age

Producer

Kate MacDonald

Radio series. Second in a series of lectures by the actor John Bell. Here he looks at how power politics are reflected in Shakespeare’s work.

Shakespeare in Film: The Great Playwright’s Influence on Movies (2021 Multimedia)

Rudimentary illustrated essay by Drew Alexander Ross on some of the best films drawn from Shakespearean material. Major films referenced include Olivier’s RICHARD III, Zeffirelli’s ROMEO AND JULIET,...

Shakespeare’s Women with John Bell (2021 Radio)

Series

Soul of the Age

Producer

Kate MacDonald

Radio series. Third and last in a series of lectures by the actor John Bell. Here he explores Shakespeare’s depiction of women.

Jefferson & Shakespeare (2021 Video)

Recording of a live Q&A with Thomas Jefferson (played by Bill Barker) in which he discusses the importance of Shakespeare in his life.

Elizabethan True Crime (2021 Audio)

Series

Lrb Podcast, The

Podcast. Thomas Jones talks to Charles Nicholl about the craze in the 1590s for plays representing real-life murder on the London stage, from the first known example, Arden of Faversham, to the genre’s...

"How Now, Stephano!" (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 163

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev interviews Andrew Buckley about his new documentary - Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck - which examines the life of Stephen Hopkins, whose life may have inspired...

Shakespeare Memorial Lecture (2021 Video)

aka: Be Not Afraid of Greatness: A Thought Experiment in Five Acts Reinterpreting History for the Love of an Actor in the Midst of an Outbreak

Video recording of a lecture by actor and director Janine Watson on Shakespeare’s female characters and her practice in directing and playing them. The full title of the lecture is: Be Not Afraid of...

Staged 1592 (2021 Television)

Comedy Sketch. David Tenannt and Michael Sheen appear respectively as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe in the style of their lockdown comedy series, STAGED. Special guest appearance by Sir Lenny...

"Revels, Dances, Masques, And Merry Hours" (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 179

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Dr. Erika T. Lin (CUNY Graduate Center) about holiday tradiitons in Shakespeare’s time and how these were represented in his plays.

Two Noble Kinsmen, The (2021 Video)

Series

Shakespeare’s Globe

Director

Barrie Rutter; Ian Russell

Stage recording of Barrie Rutter’s 2018 production of this little-seen Shakespeare play by Shakespeare and John Fletcher for the Globe Theatre. Directed for the screen by Ian Russell.

Shakespeare’s Lesser Known Plays (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 49

Series

Bicks Pod, The

Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss why some of Shakespeare’s plays are less likely to be performed or admired and consider how this has changed over the centuries. Their long list...