The Doggerel and Pony Show - A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Phillip and David welcome special guest, Kendra McGaha (of the I Trip Over Flat Surfaces podcast) to dive into the play within the play of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Sure, you know it for its fairies, its star-crossed lovers (oops, wrong play), and its wonderful language, but did you also know it has a good claim on some great doggerel, too?
The "rude mechanicals" (as Puck calls them) put on a farcical tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe at the Duke's wedding day at night - and it is some of William Shakespeare's finest and funniest doggerel! David and Kendra lead Phillip, a newcomer to the Bard, into the wordplay, the bawdy language, and the sheer brilliance of one of Elizabethan England's bright lights.
Take a trip to Ninny's tomb with us, and remember, we talk about poetry so you don't have to!
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