{"id":6737,"date":"2020-06-30T20:13:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T00:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=6737"},"modified":"2020-10-07T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T20:36:16","slug":"shirine-babb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=6737","title":{"rendered":"Shirine Babb"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5223\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6737-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/ShirineBabb.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/ShirineBabb.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/ShirineBabb.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\/ShirineBabb.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?powerpress_pinw=6737-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/ShirineBabb.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ShirineBabb.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%3D6737\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" 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layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In our first interview recorded during the Covid-19 era, we caught up with <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6747\" title=\"Shirine Babb: About the Artist\">Shirine Babb<\/a>, whose production of <strong>Timon of Athens<\/strong> at the Shakespeare Theatre of DC was abruptly interrupted in March, 2020.&nbsp; Before &#8220;quarantine&#8221; and &#8220;social distancing&#8221; and &#8220;Zoom&#8221; were household words we were just beginning to grasp the impact of the sudden shuttering of our theatres.&nbsp; Shirine shares her thoughts on how to survive the times, the production of <strong>Timon of Athens<\/strong> and shares Queen Margaret&#8217;s infamous speech from Henry VI, Part 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6756\" title=\"Henry VI, Part iii: Act I, Scene iv\">follow along with the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6759\" title=\"Henry VI, Part iii: Act I, Scene iv  First Folio\">First Folio version of the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6769\" title=\"Scansion:  Henry VI, Part III; Act I, Scene iv\">scanned version of the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before &#8220;quarantine&#8221; and &#8220;social distancing&#8221; and &#8220;Zoom&#8221; were household words we were just beginning to grasp the impact of the sudden shuttering of our theatres.  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