James Ijames on Fat Ham (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 207

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to James Ijames about his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Fat Ham, a radical interpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet featuring a queer Black Hamlet character named Juicy and set...

Miriam Laube (2023 Audio)

Series

State of Shakespeare, The

Podcast. An interview with Miriam Laube in which she discusses acting in Shakespeare and her love of Hermione in The Winter’s Tale.

Shakespearean March Madness (2023 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to director Nate Cohen about the complex tournament he created to decide which is Shakespeare’s greatest play.

Shakespeare’s First Folio (2023 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Chris Laoutaris about his history of the publication of the Shakespeare First Folio, Shakespeare’s Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare.

What’s This? Moody? (2023 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: The Tempest

Director

Andy Wolk

Audio podcast. First episode of a six-part radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Episode scripts were adapted and produced by Catherine Eaton and rendered into modern English verse by Kenneth...

I Know How to Curse (2023 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: The Tempest

Director

Andy Wolk

Audio podcast. Second episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Episode scripts were adapted and produced by Catherine Eaton and rendered into modern English verse by Kenneth Cavander....

Kiss the Bottle (2023 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: The Tempest

Director

Andy Wolk

Audio podcast. Third episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Episode scripts were adapted and produced by Catherine Eaton and rendered into modern English verse by Kenneth Cavander....

Danby Portrait of Shakespeare Painted While He was Alive, The (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 258

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week Duncan Phillips, the art gallery owner who recently displayed the so-called Danby Portrait...

Card Games That Were Popular for Shakespeare (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 261

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week David Parlett discusses some of the card games popular in Shakespeare’s day.

Blackfriars, The Parish, The Choir Boys, And the Theater (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 262

Series

That Shakespeare Life

Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week Professor Christopher Highley (Ohio State University) discusses why Shakespeare and...

What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Psychological Complexity with Richard Waugaman (2023 Video)

Bob Meyers interviews Richard Waugaman, M.D. about his scholarly paper, What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Psychological Complexity.

Shakespeare Vs Hitler: Henry V and War Propaganda in Laurence Olivier’s and Kenneth Branagh’s Films (2023 Video)

Recording of a live streamed seminar held in Italy but spoken in English, featuring Professor Arturo Cattaneo and moderated by Valentina Foschi. Cattaneo focuses on the versions of Henry V made by Laurence...

Shakespeare and Kabuki (2023 Video)

Series

Comet Talk

Audiovidual presentation by Dr. Matthew J. Hernando that looks at the history of stage drama and focuses on deveolopments in 16th and 17 century Elizabethan England and Tokugawa Japan.

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A: Act IV (2023 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. Tim McIntosh, Heidy White and Emily and Ian Andrews discuss the fourth act of the one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, focusing on the various ‘regrets’ of the climactic scenes of...

Emma Smith on Approaching Shakespeare, First Folio, And Portable Magic of Books (2023 Audio)

Series

Women and Shakespeare

Podcast. In this edition, Professor Emma Smith talks about her podcast ‘Approaching Shakespeare’ (qv) and her books ‘This is Shakespeare’, ‘Shakespeare’s First Folio’ and ‘Portable Magic.'

Sonnet 32: If Thou Survive My Well-Contented Day (2023 Audio)

Series

Sonnetcast - William Shakespeare’s Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived

Podcast hosted by Sebastian Michael. Each edition looks at a particular sonnet, which is first recited then analysed. This episode look at the sonnet that broke with the sequence running since number 18.

Dramaturgy and Translation As the Gateway to Shakespeare Engagement (2023 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Decoded

Podcast series produced by the Dallas Shakespeare theatre company. In this episode host Jenni Stewart explores dramaturgy and translation as a gateway to Shakespeare with Taylor Bailey, Alex Vermillion and...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A - Why So Popular? (2023 Audio)

Series

Sheldrake on Shakespeare

Podcast hosted by James Sheldrake. In this episode, he considers whether it is the dark matter at its centre that has made Shakespeare’s comedy so popular.

