The Bardcast: "It's Shakespeare, You Dick!"
A cheeky, irreverent yet informative deep-dive into all things Shakespeare, hosted by two longtime Shakespeare performers, directors, and teachers. Want to support us? Thanks!! Go to: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=8KTK7CATJSRYJ
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Asses, butts, behinds, and fistulas.... what do they all have in common?
Actually, we were just amused at the thought of an episode about asses, so there you are.
What did we miss?
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Now... both of us have taught in institutions of higher learning. And both of us have engaged in scholarly discussion of the Shakespeare canon from time to time, but first and foremost, we are actors and creatives and THAT is how we look at the text.
What's the difference between how an actor views a Shakespeare play and how an academic views a play? And FYI, loving to teach and loving academia are n...
Merry Christmas!!! Happy Boxing Day!!! ( And also, Happy Belated Hanukkah!!! And Happy Kwanzah!!!)
In this episode, we talk about all the gifts that are given from one character to another in the Shakespeare canon. We also talk about traditional Elizabethan gifts... 'cuz, you know, it's presents time of year!!!
Did we miss any?? Write and tell us!!
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This its our belated Thanksgiving episode, dicks and dickesses!!! We are talking about those characters in the canon who are truly jive turkeys. Oxford Dictionary says "a dishonest, insincere, or foolish person." But it's not that simple - people are complicated!!! We only thought of a few definitive jive turkeys, albeit other characters have some jive turkey-esque qualities.
Who can YOU th...
Hello dicks and dickesses!!
We are taking this week off due to personal reasons, but we leave you here with LA and a few Shakespeare quotes about thankfulness.
Hope your Thanksgivings (if you celebrate it, that is!!) were warm and wonderful!!
LA & Owen
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To be completely honest, this episode came directly out of the fact that Owen had a colonoscopy the day we recorded.
However, we stand by it - there are TONS of ass reams in the Shakespeare canon. People are always yelling at each other.
That's what we're discussing today. Short and sweet. Can you think of any we missed?
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Happy Halloween!!!
Blessed Samhain!!!
Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh!!! (Which basically means "Happy Samhain to you all")
It is the evening where the veil between this world and the spirit world is the thinnest. It is the day of costumes and black cats and candy corn and trick or treating. It's a day filled with a lot of drama throughout history.
In this episode , we discuss which characters wou...
Today's topic comes from our dear friend, costumer extraordinaire and friend of the pod, Nancy Nichols!!! Thank you, Nancy!!!
Regret and remorse are BIG themes in a lot of the Shakespeare canon. In this episode we discuss who regrets the actions of their past, who doesn't regret the actions of their past, and who thinks they won't ever give a rat's ass but alas, that ain't how it...
Today we welcome renowned Fight Choreographer and Gentlemen of All Things Weaponish, Dan O'Driscoll, to discuss what weapons and things people used to fight and slay and otherwise hurt each other in the Shakespeare canon.
Rapiers? Halberds?? Poleaxes and pikes??? Hooray!!!
Such pointy and sharp fun!!! We love this!!!
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We realized that we have never talked about the children and babes that appear in the Shakespeare canon. And we're shocked!!
In this episode, we do just that - who are the younger generation characters? And what is their purpose and what do they add to the stories??
Get your binkies ready and jump right in to the baby pool with us!!
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Is there someone you would die for? Or something? A cause, perhaps?
In this episode (which is, of course, inspired by the play Les Liaisons Dangereuses that we are rehearsing), we discuss the characters in the canon that die for something - a person, a cause, a King.
Would you die for something?? Write and tell us!!
Come see Les Liaisons Dangereuses!!!
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 ev...
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 ...
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 ...
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
- having a high degree of heat or a high temperature.
- (of food) containing or consisting of pungent spices or peppers which produce a burning sensation when tasted.
- passionately enthusiastic, eag...
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 wh...
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,...
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