The State of Shakespeare

Jack Cutmore-Scott

Nov 302019

Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2
Hamlet
November 30, 2019

A Hamlet for the Modern Age. In about a fortnight, Jack Cutmore-Scott shot Hamlet 360 – a virtual version of Shakespeare’s great play. The challenges for the actor add up to amazing rewards for the audience. Hamlet 360 is sure to cause shock waves in the Shakespeare world.

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Bradford Cover

Oct 302019

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Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act 3, Scene 1
Berowne
October 30, 2019

A life in the theater. Bradford Cover grew up surrounded by theater, became an actor and has resurrected the Pearl Theater Co. – creating the Resident Acting Company. His breadth of knowledge and experience comes to bear on Berowne, the Play On Project and the Sonnets.

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William Downes

Sep 272019

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Macbeth Act 1, Scene 7
Macbeth
September 27, 2019

What do you get when you take the First Folio, add a little Original Practice and stir in a smattering of cue scripts? You get William Downes. The Artistic Director of Classics on the Rocks joins us to discuss all things Shakespeare. We surprise him with a lightning round of questions, the answers to which surprised even us!

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Deaon Griffin-Pressley

Jul 312019

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Twelfth Night; Act 4, Scene 3

Sebastian

July 31, 2019

“If it is poetry, it’s music.” Deaon Griffin-Pressley has gone from Florida to New York, BADA and finally landed at Shakespeare and Company. His travels have given him a unique perspective on Shakespeare, Acting and how his Art will change the world.

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Brian Dykstra

Jun 242019

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Polishing Shakespeare

June 24, 2019

Brian Dykstra has written the play Polishing Shakespeare in reaction to the Play On Translation project. Should Shakespeare be translated? If this interview doesn’t reveal Brian’s answer, his play will. The reading is on July 1st.

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Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

David Pearson

May 312019

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As You Like It. Act II, Scene 7. Jacques

May 29, 2019

Shakespeare in Qatar

How is Doha, Qatar like Elizabethan London? David Pearson is 7200 miles from where he grew up and 3200 miles from where Shakespeare lived. How did he end up in Qatar and how do they do Shakespeare in this small desert country? The answers are amazing.

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Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Jenny Bennett

Apr 112019

http://media.blubrry.com/stateofshakespeare/p/www.stateofshakespeare.com/TSS/Media/JennyBennett.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS Shakespeare in Taiwan April 12, 2019 Shakespeare in America Jenny Bennett, a fourth generation theater creator, has been doing #Shakespeare since she was knee high to a grasshopper. From Harlem, to Staunton, Virginia,

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Jim Helsinger

Feb 252019

http://media.blubrry.com/stateofshakespeare/p/www.stateofshakespeare.com/TSS/Media/JimHelsinger.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS Gertrude and Claudius February 25, 2019 The Orlando Shakespeare Festival Jim Helsinger is bringing a bold vision to the Orlando Shakespeare Festival. In repertory with Hamlet, he is doing the World Premiere of

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Angus Vail

Jan 302019

http://media.blubrry.com/stateofshakespeare/p/www.stateofshakespeare.com/TSS/Media/AngusVail2.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS The Container Globe January 29, 2019 Falstaff: Henry IV, Part I Angus Vail Rocks! While running the business office for the band Kiss, Angus is building the Container Globe: a modern Globe Theater from re-purposed shipping containers. As entertaining

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Ray Dooley

Dec 222018

http://media.blubrry.com/stateofshakespeare/p/www.stateofshakespeare.com/TSS/Media/RayDooley.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS The Tempest: Act 1, Scene 2 Prospero December 22, 2018 If you have a lot of words, you have a lot of need. Ray Dooley has a lot to say. After over 40

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