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#012 - Henry VI, Part 1
Podcast Shakespeare
05/22/19 • 116 min
"Awake, awake, English nobility!"
In episode #12, we look at Shakespeare's early history play Henry VI, Part 1, which sets the tone for the Wars of the Roses. It's a rip-roaring, Hollywoodised tour of history. Come along to the Gates of Ruin, pick your favourite-coloured rose, and mercilessly mock the French. Why not? Everyone else here is doing it!
You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or by email at [email protected].The Patreon campaign is up and running, with bonus Sonnet episodes!
Links mentioned:
The bloody British history that inspired Game of Thrones (iNews)
Victoria (2016 TV series)
E.M.W Tillyard and the "Tudor Myth"
A genealogy of the English monarchs
A genealogy of the French monarchs
The fleur-de-lis, symbol of the French nobility
Key source: Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and Yorke (1548)
Key source: Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland ,and Ireland (1577)
Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc)
M.M. Mahood, Playing Bit Parts in Shakespeare's Plays (1998)
The Prophet Muhammad was alleged to have trained a dove - see Waleed Aly, People Like Us: How arrogance is dividing Islam and the West, 2007,p. 21 (Google Books)
The "Cardinal's Hat" (former brothel, Southwark)
The Parliament of Bats (1426)
John Barton and Peter Hall, The Wars of the Roses (Wikipedia)
Authorship of the play:
Christopher Marlowe as the new theory (Folger Shakespeare Library, 2017)
Audio:
Henry VI, Part 1 (LibriVox recording) with John Fricker (Sentinel) and peac (Charles the Dauphin)
The First Part of Henry the Sixt (BBC TV, 1983, d: Jane Howell) with Brenda Blethyn (Joan La Pucelle), Paul Chapman (Suffolk), Julia Foster (Margaret), Alex Guard (Young John Talbot), Trevor Peacock (Lord Talbot)
Henry VI, Part 1 (Arkangel Shakespeare) with Amanda Root (Joan of Arc), Trevor Martin (Edmund Mortimer), Anthony Jackson (Duke of Exeter), David Yelland (Charles, Dauphin of France), and Company
Music:
Sergei Prokofiev, "Montagues and Capulets", from Romeo and Juliet (ballet), 1935
Anthony Holborne, Galliard: The Tears of the Muses (c. 1600)
William Byrd, The Carman's Whistle (late 16th c.)
Tchaikovsky, The Maid of Orléans (excerpts), 1879
Henry Ley, A Prayer of King Henry VI (c. 1940)
Patrick Doyle, original soundtrack to Kenneth Branagh's Henry V
Paul Mealor, A Prayer of King Henry VI (2013)
Giuseppe Verdi, Overture from Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc), 1845
#011 - Performing on the Elizabethan stage
Podcast Shakespeare
05/02/19 • 66 min
"Life upon the wicked stage Ain't ever what a girl supposes..."
- from Show Boat
New episode! In episode #11, I explore what life was like on the Elizabethan stage, from its naive origins to the messy, democratic, bawdy theatre world Shakespeare inherited. Join me as I learn about the original hellmouth, why the Puritans were so opposed to the filthy theatre, some fun things to do with a donkey, and how many days it takes to dance your way from London to Norwich...
You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or by email at [email protected]. You can subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, or download direct from Libsyn. The Patreon campaign is up and running, with bonus Sonnet episodes! We also have a Spotify playlist, which will be updated as we work through the plays.
Key links below. You can also visit the bibliography page here, which is a work in progress.
Links mentioned:
Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point (2000);
Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, The Tragedy of Gorboduc (1561-62);
Stephen Greenblatt, Will in the World (2004);
Reverend John Northbrooke's allegations against the theatre (late 16th century);
Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage (2007);
Representation of the Globe Theatre, at the website of Saint Ignatius College, Geelong;
(New) Globe Theatre, DVD online store;
Slings and Arrows (2003-2006) - Season 1 trailer on Youtube;
Ned Alleyn (1566 - 1626);
Richard Burbage (1567 - 1619);
Robin Williams in Mork & Mindy (1978 - 1982);
Richard Tarleton (15?? - 1588);
Will Kempe (15?? - 1603);
Kemp's Nine Days Wonder;
Robert Armin (c. 1563 - 1615);
Philip Henslowe (c. 1550 - 1616);
Henslowe's diary... as a blog!;
Shakespeare in Love (1998, d: John Madden). Joseph Fiennes is Shakespeare, Geoffrey Rush is Philip Henslowe, Ben Affleck is Ned Alleyn, Judi Dench is Queen Elizabeth, Martin Clunes is Richard Burbage, Rupert Everett is Kit Marlowe, and Patrick Barlow plays Will Kempe.;
Music:
"We Open in Venice" and "Another Op'nin, Another Show" from Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate: 1999 production with Brent Barrett (Fred / Petruchio), Rachel York (Lili / Kate), Nancy Kathryn Anderson (Lois / Bianca), Michael Berresse (Bill / Lucentio), and Kaye Brown (Hattie);
Music in the Time of Shakespeare – Gigue;
Thomas Morley: Dances for Broken Consort;
Blossom Dearie: Life Upon the Wicked Stage (from Show Boat);
Judy Garland: No Business Like Show Business (from Annie Get Your Gun);
Jason Alexander: Comedy Tonight (from
Sonnet XVII
Podcast Shakespeare
07/12/20 • 19 min
The Sonnet Sessions continue...
