Mysteries of the First Folio
Mysteries of the First Folio
The First Folio has been called “incomparably the most important work in the English language.” Published in 1623, seve... Read more
27 Jan 2013
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1hr 8mins
Poet Ape, A Plagiarist Among the Playwrights
Poet Ape, A Plagiarist Among the Playwrights
Episode 6 with Sabrina FeldmanBen Jonson and other writers of Shakespeare’s time satirized a social-climbing playwright-... Read more
16 Dec 2012
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57mins
The Comedy of Othello: Commedia dell’Arte and Shakespeare the Genre-Bender
The Comedy of Othello: Commedia dell’Arte and Shakespeare the Genre-Bender
Is Othello a comedy gone wrong? Richard Whalen reveals the surprising connections between Shakespeare's Tragedy of Othel... Read more
21 Sep 2012
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57mins
The Apocryphal William Shakespeare: Episode 4 with Sabrina Feldman
The Apocryphal William Shakespeare: Episode 4 with Sabrina Feldman
What are the Shakespeare Apocrypha? And how do we explain the close ties between some of these plays and the works unive... Read more
2 Aug 2012
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56mins
Midsummer Monsieur - The French Court in Shakespeare
Midsummer Monsieur - The French Court in Shakespeare
Could A Midsummer Night's Dream contain allegorical references that satirize Queen Elizabeth's long & melodramatic c... Read more
7 May 2012
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1hr 3mins
The Law in Hamlet
The Law in Hamlet
Themes of law in Hamlet and Shakespeare's other plays and poetry. Can the intricacies of Elizabethan Law shed new light ... Read more
12 Dec 2011
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1hr 26mins
Where There's A Will
Where There's A Will
A look at William Shakespeare's Last Will & Testament. What what can we learn about what he owned, who he remembered... Read more
3 Oct 2011
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1hr 1min