Well..........................It happened. And we're none too pleased about it.But we have to move forward. Kind of. So this episode is - ostensibly - about where we see parallels in the Shakespeare canon.Enjoy. If you a...

During her daily perusal of The New York Times, LA came upon an article entitled "Who's Afraid of William Shakespeare?" written by Drew Lichtenberg, the artistic producer at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington.Texting it to Ow...

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Oh dear listeners.....We are truly bummed. The world has lost a major light, a star, a talent without compare, a "National Treasure," as King Charles said.Dame Margaret Natalie Smith passed away on September 27, 2024 at the ripe...

Riddle: What do you get when you cross Tolkien with Shakespeare???Answer: Tune in to find out!!!This is a bit of a Black Swan episode, but we tie it all together. Enjoy!!To send us an email - please do, we truly want...

Stars as in astrology... but also, as in our guest!!! We are FORTUNATE to have the SUPREMELY talented (see what we did there??) Will DeVary joining us on this episode to discuss his choice of sonnet, Sonnet 14.Is he reachin...

Sooooooo..... not only is Emma Thompson a brilliant actor and wonderful human being, but she is the one who told Leda (Owen's wife) and Lisa Ann, in a bathroom in London after having seen that stunning As You Like It that we've talked so much a...

In the last couple of months, we've delved into some of the most well-known Shakespearean actors.  All of them male.It's time to shift the focus!!!!! In this episode, we rush headlong into the female side of this category - and who...

Owen went to England!!! WITHOUT LA!!!!  (Fuss, fuss, fuss. Ah well.)In this episode, we discuss all the cool and not so cool things that Owen saw in the UK this time around (including several Shakespeares of differing ...

Okay, so.... third time's a charm!! Isn't that what they say??And for our third act, we have chosen none other than a podcast (Owen) favorite... Derek Jacobi!!!(LA loves him too, just not quite as much as Owen.)To se...

We had so much fun discussing Sir Kenneth Branagh last time that we thought we'd dig into even more ridiculously talented Shakespearean actors!! So this time... we're going with Sir Ian McKellen! (Another knight... are...

Now, you knew we'd get into this sooner or later. There are those actors who are known for their work with The Bard.Kenneth is one of those. In this episode, we discuss all the work he has done in the canon - SO FAR.We've got YE...

Can you believe it???  We can't. The beginning of our fifth season!! And what better way to celebrate than to talk about Henry V???Many thanks to you, our loyal listeners, for keeping us on the airwaves AND on the straight and narr...

You know, dear listeners... we are such dear, dear friends (and have been for so many years!) that we truly feel as close to siblings as two people can get - who aren't actually biologically related. (Is blood actually thicker than water?)<...

April 23 is Shakespeare's Birthday!!! (And also his Death Day, but that's not important right now.)To honor the natal day of the Bard, in this episode we discuss all things birthday!! Where birthdays are mentioned in the canon, cakes, p...

You know, dear listeners - we have a lot to say. Certainly about Shakespeare!! And we are going to continue to say it!!In this episode we dive to the very Bottom (Ha! get it??) of A Midsummer Night's Dream.  Lovers, Fairies, Mechan...

We had so much fun delving deeply into Julius Caesar last episode that we decided to tackle one of the comedies!!  Twelfth Night is quite special to us, because we played Viola and Malvolio together a bunch of years back at Tulsa S...

Beware the Ides of March!!!So, last week we were just shooting the proverbial shite, and it was - of course - March 15, the Ides of March. Which led us to a conversation about Julius Caesar. Which led us to a conversation about the stat...

Listeners!!! We are bound and determined to get through all of Shakespeare's sonnets!!!In this episode we are joined by two dear friends and amazing actors, Amy Landis and Mark Edward Lang.  What a joy to hear them do beautiful jus...

One of our lovely listeners, Susan, asked us "Which characters would you most enjoy (or not) to have a meal with?"When we read it, we thought: What a fantastic idea for a podcast episode!!!So this is it!!! We discuss who in the ...

We warned you!! We did!! We said there are 154 sonnets and we are bound and determined to get to ALL of them!!In this episode, the lovely and supremely talent Bruce Cromer joins us to discuss Sonnet 126 - the WEIRD sonnet.  The son...

Oh listeners... a year ago the podcast was in the heart center, Stratford Upon Avon.  We were reminiscing about our lovely adventures there and thought...What about the swans?Luckily for us, LA's partner Don is an animal gu...

Happy New Year!!!2024 is going to be A LOT here is the US of A, so we thought we'd make ourselves happy right out of the gate by discussing those characters in the canon that we are drawn to (for various and assorted  reasons)<...

Friend, Romans, Dicks and Dickesses, lend us your ears!!!'Tis the season for merry making, and in this episode we do just that!!! We have invited back to the pod our dear friends Patrick Lawlor and Harper York for some holiday amusement...

Remember when you were a little kid, and your mom and dad made you go to church/synagogue/mosque even though you would rather have stayed home and watched cartoons?Yeah, us too.  But that has very little to do with this episode, ex...