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A: Shakespeare’s Political Satire in a Pastoral Comedy (2023 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Anyone?

Podcast created, produced and hosted by American actors Korey Leigh Smith and Elyse Sharp, two self-confessed ‘Shakespeare nerds’ who devote multiple episode to analysing the Bard’s work. In this...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A: Shakespeare & Climate Change with Sydney Schwindt (2023 Audio)

Series

Shakespeare Anyone?

Podcast created, produced and hosted by American actors Korey Leigh Smith and Elyse Sharp, two self-confessed ‘Shakespeare nerds’ who devote multiple episode to analysing the Bard’s work. In this...

Servant Monster, Drink to Me (2023 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: The Tempest

Director

Andy Wolk

Audio podcast. Fourth episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Episode scripts were adapted and produced by Catherine Eaton and rendered into modern English verse by Kenneth Cavander....

Karen Ann Daniels (2023 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Karen Ann Daniels, Director Of Programming and Artistic Director of Washington DC’s Folger Theatre, about her work opening up the resources of the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Lolita Chakrabarti on Adapting Hamnet for the Stage (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 208

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Lolita Chakrabarti about bringing Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel Hamnet, about Shakespeare’s son, to the stage.

Dream: Shakespeare Done Differently (2023 Video)

Recording of a video interview by Kate Ficai with Sarah Perry, the Movement Director for Dream, an innovative multimedia collaboration between the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Philharmonia Orchestra...

Shakespeare and the Middle Ages (2023 Audio)

Series

Medieval Podcast, The

Podcast hosted by Danièle Cybulskie. In this edition she discusses the medieval stories that informed some of the world’s most famous plays, as well as the influence William Shakespeare has had on our...

Shakespeare’s First Folio (2023 Video)

Series

Journey Through the Author Bank

Recording of an online seminar by Dr. Joseph Stephenson of Abilene Christian University to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Shakespeare First Folio.

Episode 1 (2023 Radio)

Series

Taking Issue with Shakespeare

Producer

Beaty Rubens

A five-part radio series in which Professor Emma Smith, University of Oxford, talks to major public figures about the role that Shakespeare might play in dealing with contemporary issues. With contributions...

Episode 2 (2023 Radio)

Series

Taking Issue with Shakespeare

Producer

Beaty Rubens

A five-part radio series in which Professor Emma Smith, University of Oxford, talks to major public figures about the role that Shakespeare might play in dealing with contemporary issues. With contributions...

Episode 3 (2023 Radio)

Series

Taking Issue with Shakespeare

Producer

Beaty Rubens

A five-part radio series in which Professor Emma Smith, University of Oxford, talks to major public figures about the role that Shakespeare might play in dealing with contemporary issues. With contributions...

Episode 4 (2023 Radio)

Series

Taking Issue with Shakespeare

Producer

Beaty Rubens

A five-part radio series in which Professor Emma Smith, University of Oxford, talks to major public figures about the role that Shakespeare might play in dealing with contemporary issues. With contributions...

Episode 5 (2023 Radio)

Series

Taking Issue with Shakespeare

Producer

Beaty Rubens

A five-part radio series in which Professor Emma Smith, University of Oxford, talks to major public figures about the role that Shakespeare might play in dealing with contemporary issues. With contributions...

Making of the New RSC Production of Cymbeline, The (2023 Radio)

Series

Front Row

A special edition of the BBC arts programme presented by Nick Ahad that follows the Royal Shakespeare’s Company’s new production of Cymbeline, the final play in Shakespeare’s First Folio - a collection...

Rough Magic (2023 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: The Tempest

Director

Andy Wolk

Audio podcast. Fifth episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Episode scripts were adapted and produced by Catherine Eaton and rendered into modern English verse by Kenneth Cavander....

Every Third Thought (2023 Audio)

Series

Play on Podcasts: The Tempest

Director

Andy Wolk

Audio podcast. Sixth and final episode of a radio serialisation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Episode scripts were adapted and produced by Catherine Eaton and rendered into modern English verse by Kenneth...

