The Bardcast: "It's Shakespeare, You Dick!"

Soooooo.... for once, we are currently in the same city, in the same building, in the same rehearsal room every day, rehearsing an English play based on a French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. (See below for link for tickets!!!)

And French stuff is on our minds, for sure!! Obviously, that led us to thinking about all the French stuff in the Shakespeare canon - words, characters, situations, historical events, tout ça!!!

In this epi...

There are SOOO many times that characters break bread (sometimes humans in the form of a pie, but I digress...) together in the Shakespeare canon. 

So we were thinking... which of these famous banquets and dinners would we want to attend? Which ones would we not touch with a ten foot halberd??  

In this episode, we dive into the soup, as it were. Come on in!!

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You know... you just can't avoid a lot of stuff that happens over social media these days, and one of those things THIS week was that hilarious outing of the CEO and his bitch at the Coldplay concert.

I MEAN, HOW DUMB CAN YOU BE?????

It got us thinking though... what are the instances of infidelity and adultery (real and imagined!) in the Shakespeare canon? We can't believe we haven't talked about this before, but here...

How old ARE Romeo and Juliet? And Antony and Cleopatra?? And Rosalind and Orlando??? And King Lear????

In this episode, we discuss not only how old the characters in the canon are (or in many cases, appear to be), but also, whether or not it makes a difference to the story. And on top of THAT, we also talk about how well known actors play characters VERY different from their own age when they play certain roles.

Ageism, you say?? Nah...

It's oppressively hot in the Northeast US right now... and that got us thinking about the definition of hot...

hot - /hät/ adjective

adjective: hot; comparative adjective: hotter; superlative adjective: hottest

1. having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.
2. (of food) containing or consisting of pungent spices or peppers which produce a burning sensation when tasted.
3. passionately enthusiastic, eager, or excited.
4. INFORMAL - i...

Soooo...

After we're dead,  if any of our dear friends want to listen to one episode of our podcast because they knew us well and miss us terribly this is the one. If they do listen, they'll go - yeah. That's them.

We're talking about hoes and whores in the canon. Draw your own conclusions.

Happy National Fuck You Hoes Day!!! 

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Welcome to Season 6!!!! 

We know, right??? We can't believe it ourselves!!!!

That being said, we decided to get a little selfish and okay, self-serving, so in this episode, we talk about the characters in the canon that we - personally, for whatever reason!! - find annoying.

It's our pod, after all!!!

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As we head into our sixth season of The Bardcast, we firstly want to say - thank you, thank you, thank you to all our incredible listeners!!!!  We are SO grateful for your love and your listening and your patronage, especially in this current climate.

Which leads us to today's topic - The State of the Art in the United States right now.

To be succinct - IT FUCKING SUCKS.

Arts organizations are losing what was previously promised ...

We are SO EXCITED, listeners!!!!!!!!

Today's guest is Timothy Scott Bogart, writer/director of the gorgeous new movie musical Juliet and Romeo, dropping Friday May 9 at a theatre near you!!! 

Incredible cast - Derek Jacobi (drool!!), Jason Isaacs (double drool!!), Rebel Wilson, Rupert Everett... and a whole new bunch of faces that are going to EXPLODE when this baby opens!!!!!

We discuss the adaptation, the concept, the fantastic...

SURPRISE!!!!!

Everyone needs a good surprise now and again, right??? Well, today's episode is about lots of things in the Shakespeare canon - as well as the man and his life!!! - that are unexpected and surprising!!!! 

Even things one of US didn't realize or know!!! Can you believe it??? 

We can't!!!

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Deluded - /dəˈlo͞odəd/

adjective: deluded

1. believing something that is not real or true.

Wow. Topical, huh???

In this episode, we discuss the MANY and varied characters in the canon that are, in one way or another, deluded.

Who can you think of that fits this particular bill? Email and tell us!!!

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To suppor...

Hello, dear listeners!!

We've recently been abroad!! And one of the things we learned is that the world is sad for us in the US. Sigh. 

So we decided to look at the brighter side of life!! 

In this episode, we talk about our travels, but we also look at those moments or characters or relationships in the Shakespeare canon that give us hope!!

And that springs eternal, right???

Right!!

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Soooo... we were having a discussion about nobility. And not just the class rank kind, but what exactly is it that makes a person noble? And for that matter, what exactly delineates the difference between royalty and nobility?

In this episode, we discuss the characters in the canon - which characters are noble? Which are ignoble? Which characters are so complicated that it simply isn't a black and white answer??

Join us and find...

LA knows how fussy Owen gets when she gives him an online Shakespeare quiz that is TERRIBLE. And it kind of absolutely delights her. Because it pokes the bear (Owen).

In this episode, LA gives Owen a 44 question Shakespeare quiz from the website Quizlet.

And it is FUCKING HORRIBLE. Not only are the so-called "answers" to some of the questions completely ridiculous and WRONG, but things are misspelled. Like normal things. Li...

Living in the United States currently means that as much as we might try to not get obsessed over the shit show that is our country right now, it seeps in like a noxious gas.  So we figured - might as well make use of it!!

In this episode, we discuss how all the characters in the canon might have voted in this last round of US elections.  Some are harder to figure out than you might think!!

ALSO!!!!  We were chosen as Number 2 of the...

Have YOU ever seen a production of Cymbeline??? Owen hasn't, and Lisa Ann has only seen it once.

HOWEVER!!!! We ARE seeing it at The Globe in London in March, and we decided to delve a little further into the play that really is quite seldom done.

NOTE:  LA is sounding rough from the shittiest flu EVER. Apologies. (Sneeze, cough, wheeze, rasp.)


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Happy 2025, listeners!!!

What are YOUR resolutions for this new year?? We have some... but more importantly, what resolutions do the characters in the canon have??

In this episode we discuss those and play some resolution=quotes from plays=what character and play games.

Whoooo Hooooo!!! Happy New Year, you dicks!! (And dickesses!!)


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As a follow up to our last episode, today we discuss the best roles in the Shakespeare canon.

SPOILER: There are A LOT more good ones than bad ones.

Check out Season 2 Episode 41 for our "A Visit From Saint Falstaff!!!"

Merry and Warm Everything and Happy New Year - you dicks and dickesses!!! (I - LA - want to note here that my laptop always changes dickesses to dickenses, which is amazingly app...

Whoever said there are no small roles, only small actors... is full of shit.

YES THERE ARE!!!! There are hundreds of small roles in the Shakespeare canon, and a lot of them SUCK. (As do some not so small roles.)

In this episode, we slap that stupid phrase right out of the proverbial mouth and discuss all the roles we can think of that fit this particular (crappy) bill.


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