BardCast: The Shakespeare Podcast

"Anonymous"

2011-12-14T13:46:00.001-06:00

Anonymous has come and gone, so now is probably the best time to release a belated counterpoint podcast

To sum up, it's bad writing and bad history.

The next episode is Antony and Cleopatra, vote for what you want to see after that!

EDIT/CORRECTION:
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.

Much Ado About Nothing

2011-11-01T13:51:00.001-05:00

Much 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!

Is it not strange that sheeps' guts should hale souls out of men's bodies?

Benedick, Act II, Scene III (Referring to the way that musical instruments can cause transcendent emotions)

For there was never yet philosopher, that could endure the tooth-ache patiently.

Leonato, Act V, Scene I

We don't know what the next episode will be about, cast your vote in the comments, or in the donation link!

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.com

What Is Hamlet

2011-09-01T21:35:00.000-05:00

Hamlet is a cool play, and a cool guy. We did an episode about the play. Don't worry, this is just an overview, we're going to dig in much deeper with later episodes.

Here's a sample from the "Bad Quarto", "Good Quarto", and the First Folio

Ben Jonson

2011-08-02T18:35:00.000-05:00

A new month, and a new episode of BardCast! This one is about Ben Jonson, he was a pretty cool guy, if rather stuck-up. Please respond to our newest poll, while you're here!

This is one of the better sources of Jonson's works.

Things I forgot to mention this episode:

Ben Jonson was probably a bricklayer before he became a professional writer. It's not for sure, but it's the most likely job.
Ben Jonson once got in trouble for writing a semi-treasonous play, and he learned from that never to write against the monarchy.

To Celia,
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine. Or leave a kiss but in the cup
And I'll not look for wine.

The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove's nectar sup,
I would not change for thine.

I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
Not so much hon'ring thee
As giving it a hope that there
It could not withered be;

But thou thereon did'st only breathe,
And sent'st it back to me,
Since when it grows and smells, I swear
Not of itself, but thee.
(Thanks, Wikipedia!)

Bonus BardCast: Best/Worst Tragedies

2011-06-22T16:06:00.000-05:00

In this episode we name our favorite and least favorite Tragedies, and talk about how the podcast is going.

Check out this funny webcomic on King Lear. She also has one on Macbeth.

Kurt Vonnegut's rules for writing. If everyone read these, stories would be much better.

Like we say in the episode, this episode is more casual, let us know what you think, and vote for your own favorite Tragedy!

The Winter's Tale

2011-06-06T15:45:00.000-05:00

It's been a long time, and we're sorry for that, but The Winter's Tale is finally ready for consumption.

The Winter's Tale (Modern Library Classics) (See all Shakespeare Literature)

Sonnets Introduction

2011-03-06T18:07:00.003-06:00

Shakespeare's Sonnets are regarded as some of the finest poetry in the English language. Unfortunately, neither of us are huge fans, so this is a rather irreverent summary of the poems.

Oscar Wilde's story about the person known as WH is available HERE.

Witness the most obscure document in Shakesparean research!

Note in particular the way that every word is followed by a period, making even the sentence's basic conjugation tricky at best.

As we say in the episode, TT is Thomas Thorpe, and WH is a mystery, probably to never be solved.

EDIT: The podcast initially came out doubled. It should be fixed now.

As You Like It

2011-01-23T19:36:00.001-06:00

We're back, and this episode is about As You Like It

This episode's music is also from Freesound.org, available here, and performed by hammerklavier.

A good quote I forgot to mention:

"Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves
as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do".
- As You Like It, Act III, Scene II

Our next episode is about The Sonnets

Season 2 Premiere

2010-11-07T22:35:00.002-06:00

So we're into Season 2.

Our next episode is about As You Like It.

Our Intro/Outro music is available Here.

Hosting Problems

2010-10-05T00:25:00.003-05:00

NEWS: I've found a new host, everything is fine.

The website we've been using to host our episodes, Dropbox, has decided that we've been using too much bandwidth. I don't blame them, but we're without service for the moment. I'll be working on some sort of solution in the near future.

I'd still endorse Dropbox for those people who want to store or transfer files through a website.

Thanks for your patience.

EDIT: It turns out a lot of our episodes weren't being hosted on Dropbox, all of the items before Henry IV, Part II are still available.

Henry V

2010-09-07T00:44:00.002-05:00

Henry V has some of the greatest speeches of all time. Here's a youtube clip of one of them. You can listen to our episode about it Here.

Our next episode is our season finalè, so please give us some questions or subjects to talk about!

