{"id":4461,"date":"2015-04-09T22:07:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T02:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4461"},"modified":"2021-08-08T15:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T19:22:36","slug":"scott-kaiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=4461","title":{"rendered":"Scott Kaiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_239\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4461-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/ScottKaiser.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/ScottKaiser.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/ScottKaiser.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links 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alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% 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 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong><strong>Love&#8217;s Labour&#8217;s Wo<\/strong>n<br><strong>War\/Prologue<\/strong><br><strong>April 10, 2015<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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