Something Shakespeare This Way Comes

It’s that time of year again to look back at what happened on the Ides of March many years ago and consider how badly the conspirators fumbled the ball. While I will be celebrating March 15 my favorite way, by posting...

This episode is a true example of what happens when you don't make yourself stop falling down the research rabbit hole. We're back with more The Taming of the Shrew and looking specifically the two main romantic leads...

Our long-awaited Shrew series has begun! And I have discovered that I committed myself to doing three episodes surrounding a play that maybe I don’t like? But regardless of whether I’m going to banish Petruchio to my...

The Academy recently announced its Best Picture nominees,and while there’s been plenty of discussion over how good those nominees are, not even enough people are discussing how Shakespeare these movies are. I’m here to...

This episode is brought to you by the newsletters about books that I subscribe to and my ability to sometimes overthink things. This time around we are talking books! First-person perspective! Theater! Soliloquy! Do you...

How often have you seen a quote on a beautifully colored background with the claim that the words are from William Shakespeare himself? If you’ve spent any amount of time on the internet, then probably at least a...

Do you consider something to be a Shakespeare adaptation if it features a female protagonist who dresses up as a boy? Is this basic concept now considered quintessentially Shakespearean? Or does there need to be an...

It has come to my attention that I recently uploaded this with the wrong audio attached. Cool! It's about T.S. Eliot now, I promise. This episode we are discussing my man T.S. Eliot, who wrote era defining poetry but...

Happy long weekend surprise episode drop! We are having fun this time with various tales of Shakespeare lore that I've stumbled across in my reading over the last year of doing the show but haven't included because most...

We’re back with more Ben Jonson! This episode we consider Jonson’s works, his plays for public and private theater, his poetry, and his relationship with the court. When it comes to how he conducted his career, was also...

Hi, everyone! Things got a little away from me this week, what with a national election demanding all my attention and energy, so I'm bringing back an old episode. In this episode, I talk about the Shakespeare we had to...

Welcome back, gentle listeners, to season 2 and the long-awaited discussion of Ben Jonson! Shakespeare’s colleague, friend, maybe sometimes frenemy, it’s up to us to decide. But definitely someone who knew him and...

What’s it like to go to the theater to see Shakespeare but then see a play about his works instead of seeing one of his works? Pretty rad, actually! In this episode, I’m covering The Book of Will , a play by Lauren...

Are you interested in an early 90s indie film that has some Shakespearean elements and has also become a queer cult classic? Let’s all just assume the answer is yes here. In this episode, I revisit the 1991 film My Own...

Ghostlight is an indie film that at first blush seems to be dealing with some pretty well-worn tropes: we have a family dealing with the aftermath of a traumatic event and has the lead character develops his emotional...