{"id":487,"date":"2011-08-10T22:38:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T02:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=487"},"modified":"2022-09-01T19:01:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:01:22","slug":"john-douglas-thompson-origin-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=487","title":{"rendered":"John Douglas Thompson: Origin Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1686\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-487-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/AsideJohnDouglasThompson_OriginStory.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/AsideJohnDouglasThompson_OriginStory.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/AsideJohnDouglasThompson_OriginStory.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\/AsideJohnDouglasThompson_OriginStory.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?powerpress_pinw=487-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/AsideJohnDouglasThompson_OriginStory.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AsideJohnDouglasThompson_OriginStory.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%2Fwordpress.stateofshakespeare.com%2F%3Fp%3D487\" 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 has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 22%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=480%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8268 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=64%2C64&amp;ssl=1 64w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/unknown.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One good thing about finding yourself suddenly out-of-work is . . . finding yourself.  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