The script we used to record this episode is after the break

   1. Introduction
         1. Bardcast
         2. Names
         3. Henry V
   2. play classification/sources
         1. Holinshed's History of England, etc.
         2. The Famous Victories of Henry V
         3. History
         4. 4th part of the second tetralogy
               1. Richard II, HIV I&II, HV.
               2. First Tetrology: HVI 1,2,3, Richard III
   3. Publications
         1. Performed 1599
         2. printed 1600, copied in 1602 and 1619. They're terrible
         3. The Folio is the only good copy.
         4. Falstaff may have been in an unpublished copy of the play.
   4. What's it About?
         1. Henry V
               1. Henry IV I and II are also about Henry V
         2. War
   5. Setting
         1. England and France
               1. England is seen as naturally at war with/ occupying france
                     1. The Hundred Years' War
               2. Henry V is newly kinged, newly wise and awesome in every way
   6. characters
         1. 3 plot threads
               1. Henry V
                     1. Henry himself
                           1. Everyone agrees that Henry has had a miraculous maturing since the death of Henry IV
                     2. so many nobles
                           1. Duke of Gloucester (Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester) & Duke of Bedford (John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford), Brothers to the King
                           2. Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, Uncle to the King
                           3. Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Cousin to the King
                           4. Earls of Salisbury, Westmoreland, and Warwick
                           5. Bishop of Ely and Archbishop of Canterbury
                     3. Earl of Cambridge, Lord Scroop, and Sir Thomas Grey, Traitors
               2. French
                     1. King of France
                           1. Isabel, Queen
                     2. Katherine, Alice
                     3. The Dolphin
                     4. Various Dukes, Constable
                     5. Mayor
                     6. Montjoy, French Herald
                     7. So many french nobles
               3. the lower folk, Pistol, etc.
                     1. International army
                     2. Sir Thomas Erpingham, Gower, Fluellen, Macmorris, Jamy, Officers in King Henry's Army
                     3. Bates, Court, Williams, Soldiers in King Henry's Army
                     4. Pistol, Nym, Bardolph, Boy, Mistress Quickly
               4. Chorus
                     1. Totally sweet
   7. plot
         1. Act I
               1. Chorus
                     1. totally sweet
               2. Boring Church stuff
               3. WS quotes Holinshed verbatim about HV's right to the French Throne
                     1. Henry V blames Canterbury for the deaths incurred in war if he gives HV justification for war
                     2. Scotland is a force of nature that inevitably invades England
               4. Bees speech
               5. French insult, tennis balls (implies HV is a boy, given to boyish things)
         2. Act II
               1. Chorus
                     1. Totally sweet
               2. Pistol, Nym, boy, etc.
                     1. Have to run off to Falstaff, who is dying
               3. messing with the traitors
               4. The story of Falstaff's death, commoners are called off to war
               5. The French talk about how awesome HV is
         3. Act III
               1. Chorus
                     1. Totally sweet
               2. Once more into the breach speech
               3. the commoners aren't eager to attack.
               4. HV persuades the french town to surrender,
                     1. says the deaths of the townsfolk would be on the mayor's head if he doesn't surrender
               5. French punning Blearg
               6. French re-assert how great Henry V and the english are. Women of France will mate with the english invaders to "new store france with bastard warriors"
               7. losers fight and complain,
               8. Henry V approves of the hanging of bardolph, basically challenges the french to engage them en route to callais
               9. The French vainly boast about their armour, horses, etc.
         4. Act IV
               1. Chorus
                     1. Awesome
               2. HV goes amongst his men, picks fights
                     1. argues that the king is not responsible for the souls of his men
                     2. Glove trick
               3. The french get ready
               4. St Crispin's day speech
               5. Pistol captures a guy, there's some punning
               6. The battle is uncertain, the English decide to kill their prisoners
               7. English win,
                     1. glove shenanigans resolved
                     2. Casualty report: ludicrous
         5. Act V
               1. Chorus
                     1. Awesome
               2. More loser shenanigans (Fluellen makes Pistol eat a leek)
               3. Henry's creepy seduction of Katherine
   8. Trivia
         1. Crispin Crispian (Oct 25) has not only been forgotten, it no longer exists, The Catholic Church has removed them from the calender, but not from sainthood, due to insufficient evidence of their existed.
         2. The Actual battle was largely the english hiding behind wooden spikes and polearms, French marching under a hail of arrows in the mud.
         3. Recorded numbers are crazy unreliable
               1. populations estimates vary wildly for lots of reasons
               2. actual casualties are "at least" 112 for the english, wikipedia says that people estimate it at 450
               3. regardless, the ratios favor the english
         4. Henry V was fighting in the later phase of the Hundred years War, and had himself made heir to the French throne.
               1. Spent 1415-1422 conquering France
               2. Died of maybe Dysentery in 1422, two months before Charles VI
               3. Made English the language of government in England
         5. His son was an infant when he died, and crowned Henry VI, of England and France
               1. Charles VII, younger brother of the Dauphin in the play, led a successful rebellion with the aid of Joan of Arc.
               2. This and the rest of Henry VI's reign is covered in Shakespeare's next 3 histories.
               3. Katharine re-married a Welshman named Owen Tudor, and they started the Tudor line, which led to the kings Henry VII, Henry VIII, and eventually Elizabeth I
   9. themes
         1. War
               1. Who is responsible for the losses incurred in War
               2. glorious war
         2. God Loves the English, especially Henry V
10. evaluation
         1. some good speeches, but kinda crummy in the bits that are boring
11. performances/interpretations
         1. Interpretations largely vary based on the sympathy towards War
               1. Famously, Olivier and branagh
               2. Olivier is glorious war in the sun, because it's WWII, with england invading France, for possibly the last time.
               3. Branagh's is around Vietnam, so war is dark and gritty and awful, even though the english lost fewer than 30 men.
12. discussion (Our personal interpretations)
         1. Who is King Henry, Carson style
         2. Jeff
13. news
14. signing off
         1. iTunes,
         2. Bardcast.blogspot.com
         3. Next episode is the end of season 1, we'll talk about how the podcast is doing, and what we'll be doing in the future, etc.

Villains

2010-07-31T10:40:00.005-05:00

This month's episode is Villains, and here it is!

Trying to figure out some way to continue hosting old episodes, sorry if you accidentally re-downloaded the first episode on iTunes.

Our next episode is Henry V.

Episode Outline after the break.

Shakespeare’s Villains

   1. Introduction
         1. Bardcast
         2. Names
         3. Villains
   2. Definition Corner
         1. Villain is not the same as Antagonist
         2. Protagonist is the star of the show, the Antagonist is the person who opposes him
         3. Ergo, the Protagonist can be a villain
   3. Villains in Shakespeare’s Time
         1. Before Shakespeare’s time, Morality plays didn’t have characters like we imagine, they were “characters” like Vice and Greed, etc.
               1. Shakespeare and the allegory of evil.
         2. several of Shakespeare’s villains draw directly from this tradition.
   4. Shakespearean Style on Villains
         1. Tends to give them legitimate grievances, against type at the time
               1. Villains don’t need motives for this audience
         2. Typically, gives a villain speech at the beginning
               1. This shows their villainy,
               2. clarifies the way that they’re going to operate.
               3. Without this speech, the dissimulation could be seen as genuine.
         3. Usually drags other characters into Villainy with them
               1. The Villainy of XXX is worse in Shakey’s time than ours. When someone severs the ties of marriage, father and son, fealty, etc. It is a violation of the Natural order (God’s order), not just a violation of the bond.
         4. Almost always die, usually horribly
               1. Not really a Karmically just world, since the good guys generally get it too, in the tragedies.
         5. Generally have a characteristic that makes them into a believable villain regardless of motive: bastardry, moorishness, Jewosity, etc.
   5. Particular Shakespeare Villains
         1. Iago - Othello Machiavel, Italians would be seen as natural to plots, etc.
               1. Motives are different than the actions, desire for promotion not connected to his actions.
         2. Aaron - Titus Andronicus Machiavellian - kills some people, causes unrest
         3. Richard III - Malformed is enough to be a villain, people of the time were much more willing to accept appearance -> character.
               1. Murders Nephews, usurps throne
         4. Lady Macbeth - Macbeth - woman - that entire assassination thing. She’s worse because she wants to be evil, not the results of evil.
         5. Shylock - Merchant of Venice - definitely a villain in shakey’s time, not so much in ours - tried to kill Antonio
         6. Edmund - Lear - bastard
               1. Manipulates Goneril and Regan to get power, lets father get eyes gouged out, more stuff
         7. Goneril and Regan- King Lear - women
         8. Don John - Much Ado About Nothing - bastard
         9. Angelo - Measure for Measure - Hypocricy!
        10. The Queen - Cymbeline - woman
   6. Are these people Villains?
         1. Cassius - Caesar- Brutus - Julius Caesar
         2. Macbeth - Macbeth is hero and villain, his great destruction is of himself.
         3. Falstaff - Henry IV - definitely in the character of a vice in a morality play.
         4. Claudius - Hamlet - regrets his sins, etc.
   7. Closing
         1. Next time - Henry V
         2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lev-raphael/was-shakespeare-jewish_b_662765.html

