Best Thomas Dabbs Podcasts (2024)

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SoS # 63 | Agnès Lafont and Lindsay Reid, Ovidian Drama 1:01:11

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Video broadcast here or at https://youtu.be/uVmVZxW2Pu8 Thomas Dabbs speaks with Agnès Lafont of Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 and Lindsay Reid of the University of Galway about their research and recent collaborations in early modern editing and performance. Lots of Ovid, for Ovid lovers: [LINKS] - The Edward’s Boys, 'The Maydes Metamorphos…

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SoS # 62 | David Kastan: Shakespeare and Rembrandt 1:24:23

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Video broadcast at https://youtu.be/UO-SQwmu82Q. This is a talk with David Kastan of Yale University about his career and about what Shakespeare has to do with art and color. It features his forthcoming book on Shakespeare and Rembrandt. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:42 - Accident, chance, adventure, and scholarship 00:12:45 - Shakespeare and Rembrandt 00…

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SoS # 61 | James Shapiro: The Playbook 54:58

2M ago54:58

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Thomas Dabbs again speaks with James Shapiro of Columbia University, this time about his recent book entitled: ‘The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War.’ [SEGMENTS] 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:20 - ‘The Playbook’ and Shakespeare in America 00:04:17 - The Federal Theater (1935-39) 00:07:22 - Hallie Flanagan and the Fe…

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SoS #60 | A Public Talk by Christopher Highley: Blackfriars in Early Modern London 1:20:13

2M ago1:20:13

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This is a public lecture by Christopher Highley of the Ohio State University on his book, 'Blackfriars in Early Modern London' (Oxford UP, 2022). Highley specializes in Early Modern literature, culture, and history. Along with his many publications, honors, grants, and awards, he is the author of Shakespeare, Spenser, and the Crisis in Ireland (Cam…

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SoS #59 | A Public Talk by Stephen Wittek: Shakespeare and Conversion 1:24:36

3M ago1:24:36

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Video version at: https://youtu.be/I_kDph02QcI?si=Z2jXDMPwrm3XQi0h. Stephen Wittek speaks at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, on his book, 'The Cultural Politics of Conversion in Early Modern England' on Tuesday, June 6th, 2023. Wittek’s work lies at the intersection between early modern drama, cultural studies, and digital humanities. His most rec…

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SoS #58 | Diana Henderson: Digital Pedagogy and Shakespearean Adaptation 1:16:52

4M ago1:16:52

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Diana Henderson of MIT about her recent work in Shakespearean pedagogy and Shakespearean adaptation in particular, but also about her influential contributions to literary study during her career as a Shakespeare scholar. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:18 - Balliol College sabbatical, current research 00:06:12 - Why humanities, art…

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SoS #57 | Thomas Dabbs: With guest host, Stephen Wittek 1:18:44

5M ago1:18:44

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Stephen Wittek sits in as co-host and speaks with Thomas Dabbs about his career, both as a Shakespearean and as a Bible teacher in Japan. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:00 - The Speaking of Shakespeare Series 00:06:40 - Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo, and how Dabbs got to Japan 00:16:45 - “Genesis in Japan: the Bible beyond Christianity” 00:34:14 - St Paul’s, Paul’s…

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SoS #56 | David Sterling Brown: Shakespeare's White Others 1:47:58

7M ago1:47:58

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with David Sterling Brown of Trinity College, Connecticut, about his recent book, entitled 'Shakespeare’s White Others', and also about other work that David has done in the field of critical race studies. [LINKS] David Sterling Brown (Website): https://www.davidsterlingbrown.com David Sterling Brown VR Gallery: https://hubs.moz…

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SoS #55 | Tiffany Stern: Ballads, Malone, and Editing Shakespeare 1:17:16

8M ago1:17:16

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Thomas Dabbs talks with Tiffany Stern of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, about her recent perspectives on ballads in early modern drama, on Edmond Malone’s 18th-century scholarship, and on her editorial work in Shakespeare and 16th-century literatureBy Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #54 | Jean-Christophe Mayer: Shakespeare's Early Readers 1:37:22

8M ago1:37:22

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Jean-Christophe Mayer about his recent book, Shakespeare’s Early Readers and about his work with the French National Center for Scientific Research and his other research and administrative activities. 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:30 - CNRS and IRCL: Roles in research 00:08:58 - Human beings in history: materialism and the…

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SoS #53 | Peter Herman: Early Modern Others 1:44:02

9M ago1:44:02

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This is a talk with Peter Herman of the University of California, San Diego about his new book, Early Modern Others and other elements of his research that focus on the relationship between literature and culture.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #52 | Eric Rasmussen: First Folio Shakespeare 1:00:15

