Coriolanus: The Full Play (2021 Radio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: Coriolanus

Director

Kate Wisniewski

Omnibus edition of the entire seven-part 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...

Measure for Measure (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 50

Series

Bicks Pod, The

Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss the history of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and how its themes still resonate with modern audiences.

Editing Shakespeare’s Poems (2021 Video)

Recording of a virtual roundtable discussion on editing William Shakespeare’s poetry, chaired by Dr Lucy Munro (King’s College London). Issues covered included assorted technical editorial problems, the...

Patrick Page (2021 Audio)

Series

State of Shakespeare, The

Podcast. An interview with actor Patrick Page about his one-man show, All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain, which he adapted from various Shakespeare plays.

Influence of Shakespeare, The (2021 Audio)

Series

Bard Times

Podcast. Cate Sawyer Biddulph and Subhan Ahmed Haye discuss who would have influenced Shakespeare in his day and what power his work exerts on today’s authors.

Badge of All Our Tribe, The: Religiosity & Identity in the Merchant of Venice (2021 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Decoded

Podcast series produced by the Dallas Shakespeare theatre company. This episode explores the religious dimensions and historical context of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice and is hosted by Meagan Harris...

Lockdown Gamification: Teaching Shakespeare Using Digital Breakouts (2021 Video)

Recording of an online presentation by Dr Candice Livingston of CPUT (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) on her use of game technology to teach Macbeth remotely under Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.

Much Ado About the Sexual Distrust of Women (2021 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Decoded

Podcast series produced by the Dallas Shakespeare theatre company. This episode explores the historical context and sexual politics of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing and is hosted by Jenni Stewart...

Shakespeare Adaptations: How Teen Romantic Comedies Connect to a Centuries Dead White Dude (2021 Video)

Humorous video in which Ned O’Connor analyses two teen movies adapted from Shakespeare by the writers Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (from The Taming of the Shrew) and SHE’S...

Free Like an Ariel Bird: Colonization and Subjugation in the Tempest (2021 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Decoded

Podcast series produced by the Dallas Shakespeare theatre company. This episode explores the themes of colonisation of thought and language in contemporary theatre practices by focusing on Shakespeare’s...

Shakespeare and Religion (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 67

Series

Bicks Pod, The

Podcast series. Husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss the impact of religion on Shakespeare and his work.

What a Noble Mind: Hamlet and Mental Health (2021 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Decoded

Podcast series produced by the Dallas Shakespeare theatre company. This episode looks at the characters of Hamlet and Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and what processes actors go through when playing...

Taming of the Shrew, The: Q&A (2021 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. Tim McIntosh is joined by Matt Bianco (Circe Institute) and Nora Ankrom (West Virginia Shakespeare Festival) to respond to questions from listeners about their previous podcasts on The Taming...

Scriptural Influence on Shakespeare (2021 Video)

Video recording of a lecture by Paul Edmondson, Head of Research at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, given as part of the The Christian Literary Imagination series at Georgetown University. It looks at...

All the Sonnets of Shakespeare (2021 Video)

Video recording of a live event in which Paul Edmondson and Stanley Wells talk about their new edition of the Shakespeare sonnets, followed by a Q&A. Their book includes 182 sonnets rather than only the...

Imogen in the Wild (2021 Film)

Director

Katherine Brokaw; Billy Wolfgang; Paul Prescott (II)

Producer

Katherine Brokaw

Film. Musical version of Cymbeline filmed at Yosemite National Park and on the campus of UC Merced. Set in contemporary California, this production combines professional actors, students and rangers from...

Players and the Publishers, The (2021 Video)

aka: Episode 1

Series

Thinking Shakespeare Live: Infinite Book

Series of four video lectures by Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director at The Old Globe in San Diego, on aspects of Shakespeare’s work and how it relates to contemporary theatre productions. This first...

Public Staging of Gender in Shakespearean Theatre, The (2021 Video)

Video recording. Lecture (in English) by Pamela Allen Brown ahead of the publication of her book, The Diva’s Gift to the Shakespearean Stage, which looks at the impact that European acting troupes...

Manufacturing the Big Book (2021 Video)

aka: Episode 2

Series

Thinking Shakespeare Live: Infinite Book

Series of four video lectures by Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director at The Old Globe in San Diego, on aspects of Shakespeare’s work and how it relates to contemporary theatre productions. This second...