Othello

2010-06-30T22:15:00.012-05:00

I said we'd have the podcast out by the end of the month, and here it is, with an hour and 45 minutes to go. We'll have a vote about the content of the next episode.

Store:
Othello With Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh
Othello With Laurence Olivier

The First Folio

2010-05-15T18:07:00.001-05:00

The First Folio seems like a dry subject, but it's the only way we could talk about some of the most important documents in Shakespeare's record: the poems at the beginning of the book, and the Droeshout Portrait.

Thanks, Wikipedia!

Places you can see the First Folio:

Photographic copy

A different Photographic copy

Plain Text Version

Next Episode is about Othello

Episode Outline after the break.

The First Folio

   1. Intro
         1. names
         2. First Folio
   2. What's the deal with the first Folio?
         1. one of the most significant books of the century, it's either that or KJV
   3. Making the First Folio
         1. Shakespeare was dead for seven years
         2. Heminges and Condell did not have a complete a perfect copy, many plays are quite poor
         3. It appears they didn't have originals, or had poor originals, or had to gather materials from others
         4. Jaggard's printing press
               1. Jaggard had made a book that pirated WH's stuff, but there's no one else to go to for this kind of job
         5. Printers would gladly edit stuff they didn't like, and there are many printing errors, only a few of them corrected with later copies
         6. This means that few if any copies can be described as identical
   4. What's in the first folio
         1. Pretty crummy, as a book
               1. Looks unimpressive, physically. Bland cover.
               2. Typing is often foreign, including the funky f->s deal, and v->u
               3. Latin Stage directions, act and scene names
         2. Picture
               1. Brief Poem by BJ about portrait
               2. crummy drawring, even if WH looked generally like this, he's probably not lopsided
         3. Messages by Heminges and Condell
               1. 1 to the patrons
                     1. William Earl of Pembroke
                     2. Philip Earl of Montgomery
               2. 1 to the peoples
         4. Genres
               1. This is the codification of the genres
         5. Dedications
               1. Dedications at the time
                     1. Sort of like the bits on the back of books, where it quotes some guy
                     2. Most people (later in the century) have a lot more dedications, that one guy even had one that said "I was asked for a dedication, this guy's is a jerk"
               2. Dedications in the Folio
                     1. Ben Jonson ("BI")
                           1. references william basse, who wanted chaucer, spencer, and beaumont to make some space in Westminster Abbey
                           2. Sweet Swan of Avon
                     2. Hugh Holland best described as "Some Guy"
                     3. L. Digges
                     4. J.M. (Possibly James Mabbe, also some guy)
         6. Principle Actors
               1. William Shakespeare, front and center
         7. Plays
               1. Plays of various qualities
                     1. Compared to Quartos, etc
                     2. It's extremely probable that it's impossible to isolate a true shakespeare, but also probable that there's no true version of a given play, any play has alterations from its first writing and final performance
               2. Names briefly fall into Richard and Will (assumed to be Kemp) for a scene, the names of the actors, rather than the characters
               3. There is some belief that "Typos" in the Folio indicate acting clues, such as capitalization indicating emphasis, etc.
   5. Authorship relationship
         1. The dedications from Heminges and Condell are a problem for conspiracy theorists
         2. Stratford Monument and Sweet Swan of Avon
         3. Why does it say "William Shakespeare?" Publications had to be approved by the state.
         4. Mark Anderson says that the works were held by Oxford's family, this is inconsistent with quality of plays being so erratic
   6. What's not in the first folio
         1. Pericles and Two Noble Kinsmen
         2. Sonnets
         3. Venus and Adonis
         4. Phoenix and the Turtle
         5. Apocryphal plays
         6. A couple real plays
   7. Availability
         1. Very expensive to purchase
         2. Available online in multiple places
         3. http://doyle.lib.muohio.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wshakespeare&CISOPTR=45&CISOSHOW=0
         4. http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/facsimile/book/SLNSW_F1/2/?size=small&view_mode=normal&content_type=
         5. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2270
   8. Outro
         1. Coriolanus is being made into a movie. Starring Ralph Fiennes.
         2. I may have to do some hosting shenanigans, the website will remain the same, but iTunes feeds may get confused. All episodes will be available for the foreseeable future. No plans to make this some sort of "Subscription only" archive access or something.
         3. voting on stuff
         4. Othello Next
         5. Next Ep

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

2010-04-17T10:23:00.002-05:00

The Two Gentlemen of Verona isn't going to win any awards, but it's a fun play. We used an entirely new format for this episode, focusing on character instead of doing a scene by scene analysis. Let us know what you think!

