The State of Shakespeare

Eric Tucker

Jan 142015

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Hamlet; Act 4, Scene 4
Hamlet
January 14, 2015

Choose the words! Eric Tucker, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Bedlam, lets us in past the velvet ropes for a look at a company that is being lauded as one of the best in New York City. Performing a piece from Act 4, Scene 4 of Hamlet, Mr. Tucker moves his audience with questions. What does Hamlet have to say about honor and would Shakespeare agree? To pause or not to pause? Is there a method to the madness, or is it just bedlam?

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Click here for the Second Quarto version.

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Click here for the Wall Street Journal’s article naming Eric Tucker the best director of 2014.

Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Marion Adler

Dec 092014

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Much Ado About Nothing: Act 1, Scene 1
Beatrice
December 9, 2014

Do the math! What do you get when you cross “It’s a Wonderful Life” with “His Girl Friday?” It’s a very merry Much Ado. Actress Marion Adler joins us from the rehearsal hall at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey‘s holiday-themed production of Much Ado About Nothing (begins December 6th at the F. M Kirby Shakespeare Theatre.) Join us in a celebration of Beatrice from Act 1, Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing.

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Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Deborah Voorhees

Nov 182014

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Billy Shakespeare – The Movie
November 17, 2014

What if William Shakespeare were alive and writing today? For writer/director/producer Deborah Voorhees, this curious question led to a feature length film. Billy Shakespeare – The Movie is an irreverent tale about a modern day Shakespeare. The film trifles with Shakespeare’s sexuality, slings arrows at his misogyny and toys with the term “lack-beard”. Join the fun from inspiration to final cut on this episode of the State of Shakespeare.

Links to Billy Shakespeare – The Movie.

www.billyshakespearethemovie.com

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Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Devon Glover: The Sonnet Man

Oct 062014

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Sonnet 29

October 6, 2014

“The words you talk, that’ll be the words you walk” Devon Glover is spreading the Shakespeare word in a unique and refreshingly new way. As The Sonnet Man, Devon is introducing Shakespeare to students by turning the Sonnets into hip hop masterpieces. Putting Shakespeare to a beat connects young students to the text and teaches them about the verse at the same time. It all adds up to one amazing interview as he discusses and performs Sonnet 29.

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Links to The Sonnet Man:

www.SonnetMan.com
www.twitter.com/thesonnetmannyc
www.facebook.com/TheSonnetMan
www.instagram.com/teedome

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Shakespeare on the Road

Sep 042014

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Dr. Paul Prescott
Dr. Paul Edmondson
September 5, 2014

It’s a British Invasion! Dr. Paul Edmondson and Dr. Paul Prescott have realized a true Shakespeare Midsummer dream.

‘Shakespeare on the Road’ is the story of Shakespeare in contemporary North America told through an epic road trip in the summer of 2014. In July and August, the team visited a range of Shakespeare festivals across the length and breadth of the US and Canada. Over 60 days, they traveled roughly 10,000 miles, saw dozens of Shakespeare productions and met hundreds of the people who – year in, year out – make Shakespeare happen across the continent. Join us to hear the story of this fantastic journey of discovery and entertainment.

Click here to visit the official Shakespeare on the Road website.

Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Drew Cortese

Aug 212014

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Richard III Act 4, Scene 4
Richard III
August 21, 2014

What do Frank Underwood and Oscar Pistorius have in common? The answer: Richard III. Recently returned from a turn as the famously crippled monarch, Actor Drew Cortese digs down to the bones of this rhetorical monster. Drew descants on his process, the art of laying the plot one word at a time, and how to avoid louring in the role after the curtain falls. Come caper with us through the most unlikely seduction in Shakespeare’s cannon (hint: it isn’t the “Lady Anne” scene!)

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Click here to follow along with the Drew Cortese version of the text.

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Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Rebecca Watson

Jul 282014

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Much Ado About Nothing; Act 4, Scene 1
Beatrice
July 28, 2014

What means the word Honor in a world of lies and broken promises? Rebecca Watson straps on her armor and drops one of the deadliest ultimatums in the history of the war of the sexes. It’s the delicious “Kill Claudio” zinger from Act 4, Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing. Man up!

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Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Grant Goodman

Jul 012014

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Twelfth Night: Act 1, Scene 1
Duke Orsino
July 1, 2014

“High fantastical?” What in Illyria is that supposed to mean? We pack our gypsy trunk and catch up with Grant Goodman to find out. Come along as we hop a mid stop, ride the text and listen as Jim schools Gerritt in a scansion smackdown. Grant Goodman plays the lovesick Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, opening July 2nd, 2014.

Click here to read Twelfth Night: Act 1, Scene i – First Folio.

Click here to read Twelfth Night: Act 1, Scene i – modern text.

Click here to read Twelfth Night: Act 1, Scene i – scansion.

Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Jason O’Connell

Jun 112014

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All’s Well that Ends Well; Act 4, Scene 3
Parolles
June 12, 2014

“Holy Parolles!” How do you make an audience fall in love with Shakespeare’s most irreverent, blasphemous and despicable characters? Fusing his modern sensibility with an innate feel for the text, mad comic genius Jason O’Connell reprises his unforgettable Parolles from All’s Well that Ends Well. (Catch Jason and SoS favorites Katie Hartke and Gabra Zackman in The Liar, opening this week at The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival!)

Click here to see Act 4, Scene 3 – First Folio.

Click here to see Act 4, Scene 3 – modern.

Click here for a fully scanned version of Act 4, Scene 3.

Artists, Interviews, Podcasts

Erin Partin

May 282014

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The Tempest; Act 3, Scene 3
Ariel
May 14, 2014

“Was’t well done?” Erin Partin, a familiar face at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, forges into the fantastical world of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. When magician and sprite tangle, whose humanity is at stake? Fun ensues as we discover what makes this tricksy spirit tick.

Ms. Partin plays Ariel in The Tempest, playing at The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey from May 28th to June 22nd. Click here for more info.

Click here to see the various speeches we cover.

Click here to see Act 3, Scene 3 – First Folio.

Click here to see Act 3, Scene 3 – modern.

Click here for a fully scanned version of Act 3, Scene 3.