12M ago1:00:15

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This is a talk with Eric Rasmussen of the University of Nevada, Reno, about his work in locating and cataloguing full descriptions of over 200 copies of the Shakespearean First Folio, the large book that made Shakespeare, Shakespeare. This year is the 400th anniversary of the publication of this edition, entitled Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies,…

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SoS #51 | Heidi Craig: Drama during the English Civil Wars 1:17:08

1y ago1:17:08

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This is a talk with Heidi Craig of the University of Toronto about her recent book on drama during the English Civil War period: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:00 - Drama during the English Civil Wars 00:05:46 - Old drama/new drama, when Shakespeare wasn’t first 00:08:45 - Periodization of drama 00:13:10 - Secret or underground performance 00:17:01 - Plays…

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SoS #50 | Darren Freebury-Jones: Robert Greene and Thomas Kyd 1:21:16

1y ago1:21:16

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This is a talk with Darren Freebury-Jones, Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, about his two recent books: ‘Reading Robert Greene’ and ’Shakespeare’s Tutor: The Influence of Thomas Kyd'. Along with providing a fresh view of two playwrights that deserve much more of our attention, both books explore new ways to understand …

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SoS #49 | Emma Smith: Shakespeare's First Folio 1:01:38

1y ago1:01:38

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Emma Smith of Hertford College, Oxford, about Shakespeare’s First Folio. The year 2023 is the 400th anniversary year of this monumental edition. This conversation covers the re-release of two of Emma’s books, one on the making of the First Folio and one on the history of its reception over the following centuries.…

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SoS #48 | Ian Smith: Black Shakespeare 1:13:22

1+ y ago1:13:22

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Ian Smith, current president of the Shakespeare Association of America, about his new book, ‘Black Shakespeare: Reading and Misreading Race’ (Cambridge UP)By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #47 | Gayle Greene: Immeasurable Outcomes: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm 1:45:28

1+ y ago1:45:28

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Gayle Greene about her new book, ‘Immeasurable Outcomes: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm’ (Johns Hopkins). This book covers the history of coordinated attacks on humanities education and also examines the administrative obstacles placed on teachers in general in the modern classroom. She pushes back on thes…

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SoS #46 | Jane Hwang Degenhardt: Globalizing Fortune on the Early Modern Stage 1:01:26

1+ y ago1:01:26

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Jane Hwang Degenhardt of the U Mass, Amherst about her recent book, Globalizing Fortune on the Early Modern Stage: They also discussed features of Jane’s research on religious conversion in the early modern period and her approaches to teaching Shakespeare and early modern drama. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:11 - Globalizing Fort…

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SoS #45 | Alexa Alice Joubin: Shakespeare, East Asia, Race, Gender, Social Justice 1:19:38

1+ y ago1:19:38

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Alexa Alice Joubin of George Washington University about her recent book, 'Shakespeare and East Asia'. Alexa also reviewed her recent research in race and gender studies, with regard to Shakespeare, and presented on her examinations of Shakespearean adaptation across the globe in small and in large ways. [SEGMENTS] 00:00:00…

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SoS #44 | Richard Strier: Shakespearean Issues 1:13:28

1+ y ago1:13:28

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Richard Strier of the University of Chicago about his recent book, Shakespearean Issues: Agency, Skepticism, and Other Puzzles.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #43 | William C. Carroll: Adapting Macbeth 1:11:14

1+ y ago1:11:14

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with William Carroll of Boston University about Bill’s recent book, ‘Adapting Macbeth: A Cultural History’.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #42 | Peter Holland: Shakespeare and Forgetting 1:18:38

1+ y ago1:18:38

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Peter Holland of the University of Notre Dame about Peter’s recent book, ‘Shakespeare and Forgetting’.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #41 | Michael Dobson: Director, The Shakespeare Institute 1:18:48

1+ y ago1:18:48

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This is a talk with Michael Dobson, Director of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, located in Stratford-upon-Avon. Here we talk about the Shakespeare Institute’s programs and mission and also about Michael’s recent work on Shakespeare in national repertories across the globe.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #40 | Stephen Wittek: Conversion in Shakespeare and Shakespeare VR 1:26:55

1+ y ago1:26:55

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Stephen Wittek of Carnegie Mellon University about conversion, religious and otherwise, during the early modern period and also about recent developments in Shakespeare and virtual reality.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #39 | Laura Mandell: The New Variorum Shakespeare 1:08:56

2y ago1:08:56

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Laura Mandell of Texas A&M University and director of the university's Center of Digital Humanities Research or CoDHR. The CoDHR is the publisher of the New Variorum Shakespeare, a project that is working to provide open Internet access to the full history of Shakespearean editions and annotations, and much, much more: The …

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SoS #38 | Christopher Highley: Blackfriars in Early Modern London 1:20:11

2y ago1:20:11

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Christopher Highley of Ohio State University speaks with Thomas Dabbs about his recent book on the Blackfriars district in early modern London and also the Blackfriars complex from which the district got its name. Formed as a religious house for Dominican friars, the Blackfriars complex was repurposed during the Henrican Reformation and became the …