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William Shakespeare, Sonnet XVII
Who will believe my verse in time to come, If it were filled with your most high deserts? Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb Which hides your life, and shows not half your parts. If I could write the beauty of your eyes, And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say 'This poet lies; Such heavenly touches ne'er touched earthly faces.' So should my papers, yellowed with their age, Be scorned, like old men of less truth than tongue, And your true rights be termed a poet's rage And stretched metre of an antique song: But were some child of yours alive that time, You should live twice, in it, and in my rhyme.
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, “Fantasia on Greensleeves“ from Sir John in Love, opera adapted from William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1928 Nino Rota, 'Love Theme' from Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sonnet VII
Podcast Shakespeare
04/07/20 • 18 min
The Sonnet Sessions continue...
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William Shakespeare, Sonnet VII
Lo! in the orient when the gracious light Lifts up his burning head, each under eye Doth homage to his new-appearing sight, Serving with looks his sacred majesty; And having climbed the steep-up heavenly hill, Resembling strong youth in his middle age, Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still, Attending on his golden pilgrimage: But when from highmost pitch, with weary car, Like feeble age, he reeleth from the day, The eyes, 'fore duteous, now converted are From his low tract, and look another way: So thou, thyself outgoing in thy noon Unlooked on diest unless thou get a son.
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams, “Fantasia on Greensleeves“, from Sir John in Love, opera adapted from William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1928
#003 - The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Podcast Shakespeare
08/15/17 • 55 min
"He after honour hunts, I after love" - Proteus We begin our three-episode investigation of 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona', arguably the Bard's first play, circa 1589. Join me for a journey through the highs and lows of the plot, by way of Greek mythology, why the Ancients liked green honey, and our first casual bigotry alerts! You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or by email at [email protected]. You can subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, or download direct from Libsyn. We also have a brand spanking new Spotify playlist, which will be updated each week as we work through the plays.
The website for the podcast is https://podcastshakespeare.com/. On the website, you can find an evolving bibliography. Links mentioned: The Grand Tour of Europe
Hero and Leander (excerpts) by Christopher Marlowe
Isaac Asimov, Guide to Shakespeare
Harold Bloom, The Invention of the Human
Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespeare's Cure for Xenophobia, The New Yorker, June 2017
Unseen characters on television
Medieval and Renaissance manuals on chivalry
'Who is Silvia?' text
Dame Janet Baker singing 'Who is Silvia?' by Franz Schubert, with Murray Perahia on piano
And also Barbra Streisand for some reason...?
Augustus Leopold Egg, 'Launce's Substitute for Proteus' Dog', oil on canvas, 1849
Harold Goddard's The Meaning of Shakespeare Clips: Opening and closing: Henry Rowley Bishop, "Who is Sylvia?", for the Frederic Reynolds production, Covent Garden, 1821 - Philip Pickett, Susan Gritton et al
Arkangel Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2006, d: Clive Brill with Damian Lewis (Valentine), Michael Maloney (Proteus), Saskia Wickham (Silvia)
Royal Shakespeare Company, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2014, d: Simon Godwin with Mark Arends (Proteus), Michael Marcus (Valentine), Martin Bassindale (Speed)\
Marlowe Society, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1959, d: George Rylands with Olive Gregg (Julia)
Oregon Shakespeare Company, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1957, d: James Sandoe with William Oyler (Valentine), Doris Viola (Julia), Nagle Jackson (Speed), Marcia Thayer (Lucetta), Jim Sheldon (Thurio)
...#014 The Comedy of Errors
Podcast Shakespeare
06/26/19 • 100 min
“Are you a god? Would you create me new?”
New episode! In episode #14, why won’t anyone let Antipholus in? We’re discussing Shakespeare’s lightest, tightest play: The Comedy of Errors. Wander through the town square of Ephesus at your leisure. But perhaps don't accept any gifts from strangers....
