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Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare Unlimited

Home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare materials. Advancing knowledge and the arts. Discover it all at www.folger.edu. Shakespeare turns up in the most interesting places—not just liter... Read more

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Shakespeare and Marlowe

Shakespeare and Marlowe

A few months ago, Oxford University Press decided that in the New Oxford Shakespeare, the plays Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, an... Read more

21 Feb 2017

35mins

Ranked #2

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Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare's Tyrants

Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare's Tyrants

“How is it possible for a whole country to fall into the hands of a tyrant? That’s a deeply unsettling question that Sha... Read more

26 Jun 2018

37mins

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Shakespeare and Religion

Shakespeare and Religion

The period when Shakespeare was writing was one torn by disagreements over the proper method of observing Christianity i... Read more

31 May 2016

26mins

Ranked #4

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Myths About Shakespeare

Myths About Shakespeare

"It is not so. Thou hast misspoke, misheard.Be well advised; tell o'er thy tale again.It cannot be; thou dost but say 't... Read more

22 Apr 2015

25mins

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The Year of Lear

The Year of Lear

1606 was a critical year for Shakespeare’s creative career. It was the year in which he wrote KING LEAR, MACBETH, and AN... Read more

23 Sep 2015

29mins

Ranked #6

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Shakespeare and Magic

Shakespeare and Magic

In Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST, the magician Prospero conjures up a storm, charms his daughter to sleep, and uses his powe... Read more

8 Mar 2016

32mins

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Deborah Harkness: A Discovery of Witches

Deborah Harkness: A Discovery of Witches

In 1994, Deborah Harkness was doing research at Oxford University’s Bodleian Library when she stumbled across the Book o... Read more

19 Mar 2019

35mins

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How Shakespeare Changed My Life

How Shakespeare Changed My Life

Hear Sir Ben Kingsley, Earle Hyman, Liev Schreiber, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach, Estelle Parsons, and others open up a... Read more

17 Apr 2018

33mins

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Othello and Blackface

Othello and Blackface

This podcast episode, which deals with race, Othello, and how the Elizabethans portrayed blackness onstage, offers a sta... Read more

14 Jun 2016

34mins

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Barry Edelstein: Thinking Shakespeare

Barry Edelstein: Thinking Shakespeare

How do actors breathe life into Shakespeare’s texts? How do they take language that’s centuries old and make it sound so... Read more

19 Sep 2017

35mins

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Women Performers in Shakespeare's Time

Women Performers in Shakespeare's Time

Think there were no women onstage in Shakespeare’s time? Think again. We talk to scholar Clare McManus about where and h... Read more

12 Nov 2019

35mins

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Auditioning for Shakespeare

Auditioning for Shakespeare

Laura Wayth, our guest for this episode of Shakespeare Unlimited, is Assistant Professor of Theatre at San Francisco Sta... Read more

12 Jan 2016

30mins

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In Search of the Real Richard III

In Search of the Real Richard III

"I, that am rudely stamped..."(Richard III, 1.1.16)Shakespeare not only talked about his own times; he also wrote histor... Read more

20 Mar 2015

29mins

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Myths About Shakespeare (rebroadcast)

Myths About Shakespeare (rebroadcast)

Even if you’re not a Shakespeare scholar, there are things you have learned about Shakespeare and his plays throughout y... Read more

17 Oct 2017

26mins

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Pronouncing English as Shakespeare Did

Pronouncing English as Shakespeare Did

"Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronouncedit to you, trippingly on the tongue."—HAMLET (3:2:1–2)When Shakespeare wro... Read more

20 Mar 2015

28mins

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Acting, Emotion, and Science on Shakespeare's Stage

Acting, Emotion, and Science on Shakespeare's Stage

How do actors do what they do? How do they stir up emotions, both in themselves and in us as we watch them? Joseph Roach... Read more

5 Mar 2019

34mins

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Shakespeare and Girlhood

Shakespeare and Girlhood

How does Shakespeare portray girls and girlhood in his plays, and what do those portrayals tell us about life in Elizabe... Read more

1 Nov 2016

27mins

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Romeo and Juliet Through the Ages

Romeo and Juliet Through the Ages

"For never was a story of more woeThan this of Juliet and her Romeo."—ROMEO AND JULIET(5.3.320)Though the tragic love st... Read more

20 Mar 2015

31mins

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Why Shakespeare's Stories Still Resonate

Why Shakespeare's Stories Still Resonate

"I prithee speak to me as to thy thinkings," (Othello, 3.3.152)How do Shakespeare's works, written so long ago, still sp... Read more

20 Mar 2015

16mins

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Derek Jacobi: Playing Hamlet

Derek Jacobi: Playing Hamlet

Renowned actor Derek Jacobi talks about the Shakespearean role for which he is best known, Hamlet. Beginning at the Edin... Read more

20 Feb 2018

29mins

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