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SoS #37 | Fiona Ritchie: Shakespeare in the 18th Century 1:16:37

2y ago1:16:37

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Fiona Ritchie of McGill University about her forthcoming book on 18th-century theatre entitled Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble: Dabbs and Ritchie also discuss the role of women in the theatre and other elements of London and regional theatre during the 'long' 18th century, a period that date…

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SoS #36 | Lucy Munro: Shakespeare and the King's Men 1:14:14

2y ago1:14:14

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Podcast at https://speakingofshakespeare.buzzsprout.com. Thomas Dabbs talks with Lucy Munro, King’s College, London, mainly about her recent book entitled ‘Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King’s Men’. Also Lucy gives her perspectives on London playhouses during Shakespeare’s time and beyond, with a particular focus on Blackfriars. This talk also co…

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SoS #35 | Mark Thornton Burnett: Shakespeare in Global Cinema 1:03:07

2y ago1:03:07

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Thomas Dabbs talks with Mark Thornton Burnett of Queen’s University, Belfast, about Shakespearean adaptations, particularly in film and across the globe.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #34 | Stephen Greenblatt: Shakespeare, Adam and Eve, and Lucretius 1:10:43

2y ago1:10:43

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Stephen Greenblatt of Harvard University about Greenblatt’s recent work on Shakespeare, the Bible, and Lucretius.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #33 | Alex Ryrie: The English Reformation and Shakespeare 58:49

2y ago58:49

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This is a talk with Alec Ryrie, FBA, of Durham University about the relationship between Reformation religion and Shakespeare and Marlowe. In this talk Alec reflects on drama and emotion in Protestantism during the 16th and 17th centuries in England and on purgatory, ghosts, souls, atheism, and church ritual. Alec is a historian of Protestant Chris…

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SoS #32 | Sarah Olive | YA, Dragons, Hot Shakespeare, Cool Japan 1:32:57

2+ y ago1:32:57

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Sarah Olive of the University of Bangor about global Shakespearean education and about her work on young adult and children’s fiction (where things Shakespearean make many appearances). Sarah is currently on research leave (2022) and is a visiting professor at Kobe Women’s College in Japan.…

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SoS #31 | Edward Wilson-Lee: Shakespeare, Books, Water, Africa, and the New World 1:19:30

2+ y ago1:19:30

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Edward Wilson-Lee of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. Wilson-Lee is the author of “Shakespeare in Swahililand,” a study of how Shakespearean plays made their way into East Africa. He is also the author of “The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books,” which examines the life of Columbus’s son, Hernando Colón, and Hern…

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SoS #30 | Peggy O'Brien: Teaching Shakespeare and the Folger Method 1:15:25

2+ y ago1:15:25

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Peggy O’Brien, Director of Education at the Folger Shakespeare Library, about the Folger Method for teaching Shakespeare (see link below). This talk also covers the Folger’s educational offerings online and on-site, including lesson plans and and other offerings for those who teach Shakespeare. The Folger Method: https://www.folger.edu/the-folger-m…

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SoS #29 | Holger Schott Syme: A Revisionist View of Shakespearean Theatre 1:56:58

2+ y ago1:56:58

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Holger Schott Syme of the University of Toronto about his revisionist understanding of the London theatre during Shakespeare’s time. The talk also covers Holger’s views on acting companies and theatre going in the Elizabethan period, and also his editorial work, specifically on ‘The Spanish Tragedy’.…

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SoS #28 | Lena Cowen Orlin | The Private Life of William Shakespeare 1:15:10

2+ y ago1:15:10

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Lena Cowen Orlin about her new book, ‘The Private Life of William Shakespeare’ and about about other areas of her research, including her findings on Tudor homes and her detailed recovery of quotidian life during Shakespeare’s time. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:24 - ‘The Private Life of William Shakespeare’: Overview 00:09:20 - S…

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SoS #27 | David Sterling Brown: Shakespeare, Race, and Social Justice 1:38:52

2+ y ago1:38:52

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with David Sterling Brown of Binghamton University. David is currently an ACLS/Mellon Scholars and Society Fellow in residence with The Racial Imaginary Institute, founded by Claudia Rankine, and in July 2022 he will join the faculty at Trinity College (USA), his undergraduate alma mater. This conversation includes a look at rec…

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SoS #26 | James Shapiro: Shakespeare in a Divided America 1:05:55

2+ y ago1:05:55

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This is talk with James Shapiro of Columbia University on his recent book, ‘Shakespeare in a Divided America’. This conversation covers highlights of Shapiro’s book on the influence of Shakespeare in American thought and on the minds of such American leaders as John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and Henry Cabot Lodge. The book al…