Asian Embodiment of a White Canon: Shakespeare and the Sinophone World (2021 Video)

Video recording. Lecture by Alexa Alice Joubin (George Washington University) on Shakespeare in the Chinese-speaking worlkd, with contributions from moderator Michael Scott, Barnaby Powell and Tong Ping.

One Play, Many Versions (2021 Video)

aka: Episode 3

Series

Thinking Shakespeare Live: Infinite Book

Series of four video lectures by Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director at The Old Globe in San Diego, on aspects of Shakespeare’s work and how it relates to contemporary theatre productions. This third...

Shakespeare’s Use of Greek Sources (2021 Video)

Video Recording of a live online lecture by Earl Showerman. it is accompanied by performances from Euripedes and Shakespeare by Sir Mark Rylance and Annabel Leventon. The lecture and the performances were...

Imagination: Midsummer Musings (2021 Video)

Series

How to Live Like Shakespeare: Colloquies on Renaissance Wisdom

First in a series of video lectures in which Julia Lupton and co-host Sean Keilen pick key passages from Shakespeare to discuss what they reveal about life and living. This edition focuses on Theseus’...

Sources, Parallelism, And Problems with the Thomas North Attributions (2021 Video)

Video Recording of a live online lecture by Dr. Ros Barber (Goldsmiths College, University of London) on whether North did in fact write much of the material used by Shakespeare in his work. She discusses...

David McInnis and Matthew Steggle Discuss ‘Shakespeare and Lost Plays’ (2021 Video)

Video recording of a live book launch in which David McInnis Talks to Matthew Steggle about his new book on the hundreds of works that would have been familiar to Shakespeare’s original audiences but that...

Shakespeare’s Sources: An Introduction (2021 Video)

Video Recording of a live online lecture by Dr Stuart Gillespie (University of Glasgow) on the texts used by Shakespeare, the keynote address from the 2021 Shakespearean Authorship Trust Conference. The...

On the Shakespeare Trail (2021 Multimedia, Video)

Recording of an illustrated lecture by Professor Peter Holland on the topic of trailers made to promote Shakespeare films and plays, looking at how they are structured and edited. The lecture includes an...

Ghost, The Prince and the Queen, The: Les Histoires Tragiques and Hamlet (2021 Video)

Video Recording of a live online lecture by Dr. Eddi M. Jolly which explores the background to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In particular it looks a the Amleth story found in François de Belleforest’s Les...

Bea Webster and Charlotte Arrowsmith (2021 Video)

Series

Interval Drinks

Video podcast. Bea Webster interviews Charlotte Arrowsmith about her career as an actor and director. Arrowsmith discusses playing Cassandra in Troilus and Cressida for the RSC in 2018 and on using British...

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Presentation (1.2) (2021 Audio, Video)

Series

Working Actor’s Journey, The

Video and audio podcast hosted by Nathan Agin. This episode (from the video iteration) explores Act 1 Scene 2 of Julius Caesar. Those taking part include: director Geoffrey Wade, dramaturg Gideon Rappaport...

"Praising What is Lost" (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 164

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to David McInnis, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, about his research in the large number of plays produced in Elizabethan England that are now lost to us. He...

Shakespeare’s King John Presentation (1.1) (2021 Audio, Video)

Series

Working Actor’s Journey, The

Video and audio podcast hosted by Nathan Agin. This episode (from the video iteration) explores Act 1 Scene 1 of King John. Those taking part include: director Gigi Bermingham, dramaturg Gideon Rappaport and...

"Never was a Story of More Woe" (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 165

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Richard Paul; Garland Scott

Podcast. The director Simon Godwin talks to Barbara Bogaev about his film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet (qv), which was originally meant to be performed on the stage before the Coronavirus hit.

Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice Presentation (5.1) (2021 Audio, Video)

Series

Working Actor’s Journey, The

Video and audio podcast hosted by Nathan Agin. This episode (from the video iteration) explores Act 5 Scene 1 of The Merchant of Venice. Those taking part include: director Brendon Fox, dramaturg Philippa...

Shakespeare’s As You Like It Presentation (1.1) (2021 Audio, Video)

Series

Working Actor’s Journey, The

Video and audio podcast hosted by Nathan Agin. This episode (from the video iteration) explores Act 1 Scene 1 of As You Like It. Those taking part include: director Geoffrey Wade, dramaturg Gideon Rappaport...

