tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132039526030031362024-03-14T13:50:00.588-05:00BardCast: The Shakespeare PodcastA scattershot podcast about William Shakespeare and his works.Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-59992490858955496182014-12-31T20:36:00.001-06:002014-12-31T20:36:24.364-06:00CoriolanusCoriolanus is a guy whose name ends with the word "anus". There's nothing we can do about that.<br />
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If you want to hear about the play, you can listen <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/Coriolanus.mp3">Here</a>!<br />
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Some articles on Coriolanus:<br />
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<a href="http://T.S. Eliot on Shakespeare"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">T.S. Eliot on Shakespeare</span></a>Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-80158932281395621422014-11-30T17:57:00.001-06:002014-11-30T17:59:30.340-06:00The Hollow CrownIt's no wonder everyone suggested we watch <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00s90hz">Hollow Crown</a>, it's an excellent production. We talk about it <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/The_Hollow_Crown.mp3">Here</a>!<br />
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<a href="https://globeplayer.tv/">The Globe Player</a> is a great source of performances at the Globe Theater. Check it out!</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Indian version of Hamlet on </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/movies/haider-puts-an-indian-twist-on-hamlet.html?_r=1" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">NYTimes</span></a></div>
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Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-1351902930680173982014-09-30T00:00:00.001-05:002014-09-30T00:00:42.286-05:00Richard III<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/Richard_III_Complete.mp3">Our episode on Richard III</a> 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!<br />
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Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-90028909804228898662014-07-28T12:14:00.000-05:002014-07-28T12:14:04.804-05:00BookClub 2To celebrate our third season, we thought we'd make an episode no one was asking for: another <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/BardCast_Bookclub_2.mp3">book club!</a><br />
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The books we talk about:<br />
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Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-70476916631754779272014-06-25T14:01:00.000-05:002014-06-25T14:01:33.968-05:00Hamlet Act VThis is our 50th episode! The next episode is the beginning of season three, with our second Book Club episode.<br />
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<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/Hamlet_Act_V_Final_Draft.mp3">Hamlet Act V</a> is an odd one, like the rest of Hamlet.<br />
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Please vote on what you want the next episode to be!Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-87129507197992673742014-06-10T10:36:00.000-05:002014-06-10T10:36:14.331-05:00Hamlet at the GuthrieWe went to see <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/Guthrie_Rough_Draft.mp3">Hamlet at the Guthrie</a>! Then we made a podcast about what we thought.<br />
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We also talk about the <a href="http://www.patreon.com/BardCast">Patreon campaign</a> to support the podcast.<br />
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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!<br />
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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!Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-41663739873862561402014-05-16T22:30:00.002-05:002014-05-16T22:30:47.505-05:00Hamlet Act IVWe talk about <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/Hamlet_IV_Final.mp3">Hamlet, Act IV</a>. People start dying. I think we're going to do an episode about Polonius Laertes and Ophelia later. Especially considering whether they are necessary to the play.<br />
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New websites!<br />
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<a href="http://bardcast.tumblr.com/">Tumblr </a><br />
<a href="http://www.patreon.com/BardCast">Patreon</a><br />
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Patreon guide:<br />
Patreon is a service where people can give money to content creators when they produce something. In this case, people can give money to us when we produce podcast episodes. The money goes to defray the expense of producing and hosting the podcast.<br />
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You can set limits on the amount of money you can donate. We only produce an episode once a month, so setting a limit of once a month for donations is good. If you only want to donate for a particular amount of time, you can limit the total number of donations as well.Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-76269353251822038482014-04-21T23:44:00.002-05:002014-04-21T23:44:56.606-05:00PatronageOur choice of the theme for <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/Patronage_Final.mp3">This Episode</a> was not a coincidence: We're starting a Patreon campaign, so Patronage in Shakespeare's time seemed appropriate.<br />
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<a href="http://www.patreon.com/BardCast">The Patreon page can be found HERE</a>. You can set an automatic donation to the podcast with the release of each new episode. Thanks for everyone's past and future support!<br />
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<a href="http://goodticklebrain.com/shakespeare-index/#/three-panel-plays/">Good Tickle Brain</a> Shakespeare Comics.<br />
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<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=iOGPq2h-brIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false">The Life of Shakespeare: Copied From the Best Sources, Without Comment</a> Great source of Shakespearean Primary Documents.<br />
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<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=JudCAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false">Shakespeare as a Groom of the Chamber</a> A good example of Shakespearean research and writing.<br />
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<a href="http://bardcast.tumblr.com/">Our Tumblr </a>Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-32278440779296512702014-02-21T11:28:00.001-06:002014-02-21T11:28:13.137-06:00Hamlet Act III<div style="background-color: transparent;">
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For more info about how the audience sat on chairs on the stage in Shakespeare's time (and other details about the audience and the stage): <a href="http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=1434">http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=1434</a> <a href="http://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/shakespeareaudience.html">http://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/shakespeareaudience.html</a><br />
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Choice Conversations interviewed us: <a href="http://choiceconversations.libsyn.com/">choiceconversations.libsyn.com</a><br />
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I asked the director of Hamlet: The Series for a more detailed description of the project, and here it is: <br />
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"Hamlet: The Series is an
adaptation of the play into a six-episode web series in the original
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The main website is <a href="http://hamletseries.com/" target="_blank">hamletseries.com</a>.
