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 thi...

Deluded - /dəˈlo͞odəd/adjective: deludedbelieving 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 ...

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 a...

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 epi...

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 ...

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 ep...

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 se...

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 f...

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!!!"Mer...

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, w...

                         "Travelers ne'er did lie, Though fools at home condemn 'em."                      ...

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?)<...