{"id":6509,"date":"2019-09-27T15:43:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T19:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=6509"},"modified":"2021-07-12T13:00:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:00:59","slug":"ty-jones-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=6509","title":{"rendered":"William Downes"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7871\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6509-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/WilliamDownes.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/WilliamDownes.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/WilliamDownes.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links 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You get <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6519\">William Downes<\/a>.  The Artistic Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicsontherocks.org\/\">Classics on the Rocks<\/a> joins us to discuss all things Shakespeare.  We surprise him with a lightning round of questions, the answers to which surprised even us!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Click here to <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5172\">follow along with the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Click here for a <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5174\">First Folio version of the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Click here for a <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=5177\">scanned version of the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/WilliamDownes.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7MacbethSeptember 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? 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