There are so many ways to introduce the words used in this piece. I could say it’s an OG rap...
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Podcasts de Elizabethan
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Let us leave the Modernists for a moment, for a trip to an imaginary land, a locus amoenus, a...
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The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd
There’s a long tradition of “the answer record” in pop music, where another artist responds to a...
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A while back here there were several episodes where we discussed songwriters as literary figures,...
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As we near 170 audio pieces posted here, we now get our second set of Shakespeare’s words, but...
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My Mistress Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun
Last time we made some fun of Shakespeare’s honest love poem, his sonnet 130, “My Mistress’ Eyes...
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“Are you a god? Would you create me new?” New episode! In episode #14, why won’t anyone let...
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“Are you a god? Would you create me new?” New episode! In episode #14, why won’t anyone let...
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#013 - Henry VI, Part 1: A History
“Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.” — Alençon, Act III, scene ii In episode #13, a...
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#013 - Henry VI, Part 1: A History
“Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.” — Alençon, Act III, scene ii In episode #13, a...
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#011 - Performing on the Elizabethan stage
"Life upon the wicked stage Ain't ever what a girl supposes..." - from Show Boat New...
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#011 - Performing on the Elizabethan stage
"Life upon the wicked stage Ain't ever what a girl supposes..." - from Show Boat New...
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#006 - Who wrote Shakespeare? The Authorship Question
“The fraud of men was ever so / Since summer first was leafy” — Balthasar’s song, Much Ado...
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#006 - Who wrote Shakespeare? The Authorship Question
“The fraud of men was ever so / Since summer first was leafy” — Balthasar’s song, Much Ado...
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#005 - Shakespeare and Stratford
"Thou hadst small Latin and lesse Greek..." In episode five, we explore William Shakespeare's...
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#005 - Shakespeare and Stratford
"Thou hadst small Latin and lesse Greek..." In episode five, we explore William Shakespeare's...
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#002 - A Brief History of Theatre
"She sat like Patience on a monument, smiling at grief." -- Viola, 'Twelfth Night'...
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#002 - A Brief History of Theatre
"She sat like Patience on a monument, smiling at grief." -- Viola, 'Twelfth Night'...
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In this twist on our regular series we dramatise a fictional interview with the father of...
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Mar 31 John Donne - metaphysical poet
The rich and varied life of John Donne, the greatest of the metaphysical poets in Elizabethan...
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