Podcast 52: The Mechant of Venice… the Plot

This week’s podcast begins our month-long discussion of The Merchant of Venice with a plot synopsis and our usual discussion of this week’s blog entries.
Continue reading “Podcast 52: The Mechant of Venice… the Plot”

Podcast 51: King John… DVD Review, Concepts, Casts, and Wrap-Up

This week’s podcast concludes our month-long discussion of King John with a review of the one and only King John available on DVD, a really brief discussion of concepts and casts, and we’ll finish off with discussion of this week’s blog entries.
Continue reading “Podcast 51: King John… DVD Review, Concepts, Casts, and Wrap-Up”

Podcast 50: King John… A Little History

This week’s podcast continues our month-long discussion of King John, with a little talk about the history (and non-history) of the play, and how this works for (and sometimes against) the themes and characters of the play.  We’ll finish up with our recap of this week’s blog entries.
Continue reading “Podcast 50: King John… A Little History”

Podcast 49: King John… the Plot

This week’s podcast begins our month-long discussion of King John, with a synopsis of the play’s plot. We finish up with our recap of this week’s blog entries.
Continue reading “Podcast 49: King John… the Plot”

Podcast 48: The “We’re Back… and Off-Track” Edition

This week’s podcast is a return to the microphone, including reviews from Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival of Throne of Blood, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Henry the Fourth Part One, and American Night. And we’ll finish up with a look to the future.
Continue reading “Podcast 48: The “We’re Back… and Off-Track” Edition”

Podcast 47: Romeo and Juliet Wrap-Up

This week’s podcast continues our month-long discussion of Romeo and Juliet, including a discussion of one of the most important concepts of the play, a couple of reviews of Romeo and Juliet-related DVDs, a cast, a discussion of production concepts, then do our recap of this week’s blog entries.
Continue reading “Podcast 47: Romeo and Juliet Wrap-Up”

Podcast 46: Romeo and Juliet DVD Reviews (Part Two)

This week’s podcast continues our month-long discussion of Romeo and Juliet, including some reviews of productions available on DVD, and our recap of this week’s blog entries.
Continue reading “Podcast 46: Romeo and Juliet DVD Reviews (Part Two)”

Podcast 45: Romeo and Juliet DVD Reviews (Part One)

This week’s podcast continues our month-long discussion of Romeo and Juliet, including some reviews of productions available on DVD, a reminder about an upcoming BSP video conference, and then our recap of this week’s blog entries.

Errata:
1:10 — Text should be “Rankoff” instead of “Rakoff”
4:45 — Text should be “her impending marriage” instead of “their impending marriage”
15:43 — Text should be “our intermission” instead of “the intermission”
Continue reading “Podcast 45: Romeo and Juliet DVD Reviews (Part One)”

Podcast 44: Romeo and Juliet … the Plot

This week’s supersized podcast continues our discussion of Romeo and Juliet, with a synopsis of the play’s plot. We remind our listeners about our upcoming video conference, and we finish up with our recap of this week’s blog entries.

Errata:
20:50 — Text should be “newly wed Romeo arrives” instead of “Romeo arrives”
27:10 — Text should be “Lady Capulet notes” instead of “Juliet notes”
38:15 — Text should be “discords” instead of “discards”
Continue reading “Podcast 44: Romeo and Juliet … the Plot”

Podcast 43: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Wrap-Up, Romeo and Juliet Intro

This week’s podcast ends our discussion of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with a few final words and thoughts, and — more importantly — kicks off our month-long discussion of the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.  Plus we’ll do our usual recap of this week’s blog entries.
Continue reading “Podcast 43: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Wrap-Up, Romeo and Juliet Intro”