Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2 of A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare!
Today's guest is Emily Carding. In this episode, they talk with host Annabelle Higgins about a brilliantly outspoken woman who can talk a king down to earth again, a Danish prince caught up in his mortal coil and a man who stops at nothing to ascend to power, killing and clearing the way until his conscience pricks him too late.
Emily Carding is a professional actor, writer and artist living by the sea in beautiful East Sussex. They hold a BA (hons) in Theatre Arts from Bretton Hall and an MFA in Staging Shakespeare from the University of Exeter. They have now appeared in versions of 24 of Shakespeare’s plays on stage and screen and won multiple awards for their innovative approach to Shakespearean performance including Brite Theater’s immersive solo adaptations of Richard III and Hamlet, and their own Quintessence, a sci-fi solo show which imagines a future in which an AI recreates humanity using the complete works of Shakespeare as a guide. They are also the author of So Potent Art: The Magic of Shakespeare for Llewellyn publishing and the creator of several innovative Tarot decks as well as other books and essays on various esoteric, mythical and mystical subjects.
Find them on Twitter and Instagram at @emilycarding, and check out their website emilycarding.com.
Enjoy!
