{"id":4298,"date":"2015-08-13T20:59:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T00:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2022-09-25T16:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T20:56:03","slug":"jeff-watkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4298","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1825\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4298-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/JeffWatkins.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/JeffWatkins.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/JeffWatkins.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/JeffWatkins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?powerpress_pinw=4298-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/JeffWatkins.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"JeffWatkins.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/in\/podcast\/the-state-of-shakespeare\/id478609859?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fstateofshakespeare.com%2F%3Fp%3D4298\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4sUrD1Xw2LZYxf8TUdXU7m\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Arts--Culture-Podcasts\/The-State-of-Shakespeare-p960444\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLWEywaKq6znUzOYmMa56pvQ5gozrgM6k5\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_youtube\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Youtube Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Youtube Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?resize=488%2C680&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6891 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?w=488&amp;ssl=1 488w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?resize=50%2C70&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>The New American Shakespeare Tavern<strong> <\/strong><br><strong>August 13, 2015<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.45334%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jeffwatkins.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=262&#038;ssl=1 262w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"192\" data-id=\"8393\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=8393\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jeffwatkins.jpg\" data-width=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/jeffwatkins.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:33.54666%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Titus-Andorinicus_A.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Titus-Andorinicus_A.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Titus-Andorinicus_A.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"746\" data-id=\"8395\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=8395\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Titus-Andorinicus_A.jpg\" data-width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Titus-Andorinicus_A.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ST_King-Lear-a.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ST_King-Lear-a.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ST_King-Lear-a.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1024&#038;ssl=1 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"733\" data-id=\"8394\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=8394\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ST_King-Lear-a.jpg\" data-width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ST_King-Lear-a.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/imgres.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=240&#038;ssl=1 240w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"96\" data-id=\"8392\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=8392\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/imgres.jpg\" data-width=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/imgres.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Three is the charm! &nbsp;After a cat and mouse game with&nbsp;three media giants,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4295\">Jeff Watkins<\/a>&nbsp;has spent the last 25 years bringing Shakespeare to Atlanta. &nbsp;The New American Shakespeare Tavern is dedicated to bringing Original Practice productions of the Bard to life. &nbsp;Jeff and his company of actors have a passionate desire to speak the words as written to create a communion between actor and audience. &nbsp;You must hear&nbsp;it to believe it &#8211; his words are worth a thousand pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Contributing editor: &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=4733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucy Freyer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/JeffWatkins.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS The New American Shakespeare Tavern August 13, 2015 Three is the charm! &nbsp;After a cat and mouse game with&nbsp;three media giants,&nbsp;Jeff Watkins&nbsp;has spent the last 25 years bringing Shakespeare to Atlanta. &nbsp;The New American Shakespeare<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4298' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5,254],"tags":[96,20,641,635,633,218,17,636,217,26,199,454,25,22,95,117,694,638,16,14,640,24,639,637,66,71,114,39,81,49,634],"class_list":["post-4298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-interviews","category-podcasts","tag-acting","tag-actor","tag-atlanta","tag-atlanta-shakespeare-company","tag-double-entendre","tag-gerritt-vandermeer","tag-iambic-pentameter","tag-jeff-watkins","tag-jim-elliott","tag-making-choices","tag-metaphor","tag-original-practice","tag-playable-moments","tag-playing-shakespeare","tag-preparation","tag-prose","tag-ralph-cohen","tag-running-a-theater","tag-scansion","tag-shakespeare","tag-shakespeare-in-a-bar","tag-speaking-verse","tag-speech","tag-the-new-american-shakespeare-tavern","tag-the-state-of-shakespeare","tag-theater","tag-thought","tag-turning-points","tag-verse","tag-vocal-technique","tag-wit","category-10-id","category-5-id","category-254-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/imgres1-e1417538949212.jpg?fit=178%2C189&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Frfq-17k","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4298"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8398,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298\/revisions\/8398"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}