Next Episode: The First Folio

Episode outline after the break:

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

   1. Introduction
   2. Classification/Sources
         1. Comedy
         2. Possibly Shakey's first play, certainly one of the first.
         3. quite derivative of romantic comedies of the time
               1. specifically comes from a few plays of the time, including some of Romeus and Juliet, notably the mention of Friar Laurence.
         4. We see glimpses of what Shakespeare would do in later plays.
   3. Publications
         1. First appeared in the First Folio,
         2. mentioned in 1598 Meres, people guess somewhere about 1590
   4. Setting
         1. Could be anywhere, really, impossible to know
   5. Plot
         1. 60 second summary
               1. Proteus love Julia, Valentine goes off for adventure
               2. Proteus pretends that his love letter is from Valentine, not Julia, gets sent after Valentine, both Valentine and Proteus fall in love with Sylvia
               3. Julia follows Proteus dressed as a boy, becomes his servant type guy
               4. Proteus betrays Valentine's plan to elope with Sylvia to her father Duke of Milan, he's found out, and exiled to the forest
               5. Proteus tries to court Sylvia while pretending to help Thurio, Duke's choice of suitor, she rejects both
               6. Valentine meets some thieves/noblemen, and becomes their king
               7. Eglamore helps escape Sylvia into the woods, Proteus finds her there, where Valentine confronts him.
               8. The lovers pair off, Thurio is intimidated by Valentine Duke of Milan declares Thurio a wuss, and all is well.
         2. How to do the plot without taking forever?
               1. Characters!
         3. Proteus
                     1. Name comes from Ovid, the ever changing sea god. (Character is inconsistent)
                     1. Hard to come off as anything other than a jerk
                           1. wildly, passionately, devotedly, Hopelessly in love
                     2. Has a good speech about how his love changes in act 2 scene 4 and scene 6
               1. Julia
                     1. Dressses as a boy, so an adventurer, I guess. Loves love more than honour
                     2. Has a good speech to her letter
                     3. has some good irony in act II scene 7 talking about how constant proteus is, since he's already abandoned her.
         4. Valentine
                     1. Romantic and dopey
                     2. good bit where he delivers a letter to himself
                     3. good speech on love act II scene IV
                     4. when exiled, says that it's comparable to death, since it's being separated from self, ie sylvia
               1. Sylvia
                     1. just a target for love, I think
         5. Duke of Milan
                     1. Clever, tricks Valentine act III scene I
                     2.

               1. Thurio
                     1. Stupid, boring
         6. Launce
                     1. Has some good speeches, most of the comedy is here
                           1. talking about leaving his family, with clothing as family members
                           2. punning contest act II scene 5
                                 1. staff understands him, stands under him, haha
                           3.

               1. Crab
                     1. Act 4 Scene IV is Crab's time
               2. Speed
                     1. has duels of wits with folks. Sheep in scene one, where it holds him late,
                     2. later Launce's letter, which holds him late
   6. Themes
         1. Friendship and loyalty
   7. Evaluation
         1. Mainly used as a way for critics to think of clever ways to mock it
               1. The title is deceptive
               2. the dog is the best character
   8. Performances/Interpretations
         1. Is Valentine giving Silvia to Proteus, or giving his love to Proteus?
         2. modern version in two gents
         3. BBC version is legit
   9. Our thoughts
         1. Jeff- Decent play, Proteus should die though.
         2. decent play, but not something to seek out
10. News
11. Signing off
         1. Democracy isn't government by the people, it's government of those who speak out.

Shakespeare's Sources

2010-03-28T15:11:00.001-05:00

Episode 20! Hooray!

This one is about Shakespeare's Sources, although that doesn't take us too long, so the second half is about news that's cropped up lately.

There's a special moment of action at the end, where we roll a die to randomly decide what play to do next. I'm not going to spoil it here.

Links
Lists of Shakespeare's Sources
http://www.shakespeare-w.com/english/shakespeare/source.html
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/sources.htm
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sources/

Links to Shakespeare's Individual Sources
Holinshed's Chronicles

Although we mention the Geneva Bible as one of Shakespeare's sources, we didn't really give it the proper historical context as one of the most significant Bibles in English history. This Wikipedia article does it proper justice.

Ovid's Metamorphoses

When it comes to the Authorship question, newly brought to attention by this Anonymous film, we suggest you visit shakespeareauthorship.com, and more specifically, this page of the website, which disembowels their absurd methodology.

Store
Enter the Whole Army: A Pictorial Study of Shakespearean Staging, 1576-1616

This book is the most concise and well written analysis of what makes Shakespeare's plays. You can find it at various online stores if you're willing to look around. I highly suggest it.
The New Temple Shakespeare: William Shakespeare a Commentary
Author: Ridley M. R.
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons
1936

Outline after the break:

Shakespeare's Sources

   1. Introduction
         1. Bardcast
         2. names
         3. Shakey's Sources
               1. Could also be titled, "what did shakespeare know/read?"
               2. we have to remember, someone can allude to something without having read it
   2. Shakespeare's Sources
         1. Our sources
               1. http://www.shakespeare-w.com/english/shakespeare/source.html
         2. Holinshead
         3. Plutarch, lives of the romans
         4. The Bible
               1. there is no "the bible"
                     1. Jews, protestants and catholics have different number of books
                     2. different translations, etc.
               2. Specifically, the Geneva Bible
               3. First bible (english bible?) divided into chapter and verse
               4. King James Bible not written yet
         5. Greek and Roman Myth
               1. Ovid's metamorphoses
         6. Machiavelli
         7. specific plays have specific sources,
               1. Amleth for some play
               2. the tragical history of romeus and Juliet
               3. Montaigne with Tempest
               4. All's well that ends well - Boccaccio's Decameron, Italian Author
               5. As you like it - Thomas Lodge's Rosalynd, English prose
               6. Comedy of Errors - Plautus' Maenichi, Roman playwright
   3. News
         1. Macbeth, texts and contexts william C caroll
         2. SHakespeare: A Commentary
               1. good old book from 1936, companion to a collection of all the plays
               2. illustrate its value via section from the macbeth analysis
               3. out of print, have to find it online.
         3. Enter the Whole Army C walter hodges
         4. Theobald's Double Falshood
               1. probably shenanigans
               2. no one seems to know the specifics, seems to be textual analysis. Can hardly call that "proof"
         5. with this movie coming out, I'd like to re-direct people to shakespeareauthorship.com
               1. great website,
               2. specifically, check out this one page, it summarizes the wrong methodology
               3. accumulating bad info, when it comes to this sort of thing, ask for their best piece of evidence, note how it's stupid, then move on to their second best
         6. Contested Will
               1. apparently it summarizes the opposition, then wrecks them.
         7. Mispronouncing things
               1. We have been twice called out for mispronouncing things
               2. When it seems like we mispronounce, we're actually talking about something else that sounds similar, but is much more sophisticated.
   4. Signing Off
         1. Next Play
               1. roll those bones!
         2. bardcast.blogspot.com

Macbeth

2010-03-13T12:30:00.023-06:00

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, and this is our longest episode.

