25 episodes
BardCast: The Shakespeare Podcast Bardcast
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4.4 • 142 Ratings
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A podcast that takes a comprehensive approach to Shakespeare and his works. You can visit the website at http://bardcast.blogspot.com
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Coriolanus
Coriolanus is a guy whose name ends with the word "anus". There's nothing we can do about that. If you want to hear about the play, you can listen Here! Some articles on Coriolanus: Revisting Shakespeare's Coriolanus: New York Times T.S. Eliot on Shakespeare
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The Hollow Crown
It's no wonder everyone suggested we watch Hollow Crown, it's an excellent production. We talk about it Here! The Globe Player is a great source of performances at the Globe Theater. Check it out! Indian version of Hamlet on NYTimes 15 Minute Hamlet
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Richard III
Our episode on Richard III is more rushed than a usual episode because the play is extremely long. I'd like to come back to it to explore some of the interesting details we skipped. If anyone would like to hear that kind of episode, let us know! Kevin Spacey's interview on playing Richard on stage Ian McKellen's interactive site
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BookClub 2
To celebrate our third season, we thought we'd make an episode no one was asking for: another book club! The books we talk about: The Science of Shakespeare by Dan Falk The Secret Life of William Shakespeare by Jude Morgan Ophelia by Lisa Klein The Book of William by Paul Collins To Be or Not To Be by Ryan North The Horatio Hornblower series by CS Forester The October Daye series by Seanan McGuire In future episodes we're going to debate the subject, "is Othello about race?" and talking about how to stage Hamlet. Please let us know what you think at shakespearepodcast@gmail.com Leave the subject name "Othello" or "Hamlet" in the email.
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Hamlet Act V
This is our 50th episode! The next episode is the beginning of season three, with our second Book Club episode. Hamlet Act V is an odd one, like the rest of Hamlet. Please vote on what you want the next episode to be!
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Hamlet at the Guthrie
We went to see Hamlet at the Guthrie! Then we made a podcast about what we thought. We also talk about the Patreon campaign to support the podcast. This does not count as an "episode" in terms of Patreon. Just a little bonus! Our next episode is Hamlet Act V, which is also our 50th episode! That will make it the end of season 2 of the podcast, how exciting! After Hamlet, we'll have a vote on what play to do next. We're considering Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus, Richard the Third, and Henry the Sixth, Part One. If there's something else you'd like to do first, please let us know what you think!
Customer Reviews
Not amazing, but still worth subscribing to
Started by listening to the Coriolanus episode. Seriously impressed by it. The other ones that I've since listened to, not as much. They're entertaining and there is usually 1 bit of information that I didn't know before. So not always super deep, but entertaining and sometime educational.
Can not tolerate American up speaking in academics
Why do American males feel the need to sound cute& dumb-down in speaking about academics? Should be left for the high school play ground—not university level academics. Two men sounding “Valley girl”.
Much ado about not a lot
The hosts are enthusiastic and the recording quality is good. But for two guys doing a Shakespeare podcast, they don’t have a lot to say about Shakespeare, not historically or theatrically or in terms of pop culture. So the overall experience is basically like listening to a couple bros in a freshman sem class, which can actually be very charming, and might be a great podcast for some listeners. But it didn’t work for me.