There's also a Hamlet: The Series group on Facebook that people can
"Like". It will be available free on Youtube, for rental or digital
purchase on Amazon Instant Video, and for DVD-purchase on Amazon. <span style="background-color: transparent;">Episodes 1 - 3 should be available by about the time your Podcast goes live, the last three sometime in the Spring of this year."</span></div>
Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-64157886956731928862013-11-20T11:49:00.001-06:002013-11-28T23:06:38.762-06:00Hamlet Act II<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/bardcast/Hamlet_Act_II.mp3">Act II</a> is a lighter part of Hamlet. More jokes, fewer ghosts. We find out a lot about our characters.<br />
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Anne Barton, a Shakespeare critic, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10460408/Professor-Anne-Barton-Obituary.html">recently died</a>, if you want to find some of her writing, try out <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/contributors/anne-barton/">her page on the New York Review of Books</a>, she's pretty good!<br />
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Thanks to everyone out there for all your support, next up is Act III! (Unless someone suggests something else good.)<br />
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Just updated the feed. Anyone having issues with downloading the podcast, please try again. Only the latest episode is on the new service, but we will be adding the backlog as space becomes available. Sorry about the difficulties. Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-84412742418179762502013-10-03T12:12:00.000-05:002013-10-12T17:18:01.593-05:00Interview: Much Ado About NothingWe're happy to reveal our secret project: <a href="https://archive.org/download/MuchAdoAboutNothingInterview/Much%20Ado%20About%20Nothing%20Interview.mp3">an interview of the Six Elements Theater Company</a>! They're putting on Much Ado About Nothing soon, and we were very fortunate to be able to interview them about it.<br />
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Our next episode is Hamlet: Act II. <br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/229925180496881/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming">Information regarding the production</a><br />
<a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/452463">Ticket Info</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tediousbrief.com/">http://www.tediousbrief.com/ </a><br />
<a href="http://www.sixelementscompany.org/"> http://www.sixelementscompany.org/</a>Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-81104753893728833072013-09-02T12:22:00.001-05:002013-09-02T12:22:04.859-05:00Hamlet Act IWe're doing Hamlet in a series of five Acts. I think it's a way that we can look at the development of the story and characters as we go through it. <a href="https://archive.org/download/Hamlet1FinalDraft/Hamlet%201%20Final%20Draft.mp3">Here's Act I</a>.<br />
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Warning, if you haven't seen Hamlet, or know the story, I'd strongly advise seeing it before doing literally anything else. That may not be too practical because there aren't a lot of theaters performing it at any given time, but it's still nice to dream that someone could see it completely fresh, even today. <br />
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We're hoping to have our next episode be a very special edition. I'm keeping it a secret right now, but we're very excited!Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-60926734180088392532013-06-26T00:18:00.002-05:002013-06-26T12:17:21.412-05:00BardCast BookClubOur <a href="https://archive.org/download/BardCastBookClub/BardCast%20BookClub.mp3">new episode</a> is about some Shakespeare books.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0803278217/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0803278217&linkCode=as2&tag=bard0e-20">Kill All the Lawyers?: Shakespeare's Legal Appeal</a><img alt="" border="0" class="omqszcryzojuuxexkpll pokvryhyinmlbcgbblsn" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bard0e-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0803278217" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> Narrow interest matter, but well written and some interesting sections<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157322751X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=157322751X&linkCode=as2&tag=bard0e-20">Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human</a><img alt="" border="0" class="omqszcryzojuuxexkpll pokvryhyinmlbcgbblsn" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bard0e-20&l=as2&o=1&a=157322751X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> Full of opinions, some of them insightful, some of them outrageously unfounded. The book never actually explains what the "invention of the human" is, or how it happened.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1907973206/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1907973206&linkCode=as2&tag=bard0e-20">Shakespeare in Kabul</a><img alt="" border="0" class="omqszcryzojuuxexkpll pokvryhyinmlbcgbblsn" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bard0e-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1907973206" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> A very good book about a story in Afghanistan that isn't about terror or war. Lots of good details about what went into this very unusual production of Love's Labours Lost.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061965545/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061965545&linkCode=as2&tag=bard0e-20">How Shakespeare Changed Everything</a><img alt="" border="0" class="omqszcryzojuuxexkpll pokvryhyinmlbcgbblsn" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bard0e-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061965545" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> Mostly wrong, occasionally interesting. Should have been titled<i> What's the Minimum Word Count for a Book? </i>or <i>All this Shakespeare Research Must Be Worth <b>Something</b></i>!<br />