Shakespeare’s Hamlet Presentation (2.2) (2021 Audio, Video)

Series

Working Actor’s Journey, The

Video and audio podcast hosted by Nathan Agin. This episode (from the video iteration) explores Act 2 Scene 2 of Hamlet. Those taking part include: director Gigi Bermingham, dramaturg Gideon Rappaport and...

RSC: The Bard, The Theatre and a Pandemic (2021 Radio)

Series

In the Studio

This radio documentary, presented by Karl Bos, examines how the Royal Shakespeare Company adapted its activities following the Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of its live theatre venues and outreach...

Shakespeare and Lincoln: James Shapiro and Ted Widmer in Conversation (2021 Video)

Series

Words, Ideas and Thinkers

Recording of a live online discussion on the importance and influence of Shakespeare’s work on the US President, Abraham Lincoln. James Shapiro’s books include ‘Shakespeare in a Divided America: What...

Where the Infectious Pestilence Did Reign: Plague in Shakespeare’s London (2021 Video)

Recording of an illustrated lecture by Professor Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck, University of London) on how successive plagues in Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, and the memory of plagues, affected Londoners,...

Amanda Drinkall’s Desdemona(S) (2021 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Amanda Drinkall about how she prepared for her role as Desdemona in the current production of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice at Chicago’s...

Fashioning the Text (2021 Video)

aka: Episode 4

Series

Thinking Shakespeare Live: Infinite Book

Series of four video lectures by Barry Edelstein, Artistic Director at The Old Globe in San Diego, on aspects of Shakespeare’s work and how it relates to contemporary theatre productions. This fourth...

Winter’s Tale, The (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 68

Series

Bicks Pod, The

Podcast series. in this edition, husband-and-wife Aidan and Lindsay discuss The Winter’s Tale, which they describe as follows: What do you get when you combine three acts of a tragedy, two acts of a...

Successful Storytelling and Shakespeare (2021)

Video recording of a masterclass run by Ben Crystal on the practical side of writing and focusing in particular on what can be learned from Shakespeare’s work.

Paul Alan Ruben and Scott Brick (2021 Audio)

Series

State of Shakespeare, The

Podcast. An interview about a recent audio production of The Tragedy of Macbeth (qv) with its director Paul Alan Ruben and lead actor, Scott Brick. The discussion also looks at the issues involved in...

21st Century Fictional Biographies of Shakespeare (2021 Video)

Video recording of an illustrated lecture by Dr Kevin Gilvary, the president of the De Vere Society (which exists to promote the idea that Edward de Vere was the actual author of Shakespeare’s plays). He...

Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Social Justice: Book Launch (2021 Video)

Video recording of a round table discussion to promote the new Arden publication, Shakespeare and Social Justice, moderated by the book’s editor, David Ruiter. The discussion features Geraldo de Sousa...

"I Will Better the Instruction": Sufferance and Vengeance in the Merchant of Venice and Jewish Thought (2021 Audio)

Series

Twice Blest: Exploring Shakespeare and the Hebrew Bible

Audio podcast. Series that explores themes in Shakespeare through the the Hebrew Bible. In this edition, Rabbi Dr. Dov Lerner looks at Shakespeare’s portrayal of Shylock and explores the Jewish...

Backstage: The Old Globe’s Hamlet (2021 Multimedia)

Series

Theatre Corner

Director

Michael Taylor (2); Trevor Neuenswander

Producer

Anthony Grimm

Online video. A look back at the 2017 Old Globe theatre production of Hamlet that enjoyed great success with its racially diverse casting decisions. Participants include its director, Barry Edelstein, the...

Macbeth (2021 Audio)

aka: Episode 38

Series

Play Podcast, The

Audio podcast. Host Douglas Schatz is joined by Professor Emma Smith to discuss Shakespeare’s Macbeth in depth.

Contentment: Richard Ii’s Prison Meditation (2021 Video)

Series

How to Live Like Shakespeare: Colloquies on Renaissance Wisdom

Second in a series of video lectures in which Julia Lupton and co-host Sean Keilen pick key passages from Shakespeare to discuss what they reveal about life and living. In this edition Keilen focuses on King...