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SoS #25 | John Wall: Virtual St Paul's Project 1:52:18

2+ y ago1:52:18

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with John Wall about the completion of the Virtual St Paul's Cathedral Project. This project is a digital reconstruction of St Pauls Cathedral before Christopher Wren and during the time of John Donne and Shakespeare. It provides architectural and acoustic models for Christian worship in the early decades of the Church of Englan…

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SoS #24 | Sonia Massai: Shakespeare's Accents 1:36:29

2+ y ago1:36:29

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Sonia Massai about her recent book, 'Shakespeare's Accents', and about her work as an expert in early modern drama editing and in the theatre arts. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:19 - Shakespeare’s Accents 00:09:38 - Mary Hope Baldwin, Studies in Diversity, accent and dialect 00:18:05 - Acoustic diversity 00:20:37 - Wartime Shakesp…

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SoS #23 | Emma Smith: This Is Shakespeare 1:07:06

2+ y ago1:07:06

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[See SEGMENTS below]. Audio podcast at: https://speakingofshakespeare.buzzsprout.com. Thomas Dabbs speaks with Emma Smith of Hertford College, Oxford, speaks about her book, 'This is Shakespeare', and her work as a scholar and theatre consultant. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:20 - Emma’s book: ‘This is Shakespeare’ 00:13:06 - The humanities and public out…

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SoS #22 | A Talk by Andy Kesson 57:00

2+ y ago57:00

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This a talk by Andy Kesson about bearbaiting in Shakespeare's London. This talk was given to students and scholars primarily in Japan and hosted by the English Literary Society of Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.By Thomas Dabbs

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SoS #21 | Shoichiro Kawai: The Kawai Project 1:16:21

2+ y ago1:16:21

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Also available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SpeakingofShakespeare. [See SEGMENTS below] Thomas Dabbs speaks with Shoichiro Kawai of the University of Tokyo about his role as a director, playwright, translator, and scholar. Professor Kawai directs The Kawai Project, a multi-volume series that has staged productions of 'Much Ado about Not…

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SoS #20 | Roze Hentschell: St Pauls Cathedral during Shakespeare's time 1:16:30

3y ago1:16:30

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Also available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SpeakingofShakespeare. [See SEGMENTS below] Thomas Dabbs speaks with Roze Hentschell of Colorado State University about her recent book: 'St Paul's Cathedral Precinct in Early Modern Literature and Culture: Spatial Practices'. LINKS: The Virtual St Pauls Cathedral Project: https://vpcathedral.…

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SoS #19 | Andy Kesson: Box Office Bears 1:10:31

3y ago1:10:31

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Andy Kesson of the University of Roehampton. Featured in this talk is new research into Bear Baiting and also a shout out to Andy's new program, 'A Bit Lit.' Andy's research covers a host of topics on theatre history and particularly the under-studied but rich period of English drama in the decades before Shakespeare. LINKS…

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SoS #18 | Bryan Reynolds: Transversal Theater 1:48:48

3y ago1:48:48

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This podcast is also available on YouTube at 'Speaking of Shakespeare'. This is a conversation with Professor Bryan Reynolds of the University of California, Irvine. In this talk Bryan covers his personal background to show his path from truant student and motocross aficionado to the study of Shakespeare and critical theory at Berkeley and Harvard.…

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SoS #17 | Tiffany Stern: Shakespeare Institute 1:22:08

3y ago1:22:08

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Thomas Dabbs speaks with Tiffany Stern of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham. The Shakespeare Institute is located in Stratford-upon-Avon and has become a beacon of scholarship in studies of Shakespearean performance and texts. In this talk, Professor Stern's work on Shakespearean performance and documents are discussed along with …

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SoS #16 | Janelle Jenstad: Internet Shakespeare Editions 1:32:05

3y ago1:32:05

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[See SEGMENTS below] Thomas Dabbs speaks with Jenelle Jenstad about the future of digital humanities, specifically in early modern research. Janelle is General Editor and Director of The Map of Early Modern London (MoEML) and a Coordinating Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions (ISE). She is also director of LEMDO (Linked Early Modern Drama O…

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SoS #15 | Aaron Pratt: Harry Ransom Center 1:39:01

3y ago1:39:01

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This conversation is also available on YouTube under the search term, 'Speaking of Shakespeare.' Aaron Pratt studied the early modern period with a cadre of fine scholars first at Ohio State University and then at Yale University. He is currently the Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts, Harry Ransom Center at the University…

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SoS #14 | Heather Knight: Theatre Archeology 1:09:27

3y ago1:09:27

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[See SEGMENTS below] Thomas Dabbs speaks with Heather Knight about theatre during the Shakespearean period. In this discussion, Heather Knight discusses recent archeological finds at the Boar's Head, Whitechapel. This conversation also covers findings that concern The Curtain Theatre, the venue for Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. The Curtain was …

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