We were happy to talk about the Astor Place Riots, you can see more stuff about it on Wikipedia Here.

It would be easy for us to provide the outlines that we use to produce these podcasts, would you guys be interested in seeing those? Please leave us a comment if you'd like to see them.

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Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection I can't recommend this show enough: it encompasses the "feeling" and "meaning" of Shakespeare more than any program I've ever seen.
Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection Akira Kurosawa's Japanese version of Macbeth
Scotland, PA: A humorous modern retelling of Macbeth in a modern restaurant setting. Includes Christopher Walken!
Wyrd Sisters The amazing Terry Pratchett takes on Macbeth in a Fantasy setting. Fantastic, like all Terry Pratchett.
Enter Three Witches This is an OK book. I'd only recommend it if you wanted a young teen or tween to read a more PG 13 version of Macbeth.

Macbeth: The DVD Edition (Folger Shakespeare Library) A fan suggested this one. I haven't seen it, but it sounds good!

Someone asked for the outline of the podcast, so here it is: (Beware: it's a little long)

MacBeth

   1. Introduction
         1. Bardcast
         2. Names
         3. MacBeth
   2. play classification/sources
         1. Tragedy, but about History (Again, loosely)
               1. What makes histories and tragedies different?
                     1. Tragedies are about personal loss
                     2. Histories are about public defeat/victory.
                     3. compare Richard II, he's murdered in his cell, but he retains his dignity
         2. Holinshead again
   3. Publications
         1. Actual date released is unknown and unknowable
               1. Almost certainly written following JI, so 1603
               2. so many references to Equivocation, could follow the Gunpowder plot of 1606
               3. There are allusions to it in 1607 (probably), so it has to be in that area.
         2. Only in the Folio
         3. Troublesome
               1. Everyone assumes the Hecate musical numbers are inserted
               2. People also assume the Play has been cut for unknown reasons
   4. What's it About?
   5. Setting
         1. Scotland
         2. Nights
               1. The old theaters were sunlit
               2. It could be this was written for blackfriars (or a similar theater), which they acquired in 1608
   6. characters
         1. MacBeth
               1. Lady MacBeth
               2. Banquo
                     1. Fleance
               3. Doctor/Nurse
         2. Duncan
               1. Malcolm
               2. Donalbain
         3. MacDuff
               1. Lady MacDuff
               2. MacDuff's Son
         4. Witches
               1. Optionally, Hecate
               2. Assorted Prophecizers
         5. Background Guys
               1. Lennox, Ross, Menteith, Angus, Caithness -Lords
               2. A porter, a gentlewoman, 3 murderers and a messenger
               3. Siward and Siward's son, Englishmen
   7. plot
         1. 60 second summary
         2. Normally quote good passages, too many to repeat in this one. We'll still give it a try
         3. Act I
               1. Scene I
                     1. Witches hang about
                           1. Paddock and Greymalkin are names for animals, (familiars)
               2. Scene II
                     1. Man reports on MacBeth's butt-kicking
               3. Scene III
                     1. Witch describes how she ruined a sailor's sailing out of spite.
                     2. MacBeth and Banquo arrive.
                     3. First prophecies, Cawdor today, King, hereafter
                     4. Banquo prophecies: father of kings, but not king.
                     5. Macbeth is informed he is now Cawdor, already begins to contemplate murder
               4. Scene IV
                     1. Cawdor has been executed: "died" speech
                     2. Duncan is overjoyed to meet with Mac and Banq. Good courtly speech
                     3. MacBeth hurries ahead to meet lady maccers
               5. Scene 5
                     1. Lady M reads letter. Plans to stiffen his resolve. Hears that king is coming. Resolves to remove all virtue from self to steel self for murder.
                     2. MacBeth arrives, lady M tells him to look like the flower, but be the serpent
               6. Scene 6
                     1. Duncan and banq arrive at the castle, are greeted by Lady M.
               7. Scene 7
                     1. Macbeth is conflicted about the murder.
                           1. It would commend poison to his own lips
                           2. He's host, cousin, subject, and (metaphorically) son of duncan
                           3. Duncan is so virtuous it'd be a terrible sin
                           4. He has only ambition as justification
                     2. He decides to not go through with it, Lady M berates him.
                     3. Mentions child here
                     4. she lays out the plan of assassination
                           1. drug guards
                           2. kill king
                           3. blame guards
         4. Act II
               1. Scene I
                     1. MacBeth meets Banquo. Plans to speak later, dismisses everyone
                     2. Dagger speech.
               2. Scene II
                     1. The Murder Scene (Dun Dun Dun!)
                     2. Lady M, "all's well so far, Maccers is killing him now"
                     3. "had he not resembled my father as he slept, I had don't"
                     4. MacBeth returns, he did it, but he thought someone heard him.
                     5. The guards called "murder" (a general cry), but prayed and returned to sleep. Mac couldn't say "amen", pretty obvious symbol there.
                     6. MacBeth is undone by the deed, Lady is still bold, finishes the job (daggers, blood, etc.)
                     7. knocking
               3. Scene III
                     1. Porter scene
                     2. Comic relief, but Knocking is the same knocking that bothers macbeth
                     3. Macduff and Lennox are allowed in, are greeted by MacBeth
                     4. they allude to bad omens
                     5. Macduff returns to reveal the king has been murdered
                     6. more people arrive, MacBeth reveals he killed the guards