Publishing Shakespeare’s First Folio, With Chris Laoutaris (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 209

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Dr. Chris Laoutaris about his new book, Shakespeare’s Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare.

Will’s Gender Play (2023 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Will Wilhelm about their new show, Gender Play, or what you Will, which began from the premise that Shakespeare’s plays are fundamentally queer. Will, as a non-binary...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A: Act V (2023 Audio)

Series

Play’s the Thing, The

Audio podcast. Tim McIntosh, Heidy White and Emily and Ian Andrews discuss the final act of the one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays, focusing on whether imagination or factual information provides more...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2023 Video)

Director

Tobias Theorell

Recording of a live streamed performance of Tobias Theorell’s new production of Benjamin Britten’s opera based on Shakespeare’s magical comedy. Orchestra conducted by Simon Crawford Phillips.

Dee Ryan’s ‘Broadguess’ (2023 Audio)

Series

Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast

Podcast. Austin Tichenor talks to Dee Ryan about her play Broadguess, a one-person comedy in which a hard-boiled Elsinore detective gets too close to some mysterious deaths amongst the Danish royal family...

Robert O’Hara on Directing Richard III (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 210

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to Robert O’Hara about directing the 2022 Shakespeare in the Park production of Richard III, starring Danai Gurira. He discusses gathering a diverse cast of actors with...

David West Read on & Juliet (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 211

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to writer David West Read about his current Broadway musical, & Juliet, which imagines what might have happened if Juliet decided not to kill herself and moved to Paris with...

Importance of Shakespeare in Classical Education, The (Part 1) (2023 Video)

aka: Episode 20

Series

Christopher Perrin Show, The

Video podcast. Dr. Perrin talks with Professor Tim McIntosh (formerly of Gutenberg College) to discuss the role of Shakespeare in education and the potential impact on students of plays and other creative...

Importance of Shakespeare in Classical Education, The (Part 2) (2023 Video)

aka: Episode 21

Series

Christopher Perrin Show, The

Video podcast. Dr. Perrin talks with Professor Tim McIntosh (formerly of Gutenberg College) to discuss the role of Shakespeare in education and the potential impact on students of plays and other creative...

Way to Dusty Death, The: Shakespeare and Tomorrow (2023 Video)

Recording of a lecture by Ruben Espinosa (Arizona State University) on Shakespeare and contemporary social issues, followed by a 15-minute Q&A. Delivered at a conference co-hosted at Spier Wine Farm from 24...

Darren Freebury-Jones: Robert Greene and Thomas Kyd (2023 Audio, Video)

Series

Speaking of Shakespeare

Podcast hosted by Thomas Dabbs (Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan). In this edition he talks to Darren Freebury-Jones about differing types of literary collaboration, focusing on Shakespeare and how...

Theatre Talk: The Donmar Shakespeare Trilogy (2023 Video)

Recording of a live streamed presentation in which director Phyllida Lloyd discusses her trilogy of all-female Shakespeare productions - Julius Caeser, Henry IV and The Tempest - at the Donmar, all of which...

Ian Smith: Black Shakespeare (2023 Audio, Video)

Series

Speaking of Shakespeare

Podcast hosted by Thomas Dabbs (Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan). In this edition he talks to Ian Smith, current president of the Shakespeare Association of America, about his new book, ‘Black...

Black Shakespeare (2023)

Series

Contours: The Cambridge Literary Studies Hour

Recording of an online panel discussion with Ian Smith about his book, Black Shakespeare: Reading and Misreading Race. Other participants include Professor Farah Karim-Cooper, Professor Ayanna Thompson and...

Dakin Matthews (2023 Audio)

Series

State of Shakespeare, The

Podcast. An interview with actor Dakin Matthews about his roles and his volume, Shakespeare Spoken Here (now in its seventh edition).

Greg Doran: On Forty Years of Directing Shakespeare (2023 Audio)

aka: Episode 212

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Producer

Garland Scott; Matt Frassica

Podcast. Barbara Bogaev talks to director Gregory Doran about his new memoir, My Shakespeare, and about his career, during which he has directed every play in the First Folio.