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Our next scheduled episode will be about Hamlet, but we may have a surprise episode before then!Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-43745803617384111552013-04-25T13:21:00.002-05:002013-06-26T12:33:32.536-05:00The Taming of the ShrewiTunes link doesn't seem to be working at the moment, but the episode is still available through <a href="https://archive.org/download/TheTamingOfTheShrew_201304/The%20Taming%20of%20the%20Shrew.mp3">this link</a>. (Is there anyone out there who runs a server that could host these episodes? Our current solution may not be working.)<br />
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I think that <a href="https://ia601704.us.archive.org/23/items/TheTamingOfTheShrew_201304/The%20Taming%20of%20the%20Shrew.mp3"><i>Taming of the Shrew</i></a> is changed by our modern perception of gender more than any other Shakespeare play. When Petruchio says that his wife is his property, that seems shocking to us, but was a defensible position at the time.<br />
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We came down pretty hard against <i><a href="https://archive.org/download/TheTamingOfTheShrew_201304/The%20Taming%20of%20the%20Shrew.mp3">Taming</a> </i>on its anti-feminst position. We admit that you can play it in another way, but the text doesn't provide for a sarcastic interpretation.<br />
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Like I said in the episode, if you or someone you know needs a position filled, I'm available to take on a new job. Just send an email to bardjob at gmail.com<br />
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Make sure to vote on Hamlet or Coriolanus!Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-48148091834200338892013-03-30T19:11:00.001-05:002013-03-30T23:07:17.952-05:00Shakespeare's Histories<a href="http://archive.org/download/ShakespearesHistories_201303/Shakespeare%2527s%20Histories.mp3">Shakespeare's Histories</a> are an odd category; they don't encompass all of the Shakespearean plays that are from historical events. I prefer to think of them as "Shakespeare's modern history", since they are events whose effects still mattered in Shakespeare's time. <br />
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Please <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/help-eff-fight-patent-trolls-and-support-shield-act">Support the SHIELD Act</a><br />
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If you want to hear more of Tom's Shakespeare recordings, here's one to start off with!<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pXXUIKfHAOs" width="560"></iframe>Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-64044125392927043992013-01-30T23:05:00.001-06:002013-01-31T13:29:05.225-06:00Measure for MeasureSorry about the delay everyone. We both have part time jobs that make it difficult to find a time to work together, and we had to scrap an episode that didn't work, and we got discouraged about the whole process, but here's a new episode!<br />
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<a href="http://archive.org/download/BardcastMeasureForMeasure/MeasureForMeasure.mp3">Measure for Measure</a> is about justice, and how law and justice can be opposed. Particularly, it's about how laws about sexual conduct aren't followed, so this one isn't for kids. Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-10666434487730154302012-07-31T18:00:00.001-05:002012-07-31T18:00:46.522-05:00Twelfth NightWe both like Twelfth Night a lot. <a href="http://archive.org/download/BardcastTwelfthNight/TwelfthNight.mp3">It's our new episode</a>!<br />
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We've been having a lot of cool comments here, I'm excited about our next mini-episode discussion!Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-14696734144077004322012-06-13T20:58:00.001-05:002012-06-13T20:58:09.927-05:00MicroCast 1: Dirty Jokes and Translating ShakespeareIn <a href="http://archive.org/download/MicroBardcast1RacismAndDirtyJokes/MicroBardcast_RacismAndDirtyJok.mp3">this episode</a> we take a whole new approach. We bring up some issues, but don't have definitive answers.<br />
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So what do you think about<br />
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<li>Is Othello about race?</li>
<li>Should extinct words in Shakespeare be translated into modern English?</li>
<li>How explicit should we be when talking about dirty jokes?</li>
</ul>Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-37386296203080116912012-05-18T16:22:00.002-05:002012-05-18T16:22:40.803-05:00CymbelineCymbeline is a weird play. It isn't really a tragedy, despite its title. Our next episode is 12th Night.<br />
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Sorry again for the delay: Jeff and I both finished school recently, so we should be able to get these out faster from here on out. <br />
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<a href="http://archive.org/download/BardcastCymbeline/CymbelineRough.mp3">http://archive.org/download/BardcastCymbeline/CymbelineRough.mp3</a>Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-86068805927241154832012-03-08T13:33:00.001-06:002012-03-23T18:15:13.698-05:00Julius CaesarSorry about the extreme delay, both Jeff and I are working and going to school now, so we don't have as much time for podcasting and editing as we'd like. Also, I was sick for about a month and a half.<br />