                     7. Malcolm and Donalbain decide to run before the killer gets them too
               4. Scene IV
                     1. more bad omen talk
                     2. the princes have fled, and the suspicion of guilt falls upon them
                     3. Macbeth has already left to be crowned king
         5. Act III
               1. Scene I
                     1. Banquo suspects MacBeth
                     2. tells MacBeth that he's leaving, but will return soon
                     3. Macbeth instructs the murderers to get banquo, and especially his son
               2. Scene II
                     1. m and lady m review the situache
               3. Scene III
                     1. Murderers live up to their name, but lose Fleance
               4. Scene IV
                     1. The Dinner Scene
                     2. Macbeth will sit with the others, while LM sits on the throne
                     3. murderer reports failure
                     4. Banquo's ghost
                     5. everyone leaves,
                     6. Maccers resolves to meet the witches again,
                     7. here's his true resolution to be evil
               5. Scene V
                     1. Witches, probably an addition
               6. Scene 6
                     1. Lennox talks to a noble to win him over against Maccers.
         6. Act IV
               1. Scene I
                     1. Witches again
                     2. Another interruption from Thomas Middleton
                     3. two series of prophecies
                           1. Beware Macduff, one of woman born, and Birnam Wood to dunsinane
                           2. The kings, sons of banquo go to mary/james
                     4. Lennox arrives, Maccers resolves to ambush Macduff's family
               2. Scene II
                     1. MacDuff's son has a good joke
                     2. Murderers kill some macduffs
               3. Scene III
                     1. England, Malcolm and Macduff.
                     2. Malcolm reveals that he would be a far worse king than macbeth until macduff tells him that's a bad idea
                     3. Ross arrives and tells macduff his family is 1. Fine and 2. slaughtered
                     4. They resolve to move on scotland immediately.
         7. Act V
               1. Scene I
                     1. sleepwalking scene
                     2. a little too good a scene for performers
               2. Scene II
                     1. Lennox and other rebels summarize the situation
                     2. gives some insight into Macbeth's mental state
               3. Scene III
                     1. Macbeth prepares for war
                     2. from this moment on, the play must remain active.
                     3. macbeth puts on his armor, and is eager to fight, and have it all end
                     4. Doctor says Lady M's problems are internal, Maccers isn't happy w/ that
               4. Scene IV
                     1. Macduff and Co decide to "hew down a bough" to hide army's numbers
               5. Scene V
                     1. Macbeth is committed to his path of death and no regret
                     2. Lady M has reversed, has killed herself
                     3. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
                     4. orders his troops to attack
               6. Scene VI (Scene VI VII and VIII can be played as one scene)
                     1. rebels drop boughs and ready to fight
               7. Scene VII
                     1. Macbeth kills siward
                     2. Macduff is looking for Macbeth
               8. Scene VIII
                     1. Macbeth and Macduff showdown
                     2. Macduff was from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd
                     3. Macbeth refuses to fight until Macduff says they'll put him on display like an animal
                     4. Macbeth's final stand
                     5. nobles arrive, Macduff arrives with maccers' head,
                     6. Malcolm gives a little speech
   8. themes
         1. divinity of kings, James I was a fan of this
         2. Scotland for James I too
         3. good conversation in Slings and Arrows
               1. "It teaches us about evil". "No, it shows us evil, and teaches us nothing"
         4. unnaturality of the murder
         5. Equivocation, (half-truths of witches, etc.)
   9. evaluation
         1. see next section
10. performances/interpretations
         1. Stage History
               1. Been popular since the beginning, although it's been "interpreted". Various scenes have been cut and modified, including singing and dancing
               2. all the famous Shakespeare actors have done it
                     1. Garrick, Kean, Orson Welles, laurence Olivier, that other guy that does all the movies, etc.
               3. Sarah Siddons -
                     1. Lady MacBeth
                     2. Final performance, "the audience refused to allow the play to continue after the end of the sleepwalking scene. Eventually, after tumultuous applause from the pit, the curtain reopened and Siddons was discovered sitting in her own clothes and character — whereupon she made an emotional farewell speech to the audience lasting eight minutes."
         2. Throne of Blood
         3. Scotland, PA
         4. Slings and Arrows
         5. Wyrd Sisters
         6. Enter Three Witches
         7. Macbeth, Part II
11. discussion (Our personal interpretations)
         1. Carson
         2. Jeff
12. The Scottish Play
         1. Macbeth is a cursed play, and if you say the name of the play or character in a theatre and not during the performance, bad things happen. Because Shakespeare used real witches spells. Really.
13. news
         1. Chop Bard
         2. Anonymous
               1. just one specific thing we've seen so far: if shakey was illiterate, there's no way he could be an actor.
         3. would people like to see our scripts?
         4. My Own Private Idaho sucks
14. signing off
         1. iTunes,
         2. Bardcast.blogspot.com

Falstaff

2010-02-15T13:33:00.004-06:00

Last time, I said that Falstaff should feel better because we made a whole episode about him. Since we spend most of this episode mocking him, maybe not.

Like we say in the episode, if you are a fan, please leave us a comment. We have no idea who you are otherwise!

Episode outline after the break:

