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Read This TodayThe Merchant of Venice: Justice, Mercy, and the Pound of FleshA desperate bond, a vengeful demand, and a courtroom that tests the very limits of law and compassion. "The Merchant of Venice" sparks vital conversations about justice, prejudice, and the profound difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of mercy.Works CitedAlford, Stephen. "Usury and 'The Merchant of Venice'." Folger Shakespeare Library, 5 Dec. 2017.AL.Farhan, Eqbal A. "A Critical Analysis William Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice"." Multi-Knowledge Electronic Comprehensive Journal for Education and Science Publications (MECSJ) 24, Sep 2019.Ambrosino, Brandon. "Four Hundred Years Later, Scholars Still Debate Whether Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice” Is Ant...
2025-06-2030 min
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Henry IV, Part 1 & Part 2
By William Shakespeare
Narrated by Laura E. Richcreek, Blaise Doran, Alan Weyman, Rory Barnett, Tim Dehn, Graham Scott, Geraint Pickard, Noni Lewis, Roberta Jackson, Denis Daly, Christopher Dukes, Sarah Jane Rose, Josh Innerst, Gregory Dwyer and Shane Emmett
This full cast presentation includes Part 1 and Part 2 of Shakespeare’s Henry IV.In 1598 appeared a Quarto with the following title:The History of Henrie the Fourth; With the Battell at Shrewsburie, betweene the King and Lord Henry Percy, surnamed Henrie Hotspur of the No...
2025-01-2104 min
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Eight Shakespeare Comedies
Presented by Voices of Today
The collection contains eight of Shakespeare's best loved comedies. They all exhibit the vigour, humour and brightness of the young master before he turned to the gloom and bitterness of the great tragedies.
Contents
A Midsummer Night's Dream
All's well That Ends Well
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
The Comedy of Errors
As You Like It
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
Featuring the voices of Aisling Gray, Alan Weyman, Alexandra...
2024-12-1004 min
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Written between 1596 and 1598 and published in 1600, The Merchant of Venice most notably touches on the troubling subject of antisemitism. While critical debate rages about Shakespeare’s actual attitudes toward Jewish culture, it is difficult to deny that the eventual fate of Shylock is not in accord with today’s view of social justice.
Antonio, a wealthy and popular merchant, finds himself in financial difficulty due to the late. return of some ships with rich cargoes. In need of immediate cash, he approaches a Jewish money lender, Shylock, who...
2024-06-2604 min
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Measure for Measure
By William Shakespeare
Narrated by Gary MacFadden, David Shears, Graham Scott, Josh Innerst, Kendra Murray, Blaise Doran, Simon Paxton, Roberta Jackson, Alexandra Lee Smith, Alan Weyman and Denis Daly
Measure for Measure is one of darkest of Shakespeare’s comedies. Written in about 1603 and first performed in 1604, it immediately preceded the composition of the major tragedies Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.
Duke Vincentino, the ruler of Vienna, fears that under his mild sovereignty, the people may have become lazy and lax. He decides to “go o...
2024-06-0404 min
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As You Like It
Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, and As You Like It are usually regarded as Shakespeare’s crowning achievements in the world of mirth and humor. In this group of plays, written during the playwright’s Second Period (1595–1600), the author depicts chiefly the cheerful, energetic side of life.
In As You Like It, a wicked Duke expels his virtuous brother, the lawful ruler, from his domains. The banished Duke takes refuge with his followers in the Forest of Arden, where they live as free a...
2024-05-0704 min
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This play is a dramatization of Boccaccio's story of Gillette of Narbonne. Only the comic parts were of Shakespeare's invention; he added the characters of the pusillanimous Parolles, the lofty courtier Lafew, the Clown Lavatch, and the long suffering Countess. He gave new depth and vitality to the leading characters, who are mere outlines in Boccaccio’s tale.
The comedy has for its heroine a young woman who loves the haughty Bertram with an unrequited and despised passion, cures the King of France of a dangerous sickness, cl...
2023-08-0804 min
PlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #012 (David Crystal chats with Ron Severdia about Shakespeare and language.)Ron Severdia chats with professor David Crystal about Shakespeare's Original Pronunciation, his Hamlet Quarto discovery, Shakespeare's Words, and his love for "Twitterrhea".
2016-06-1000 min
Chop Bard141 Don't Fear the LearKing Lear – We begin series number ten with an introduction to Shakespeare's hardcore tragedy about a King and his three daughters. We talk history, Quarto vs.Folio, and breakdown an impossible persona. Peter Brook, Lear Ian Holm, Lear Olivier, Lear PBS RSC 2009, Ian McKellen, Lear 2014 Stratford Festival Lear Globe Lear 2014 First Encounter: RSC King Lear Shakespeare Uncovered: King Lear with Christopher Plummer Sling & Arrows Season 3 Talking Lear: Simon Russell Beale on King Lear King Lear – Nothing will come from nothing Fool...