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The episode is available <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/JuliusCaesarBardcast/JuliusCaesar.mp3">Here</a>.<br />
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Hark! A Vagrant has fantastic comics about Julius Caesar <a href="http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=304">Here</a> and <a href="http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=307">Here</a>.<br />
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A review of <i>The Shakespeare Wars </i>is available <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/books/20book.html?_r=1">Here</a>.Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-74131260578376003152011-12-14T13:46:00.001-06:002012-01-02T15:16:12.874-06:00"Anonymous"<i>Anonymous</i> has come and gone, so now is probably the best time to release <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Anonymous_767/Anonymous.mp3">a belated counterpoint podcast</a><br />
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To sum up, it's bad writing <i>and</i> bad history.<br />
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The next episode is Antony and Cleopatra, vote for what you want to see after that!<br />
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EDIT/CORRECTION:<br />
Our next episode is going to be about Julius Caesar, partially because it's before A&C, but mostly because it's going to be playing later this month, and we want fresh memories.Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-60775186365181378312011-11-01T13:51:00.001-05:002011-11-01T13:54:12.962-05:00Much Ado About NothingMuch Ado About Nothing is a good play, with many good turns of phrase by Shakespeare. So many, in fact, that I forgot some of my favorites!<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span class="st"> Is it not strange that sheeps' guts should hale souls out of men's bodies?</span></blockquote>Benedick, Act II, Scene III (Referring to the way that musical instruments can cause transcendent emotions)<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">For there was never yet philosopher, that could endure the tooth-ache patiently. </blockquote>Leonato, Act V, Scene I<br />
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We don't know what the next episode will be about, cast your vote in the comments, or in the donation link!<br />
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If you do make a donation, is it possible to leave a message? If not feel free to send your request/comment to Shakespearepodcast at gmail.comCarsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-13899313278994109042011-09-01T21:35:00.000-05:002011-09-01T21:35:16.284-05:00What Is HamletHamlet is a cool play, and a cool guy. <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/WhatIsHamlet/whatishamletfiltered.mp3">We did an episode about the play</a>. Don't worry, this is just an overview, we're going to dig in much deeper with later episodes.<br />
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Here's a sample from the "Bad Quarto", "Good Quarto", and the First Folio <br />
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<a href="http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/jonson/benbib.htm">This</a> is one of the better sources of Jonson's works. <br />
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Things I forgot to mention this episode:<br />
<ul><li>Ben Jonson was probably a bricklayer before he became a professional writer. It's not for sure, but it's the most likely job. </li>
<li>Ben Jonson once got in trouble for writing a semi-treasonous play, and he learned from that never to write against the monarchy.</li>
</ul>To Celia,<br />
Drink to me only with thine eyes<br />
And I will pledge with mine<i>.</i> Or leave a kiss but in the cup<br />
And I'll not look for wine.<br />
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The thirst that from the soul doth rise<br />
Doth ask a drink divine;<br />
But might I of Jove's nectar sup,<br />
I would not change for thine.<br />
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I sent thee late a rosy wreath,<br />
Not so much hon'ring thee<i><br />
</i> As giving it a hope that there<br />
It could not withered be;<br />
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But thou thereon did'st only breathe,<br />
And sent'st it back to me,<br />
Since when it grows and smells, I swear<br />
Not of itself, but thee.<br />
(Thanks, Wikipedia!) <br />
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<ul></ul>Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1013203952603003136.post-69394242959387422252011-06-22T16:06:00.000-05:002011-06-22T16:06:26.944-05:00Bonus BardCast: Best/Worst TragediesIn <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/BestWorstTragedy/bestworsttragediesfinal.mp3">this episode</a> we name our favorite and least favorite Tragedies, and talk about how the podcast is going.<br />
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Check out <a href="http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=283">this funny webcomic on King Lear</a>. She also has <a href="http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=262">one on Macbeth</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://melanconent.com/lib/rev/bagombosnuffbox/creativewriting.html">Kurt Vonnegut's rules for writing</a>. If everyone read these, stories would be much better.<br />
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Like we say in the episode, this episode is more casual, let us know what you think, and vote for your own favorite Tragedy!Carsonisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847778146078670555noreply@blogger.com18