Falstaff

   1. Intro
   2. History of Falstaff
         1. Minor historical character
         2. character in play was originally named Oldcastle, descendants objected
               1. meter
               2. pun "knight o' the castle"
               3. Possibly performed with Oldcastle, and only changed for publication (prolly not)
               4. new name possibly inspired by sir john Falstoff
   3. Plays (His story)
         1. Presumably made knight somehow, we get very little of his early life, except for the recounting in part II, where he's revealed to be a college wastrel 55 years ago. Must be at least 70 at the time of the plays.
         2. HIV PI,
               1. At the beginning of hte play, he mentions that he used to be a courtier, (a court layabout) before he knew Hal. He blames Hal for his life of crime.
               2. For the course of the play, he goes from a robber to a shameful soldier
         3. II
               1. Still a shameful soldier, he spends much of his time carousing with lowlifes
               2. We're promised another appearance from him in HV, but nothing.
         4. HV, Death scene recounted.
         5. Merry Wives of Windsor
               1. legend says that the queen personally asked for re-appearance of F
               2. Is MWW still Falstaff?
                     1. Obviously, yes
                           1. that's his name
                     2. Obviously, no
                           1. he's just an idiot that gets fooled a lot, nothing like the character
                           2. lots of fans don't count this as part of the character
                           3. no continuity with his previous story
                                 1. In fact, it's a completely separate timeline
                                 2. He has no association with king, etc.
                           4. Doesn't have any initiative, could be any generic foolish character
   4. His character
         1. Not going to say, "is he a good or bad person", just look at the case for each
         2. What makes him appealing?
               1. Wit
                     1. Loves to quote the bible
                           1. Oddly, refers most to the Dives parable, which would fit him.
                     2. all his insufferable punning
                     3. his performance as Hal and the King
                     4. speech about honour
                     5. I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men
                     6. Can re-charm Quickly
               2. Bravado
                     1. How the world is full of liars!
                     2. Would the companion were sent a better prince!
                     3. never backs down in an argument, even when forced to an absurd extremity
                     4. In Windsor, blandly confesses to all the crimes he's accused of
                           1. "I will answer it straight; I have done all this: that is now answered."
               3. wikipedia quote
               4. Hal's "eulogy", "I could have better spared a better man."
         3. What makes him such a bad person?
               1. Thief
               2. Coward
               3. Liar
               4. physically unfit and grossly obese
               5. Complete whiner
               6. Tends to monologue
   5. Fans
         1. Harold Bloom
         2. Verdi
         3. Orson Welles
   6. News
         1. WTF is with these downloads?
               1. We've had a compy glitch
               2. could people plz comment on the blog, so we know it's not going crazy? Just a "hey, I'm a human being" will be fine.
         2. Next ep is Macbeth, we saw it at the Guthrie
         3. blog
         4. itunes
         5. names
         6. keep listening.

Henry IV, Part II

2010-01-30T21:06:00.006-06:00

We kind of rag on Falstaff in this one, but the next episode is exclusively about him, so I hope he doesn't mind too much.

PS. (The new host we were trying seems to be broken. I'm working on a solution now.)
PPS. (I've re-hosted it. I hope it works this time!)

Shakespeare In Fiction

2010-01-15T12:27:00.007-06:00

It's been a while, but we finally have a new episode. This one's about Shakespeare as a fictional character. Our next episode will be about Henry IV, Part II.

Links:

Tim Curry As Shakespeare
A Youtube video, poor in quality both as a youtube video and as a show. Not for the feint of heart!

Shakespeare in Love (Miramax Collector's Series)
The definitive fictional Shakespeare, and a genuinely good movie

A Mystery of Errors
The first of the Shakespeare and Smythe mystery novels

The Shakespeare Stealer Series
Popular children's series

Ink and Steel: A Novel of the Promethean Age
Fantasy styled Shakespeare adventure.

Ruled Britannia
An Alternate history where Shakespeare writes a play to incite rebellion against the Spanish occupation of England.

If Shakespeare was born 400 years later:
A comic about Shakespeare using the wretched format of Powerpoint to express the ideas in Hamlet.

The Black Adder Remastered
This link goes to the first season of Black Adder, but they're all good.

Henry IV, Part I

2009-11-26T21:13:00.011-06:00

This was a lighthearted episode, appropriate since it introduces the jolly Falstaff to the podcast. Our next episode is going to be about Shakespeare as a fictional character à la the film Shakespeare In Love.

If you would like to see the Welles film Chimes at Midnight, it is available on YouTube Here. I know YouTube is less than ideal, but there are legal issues that prevent it from being released for sale.

We also endorse this film of Henry IV. I couldn't find it on Amazon, so I am providing the link through NetFlix.

Listener Sarah was cool enough to nominate us for a podcast award, you can see the other nominees and vote for us Here.

Shakespeare In The News:
This came out after we finished recording, so I'm just including the link here: This episode of NPR's Talk Of The Nation includes a segment about bringing Shakespeare to other settings and time periods.

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This is the new version of Bryson's Shakespeare: The World As Stage I mentioned in this episode
Shakespeare (The Illustrated and Updated Edition)

Shakespeare's England

2009-11-08T16:46:00.008-06:00

This episode was a labour of labour. We had to record it twice, and it required a lot of research. Please enjoy!

The news story about Edward III being attributed to Shakespeare can be found Here.

The BardTube YouTube channel is Here.

Our next episode is Henry IV, Part I.

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Shakespeare's England: Life in Elizabethan & Jacobean Times

For those of you interested in reading more about the Spanish Armada, this is a great introduction to every step of the conflict, from beginning to end.
The Armada

Merchant of Venice

2009-10-11T22:44:00.003-05:00

The Merchant of Venice is a great play, and we were happy to do an episode about it, at a fan's request. Some good outtakes at the end of this one, too.

There's some interesting news about the attribution of Edward III in the Shakespeare canon, but it broke just as we finished the episode. We'll cover it next time.

We'd be really pleased if a listener would request the subject of the next episode as well. In fact, any sort of comment really brightens our day.

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The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (Starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons)

Shakespeare's Apocrypha

2009-09-26T13:05:00.006-05:00

This one is quite short. There's not much to say about plays Shakespeare probably didn't write, it turns out.

I mentioned the speech by Thomas More that's possibly handwritten by Shakespeare. Wikipedia has a picture of the text in question, and here is the text of the speech, which I think is worthy of Shakespeare: (More is discussing the possibility of expelling immigrants from England, and trying to get the people to sympathize with their plight.)

MORE.
Grant them removed, and grant that this your noise
Hath chid down all the majesty of England;
Imagine that you see the wretched strangers,
Their babies at their backs and their poor luggage,
Plodding tooth ports and costs for transportation,
And that you sit as kings in your desires,
Authority quite silent by your brawl,
And you in ruff of your opinions clothed;
What had you got?  I'll tell you:  you had taught
How insolence and strong hand should prevail,
How order should be quelled; and by this pattern
Not one of you should live an aged man,
For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.

(From the Gutenberg Project, the full text is available Here)

Here's the promised quote from Shakespeare's Lives, which you could purchase if you followed this link: Shakespeare's Lives. (I'm rather surprised, it's a very thorough story of Shakespeare and his legacy up to today, but it's selling for less than 5$.)