You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or by email at [email protected]. You can subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, or download direct from Libsyn. The Patreon campaign is up and running, with bonus Sonnet episodes! We also have a Spotify playlist, which will be updated as we work through the plays.
Key links below. You can also visit the bibliography page here, which is a work in progress.
Links mentioned:
Plautus, Menaechmi
Harold Bloom, The Invention of the Human (1998)
1988 TV network promo from Australia’s Channel Nine: “Still the One”
Syphilis: the “French disease”
Audio:
The Comedy of Errors, produced as part of the Caedmon Shakespeare (1962), with Finlay Currie (Aegeon), Alec McCowen (Antipholus of Syracuse), John Moffatt (Antipholus of Ephesus) and Mary Miller (Luciana)
The Comedy of Errors, produced as part of the Arkangel Shakespeare, with David Tennant (Antipholus of Syracuse), Jason O’Mara (Dromio of Ephesus), and Alan Cox (Dromio of Syracuse)
The Comedy of Errors, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 1950, with Patricia Norman (Courtesan) and unknown actors (Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of Syracuse, Adriana, Luciana)
The Comedy of Errors (1983), produced for the BBC by Shaun Sutton, directed by James Cellan Jones, with Michael Kitchen (Antipholus of Ephesus), Roger Daltrey (Dromio of Ephesus), Suzanne Bertish (Adriana), Joanne Pearce (Luciana), Wendy Hiller (Aemilia), David Kelly (Balthazar)
Music:
The Boys from Syracuse (1963 cast) with Cathryn Damon singing “Oh, Diogenes!”
The Boys from Syracuse (1997 cast):
- “Sing for your Supper” ballet
- The Twins ballet
- “Let Antipholus In!” (finale from Act I)
Stephen Storace, Gli Equivoci (The Misunderstandings), opera after Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors (1786) with libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
Sonnet II
Podcast Shakespeare
03/24/20 • 16 min
#013 - Henry VI, Part 1: A History
Podcast Shakespeare
06/23/19 • 73 min
“Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.”
— Alençon, Act III, scene ii
In episode #13, a quick jaunt through the critical fortunes of Henry VI, Part 1, not an historically beloved play. From the “prequel” question to the plays role as a barometer of Britain’s feelings on nationalism, to just how many times a play can cut Talbot, Joan, or both! Come join me.
Listen to episodes at iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Castbox, or download direct from Libsyn. The Patreon campaign is up and running, with bonus Sonnet episodes! You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or by email at [email protected]. We also have a Spotify playlist, which will be updated as we work through the plays.
Key links below. You can also visit the bibliography page here, which is a work in progress.
Links mentioned:
E.M.W Tillyard and the “Tudor Myth”
Key source: Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and Yorke (1548)
Key source: Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland ,and Ireland (1577)
E.K. Chambers, William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems, 1930
Thomas Nashe, Defence of Plays from “Pierce Penniless” (1592)
Emrys Jones, Origins of Shakespeare, 1977
Jonathan Bate, Genius of Shakespeare, 1997
Marjorie Garber, Shakespeare After All, 2004
“Shakespeare And Marlowe: Attributing Henry VI Authorship” – Folger Library
Festival of Britain, 1951
BBC AnAge of Kings (1960)
John Barton and Peter Hall, RSC Wars of the Roses (1963): “The Inheritance” and “Margaret of Anjou” on Youtube
Jane Howell, BBC The First Part of Henry the Sixt (1983) at BFI Screenonline
English Shakespeare Company: Wars of the Roses (1988) d: Michael Bogdanov
Jan Kott (1914-2001), Shakespeare Our Contemporary (1961) – profiled by Michael Billington in The Guardian
Edward Hall, Rose Rage (2001), Propeller Theatre Company
Shakespeare’s Rugby Wars: Toronto Fringe Festival
Michael Boyd, This England (2001) – Royal Shakespeare Company
Yushi Odashima, complete translations of Shakespeare into Japanese: at Oxford Reference
Bell Shakespeare, Wars of the Roses (2005 – 2008), reviewed b...
#005 - Shakespeare and Stratford
Podcast Shakespeare
09/03/17 • 73 min
"Thou hadst small Latin and lesse Greek..."
In episode five, we explore William Shakespeare's family background, his childhood in Stratford-upon-Avon, and follow him from school to wedlock to the open road. Along the way, we learn what to do in Stratford in the 1500s, how many Annes there were, and why you should never burn historical books just to boil your kettle.