2015-07-081h 12PlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #011 (Ralph Fiennes Discusses Coriolanus)David Cote interviews Ralph Fiennes at the Rubin Museum of Art about his love for Shakespeare and new film Coriolanus.
2012-03-2500 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #010 (Nicholas Barter in Shanghai)Editor in Chief Christopher Adams interviews Nicholas Barter, former Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), in Shanghai.
2012-02-1900 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #009 (Cast of The New Theatre's Midsummer Night's Dream)Editor in Chief Christopher Adams interviews the cast of The New Theatre's touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in China.
2011-12-1500 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #008 (Ben Crystal Talks About OP)Ron Severdia sits down with actor Ben Crystal to discuss playing the title role in Hamlet in original pronunciation.
2011-11-2100 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #007 (Factory Theatre and Hamlet)PlayShakespeare.com Editor in Chief Chris Adams talks to the cast of a new kind of Hamlet at the Factory Theatre in London.
2011-05-0800 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #006 (Swivel Theatre)PlayShakespeare.com Editor in Chief Chris Adams talks to the group behind the newly formed Swivel Theatre in London.Their inaugurual production of Othello won rave reviews.
2011-05-0700 minChop Bard55 The Episode for TeachersIn this special episode for teachers, we take on Shakespeare in the classroom- it's all about identifying the obstacles, and perusing strong objectives. Intemporal Timeless The Shakespeare Programing Language Netter Worthington PBS – Great Performances G.Robin Smith Franco Zeffirelli, Romeo & Juliet Baz Luhrmann, Romeo + Juliet Arden Shakespeare Editions Barnes & Noble Shakespeare The Friendly Shakespeare; Norrie Epstein Shakespeare After all; Marjorie Garber Shakespeare and Modern culture; Marjorie Garber Oxford Companion to Shakespeare Speaking Shakespeare; Patsy Rodenburg playshakespeare.com Libravox Dead Poets Society Renaissance Man Heather Ordover
2011-04-191h 02PlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #005 (Marlowe vs. Shakespeare)A thrilling look at two giants of the Elizabethan stage. Born in the same year as Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe died at the age of 29, having revolutionized English dramatic poetry with his dark, exuberant and wildly theatrical plays. The rivalry between these two great poets and Marlowe’s influence on Shakespeare’s work are the subjects of this evening, which features readings from the works of both playwrights and commentary by one of the world’s greatest Shakespeare scholars, James Shapiro (1599, Rival Playwrights and the forthcoming Contested Will). Performers include Obie Award winning actor John Douglas Thompson (Othello, The Emperor Jones), Red Bu...
2009-12-2500 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #004 (Lesley Currier)Lesley Currier discusses her past twenty years as Managing Director at the Marin Shakespeare Company and their current 2009 season. Interviewed by Denise Battista, Editor-in-Chief of PlayShakespeare.com.
2009-06-3000 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #003 (Steven Skybell)Stage and screen actor Steven Skybell talks about his relationship with Shakespeare, Hamlet at the Globe, Richard II, and the power of verse. Interviewed by Michael Sexton, Artistic and Executive Director of The Shakespeare Society.
2009-03-0700 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #002 (Laila Robins)Actress Laila Robins discusses her Shakespeare memories, discovering the text and Antony & Cleopatra. Interviewed by Michael Sexton, Artistic and Executive Director of The Shakespeare Society.
2009-01-1900 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksThe Merchant of Venice - No Nude MenA one-night only reading of Shakespeare's perpetually controversial The Merchant of Venice featuring commentary from premiere West Coast Shakespeare scholar Denise Battista. Following will be an audience discussion led by a panel of writers and artists including world-renowned Jewish-American author and fantasist Peter S. Beagle and John Fisher, Artistic Director of Theater Rhinoceros, San Francisco's oldest queer theater company. Performed by: Nathan Tucker (Shylock), Kendra Arimoto (Portia), Stuart Bousel (Bassanio), Christopher P. Kelly (Antonio), Shaun Landry (Nerissa), Lisa Swanson (Jessica), Tony Sommers (Lorenzo), David Bicha (Gratiano), Carl Lucania (Salanio), Rik Lopes (Salarino), Jason Wong (Prince of Morocco), Sean Fenton (Prince...
2009-01-0200 minPlayShakespeare.com Podcast: Shakespeare TalksShakespeare Talks #001 (Ron Rosenbaum)In the first episode of Shakespeare Talks, director Davis McCallum sits down with author of The Shakespeare Wars, Ron Rosenbaum to discuss directing Shakespeare, speaking verse, and King Lear.
2009-01-0100 min