To put this quote in context, William Henry Ireland had been fraudulently generating Shakespearean documents, encouraging a cottage industry in false documents. In this spirit, The Telegraph published this humorous "letter" from William Shakespeare to his friend/opponent Ben Jonson:

"Tooo Missteerree BEENJAAMMIINNEE JOOHNNSSONN
DEEREE SIRREE,
Wille you doee meee theee favvourree too dinnee wythee meee onn Friddaye nextte, attt twoo off theee clockee, too eattee sommee muttonne choppes andd somme poottaattoooeesse,
I amm, deerree Sirree,
Yourre goodde friendde,
WILLIAM SHAEKSPERE."

S. Schoenbaum, Shakespeare's Lives, 2006 p. 159

The Comedy Of Errors

2009-09-17T18:43:00.004-05:00

It's been a while, we know, but we did it again. This time, it's The Comedy Of Errors. We disagreed on how good the play was this time. (It's pretty funny).

Nicholas Cage: Americans shouldn't do Shakespeare

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The Comedy of Errors (Folger Shakespeare Library)

How Shakespeare Got To Us

2009-08-23T19:14:00.009-05:00

It's our tenth episode! I honestly didn't think we'd make it this far, but we're doing great! We have more listeners everyday, and they're from all over the world. This episode, about how Shakespeare got to us, is less than half an hour, but it's good.

You can read the First Folio through this link for HTML, and this page has scans, but I warn you, it is tough reading with few of the helpful details that get us through Shakespeare today, like naming characters, and modern English.

As always, there are some books you can purchase through amazon,

The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World

Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection

Richard II

2009-08-10T23:23:00.008-05:00

Our latest episode is about Richard II. You can get it here.

Here's a video of Richard II made by the BBC.

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Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection

Since recording the Podcast, I've seen all of Slings and Arrows, and it's fantastic. If you don't want to buy it, you should go to the library, or do whatever is necessary to see it. Highly recommended.

Shakespeare's Style

2009-07-20T14:28:00.012-05:00

This is a short episode, we mainly did it so we could cover some ideas that we hadn't talked about previously. I hope you like hearing about Iambic Pentameter!

Links to what we talked about today:
Performance of Hamlet with 4 Hamlets
A collection of words possibly invented by Shakespeare
Metal Shakespeare
Zombie Hamlet

The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups This Review is pretty good

Titus Andronicus

2009-07-14T13:33:00.015-05:00

Today it's Titus Andronicus.

We had a lot of technical issues with recording this one, so there may be some audio problems; to be honest, you're lucky we got this out at all. I guess we should have said we were making all these mistakes on purpose, so as to be true to the play.

Here is the so-called "Peacham drawing", we see what is probably, from the left, two soldiers, Saturninus, Tamora, two of Titus' sons, and Aaron.

If you do some examination, you'll find that this can't be a single scene from Shakespeare, and must, therefore, be a combination of characters from different characters and scenes.

Like we mentioned in the podcast, now you can go to Amazon through this site. If you buy the stuff we link to, we will get a percentage of the sale. It'd be a help to us, but don't feel like you have to.
Titus, Starring Anthony Hopkins
Romeo x Juliet: Romeo Collection, Part 1. Here's a review on The Escapist
Titus Andronicus (Oxford World's Classics)

Episode 6: Shakespeare's Life

2009-07-08T17:43:00.005-05:00

Here's an informational episode: Shakespeare's life. A little shorter than a usual episode.

Check it out Here.

Shownotes:
Horace Howard Furness' Annotated Shakespeare on Google Books
Midsummer as performed by children on YouTube
Photos of a fan's performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, with authentic Athenian costumes!
New DVD about Playing Shakespeare: an NPR article

Shakespeare's Coat of Arms, courtesy of Wikipedia

Episode 5: The Tempest

2009-06-26T12:44:00.009-05:00

We had some technical issues with recording this one, but we managed to salvage an episode out of it. You can listen to it Here.

As promised, we have pictures of the performance we went to, and links to sources you can look at.

The Genre Issue
Three_Unities
Wikipedia on The Tempest
The book that has the sheet music. It starts on page 20.

We had a great time with the Cromulent Shakespeare Company, if you have the chance to see them, please go. They're free, but do give them a little money; even Shakespeare needs to get paid.

Episode 4: The Authorship "Question"

2009-06-16T18:00:00.006-05:00

It's good to be done with this episode. This business needed to be said, whether it's entertaining or not. You can find it directly here.

Here's an insider preview: The complete document for the podcast! You can see what we skipped and what we kept, and use the links provided to see our sources.

Our next episode is about The Tempest. I hope you listen!

Here's the Link for the Stratford Monument

PS. We're on iTunes now, so definitely go there, subscribe, and rate us up!

Episode 3: A Midsummer Night's Dream

2009-06-03T22:31:00.006-05:00

Episode 3 is up; you can access it here! This one is the true test of the podcast, as so many of our episodes will be about a specific play. This one, more than any other, needs comments and criticism from our audience, so please give feedback.

Shownotes:
*Wikipedia
*Mendelssohn's Wedding March
*A theater performance available for free Online.
*No Fear Shakespeare online
*10 phrases by Shakespeare

We also have a new icon:

Episode 2: Reading Shakespeare

2009-05-24T07:44:00.002-05:00

Many of us thought it would never happen, but the Bardcast has reached the big 2.0! That's right, episode 2 is available for your listening pleasure Here.

Shownotes:

El Dawg was kind enough to send us the final link, you can visit his El Blawg here.

Episode 1: Introduction

2009-05-11T23:55:00.008-05:00

It's been a long time coming, but the first episode of the BardCast is now available to the public! Please listen and tell us what you think. (Click Here for the MP3)

Shownotes:

New Picture of Shakespeare Uncovered. (So called "Cobbe Portrait")
Cobbe Portrait
Unless it's not
The Denial
Shakespeare and Zombies!
Zombies Play
Shakespeare sells for 5.1 million
AP Article
"House of Juliet" used for weddings
AP article
Guy claims to have unearthed 6 shakespearean documents
The Herald's Article
Supreme Court on Authorship question
Wall Street Journal Article

First Podcast Is Recorded

2009-05-10T23:19:00.002-05:00

We recorded the first episode of the podcast, and I hope to have it up tomorrow. You could vote for the first special subject we cover on the left, if you wanted to.