Links mentioned:
Giles Fletcher, Licia, Poem 28
Bill Bryson, "Shakespeare: The World as Stage"
Anthony Burgess, "Shakespeare"
Peter Levi, "The Life and Times of William Shakespeare"
Peter Ackroyd, "Shakespeare "
George Peele, "His Golden Locks Time hath to Silver Turn'd" from Polyhymnia
Shakespeare's baptism recorded at Stratford
The Queen and "Palamon and Arcite"
Stanley Wells on Twitter re: our connection to older eras
Shakespeare's "small Latin and lesse Greek"
Stephen Greenblatt, "Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare"
Erasmus: 150 ways to say "Thankyou for your letter" in Latin
Edmund Spenser, Sonnet 54
Kenilworth Castle, site of Queen Elizabeth's progress
Samuel Butler, Erewhon
Chidiock Tichborne, Elegy
Shakespeare's marriage license
Anne Whateley at Wikipedia
Anthony Burgess, "Nothing Like the Sun"
Robert Nye, "Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete Works"
Don Paterson, "Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets"
Queen Elizabeth's speech to the troops at Tillsbury
William Beeston, son of Christopher
Duff Cooper, "Sergeant Shakespeare"
Samuel Schoenbaum, "Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life"
The death of William Knell
Katherine Duncan-Jones,
#008 - The Taming of the Shrew
Podcast Shakespeare
04/10/19 • 76 min
“He that is giddy thinks the world turns round” – The Widow
We’re back with episode 8! Despite some mid-episode audio issues, we’re commencing my look at The Taming of the Shrew, circa 1592, one of the Bard’s rougher early works. Join me for a journey through the plot’s highs and lows, Shakespeare’s first googlewhack, and a heckuva lot of male privilege.
You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, or by email at [email protected]. You can subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, Stitcher, Soundcloud, or download direct from Libsyn.
Key links below. You can also visit the bibliography page here, which is a work in progress.
Links mentioned:
Patient Griselda Ovid, Heroides (Penelope to Ulysses) Dittography 10 Things I Hate About You (1999; d: Gil Junger) Deliver Us From Eva (2003; d: Gary Hardwick) ShakespeaRe-Told: The Taming of the Shrew (2005; d: David Richards) Marjorie Garber, Shakespeare After All (Penguin Random House, 2005) John Fletcher, The Woman’s Prize, or the Tamer Tamed (1611)
Music clips:
Nino Rota, soundtrack to Zeffirelli’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, 1967 (Columbia Picutres, US / Italy) orchestra conducted by Carlo Savina
-Overture -Student’s Masquerade -Sarabande -Married on Sunday
“Orchestral selections from Kiss Me, Kate” (Naxos), conducted by Richard Hayman
Excerpts:
“The Taming of the Shrew”, Shakespeare’s Globe (2011), d: Toby Frow; members of the company (Lord / Huntsmen), Simon Paisley Day (Petruchio), Samantha Spiro (Katharina), Pearce Quigley (Grumio)
“The Taming of the Shrew”, Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1994), d: Aida Ziablikova, Malcolm Storry (Christopher Sly); John Warner (Servant), and Hilton McRae (Peter)
“Kiss Me Kate” by Cole Porter, and Sam and Bella Spewack, PBS: Great Performances (2003), d: Chris Hunt; Brent Barrett (Petruchio)
“The Taming of the Shrew”, BBC Television Shakespeare (1980), d: Jonathan Miller; John Cleese (Petruchio), Susan Penhaligon (Bianca), Simon Chandler (Lucentio), Jonathan Cecil (Hortensio), Harry Waters (Biondello), Anthony Pedley (Tranio), John Barron (Vincentio), Sarah Badel (Katharina)
“Kiss Me, Petruchio” (BBC2, 1979), d: Christopher Dixon, from Joseph Papp’s 1978 Taming of the Shrew (Delacorte Theatre, Central Park); Meryl Streep (Kate), Raul Julia (Petruchio)
“The Taming of the Shrew”, Arkangel Shakespeare (2005); Roger Allam (Petruchio), Frances Barber (Katharina), Charles Simpson (Hortensio)
“The Taming of the Shrew” (Pickford Corporation, 1929), d: Sam Taylor; Mary Pickford (Katherine)
Final speech (details above):
Meryl Streep (1979); Mary Pickford (1929); Frances Barber (2005); Samantha Spiro (2011); Sarah Badel (1980)
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Podcast Shakespeare currently has 32 episodes available.
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The podcast is about History, Shakespeare, Podcasts, Arts, Theatre and Performing Arts.
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The episode title 'Sonnet XVI' is the most popular.
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The first episode of Podcast Shakespeare was released on Aug 8, 2017.
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