Shakespeare and Pals: Recapping the Bard
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Episodes: 50
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A Shakespeare recap podcast, talking about them in the order he wrote them.We also do Shakespeare’s peers, influences and influencees
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050 Trojans and Cheaters: Troilus and Cressida (1602)
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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049 Lads, Nuns and Courtesans: Aphra Behn's The Rover (1677)
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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048 Falstaff but Italian: Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff (1893)
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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047 Falstaff's Romance Scam: The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602)
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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046 Hamlette! Asta Nielsen's Hamlet (1921)
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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045 THE BIG ONE: Hamlet (1599)
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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044 Those Crazy Spaniards: Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy (1582-1592)
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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043 Love Triangles and Psychological Torture: Twelfth Night (1601)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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042 Ancient Step-Mums in Trouble: Jean Racine's Phedre (1677)
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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041 Cross-Dressing in the Great Outdoors! As You Like It (1599)
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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040 3 Years On! A Restrospective on the Podcast
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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039 You're in a cult, dad! Molière's Le Tartuffe (1664)
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May 29, 2025 |
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038 The Ides of March: Julius Caesar (1599)
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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037 Stabby Stabby: Plutarch's Life of Julius Caesar (100s AD)
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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036 Take My Mistress, Please... AGAIN!: The Two Gentlemen of Verona REDUX (1589)
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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035 The Elizabethan James Cameron: Henry V (1599)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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034 Put Away Your Sword: Aristophanes' Lysistrata (411 BCE)
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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033 Listening to Your Evil Friend: Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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032 Keanu Reeves is Trust Fund Prince Hal: Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho (1991)
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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031 Princely Hypocrite: King Henry IV, Part 2 (1597)
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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030 The Only Good Man in Literature: Orson Welles' The Chimes At Midnight (1966)
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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029 Notice Me, Dad! King Henry IV, Part 1 (1597)
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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028 A Girl in Trousers!? Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s “The Roaring Girl” (1611)
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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027 Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be: The Merchant of Venice (1598)
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May 30, 2024 |
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026 Neo-Verona is about to EXPLODE: Studio Gonzo’s “Romeo X Juliet” Eps. 1-3 (2007)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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025 The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Kings: King John (1596)
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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024 Mr Sandman, Bring Me a Midsummer Nights' Dream: Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman #19 and #75
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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023 This is a comedy!?: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1596)
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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022 “A pound of your fair flesh, Astro Boy!”: Osamu Tezuka’s ベニスの商人/Merchant of Venice (1959)
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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021 Disaster Gays: Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II (1593)
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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020 The Prequels Were Better: Richard II (1595)
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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019 Five Tudor Sonnets and Us Being Idiots
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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018 Onii-san~!!: John Ford’s ”’Tis Pity She’s a W****” (1629)
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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017 Boy Meets Girl, Boy and Girl Die: Romeo and Juliet
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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016 Carry On College Princes: Love’s Labour’s Lost
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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015 Shakespeare’s Edgelord Phase: Titus Andronicus
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May 25, 2023 |
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014 Atrocities Roman Style: Seneca’s “Medea” and “Thyestes”
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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013 Poor Artists Imitate, Great Artists Steal: The Comedy of Errors
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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012 2000-Years-Old But Feeling 60: Plautus’ The Brothers Menaechmus
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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011 The First Masterpiece: Richard III
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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010 Joan of Arc’s in This One! Henry VI, Part 1
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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009 Roman Psycho: The Rape of Lucrece
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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008 Richard III, the early years: Henry VI, Part 3
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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007 Shakespeare’s Rival: Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine, Part 1
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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006 That Play You’ve Sort Of Heard Of: Henry VI, Part 2
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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005 The Dark Souls of Poetry: Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene (Book 1)
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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004 Chaste-Boi and Cougar-Lady: Venus and Adonis
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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003 A Woman, Her Husband, Her Brother and A Priest: John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi
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May 27, 2022 |
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002 Renaissance Red Pill: The Taming of the Shrew
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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001 Take My Mistress... Please: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Apr 01, 2022 |