NHB 062 - So You're Going To See AS YOU LIKE IT

Are you on the way to see a production of AS YOU LIKE IT? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 061 - There Is A World Elsewhere

This week we'll explore other worlds, sympathize with He Who Shall Not Be Named, and examine the similarities between Ted Cruz's comments on Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention and Mark Antony's comments on Brutus at Julius Caesar's funeral.

NHB 060 - Best Of The Duel II (Episodes 11-26)

We keep our monthly Wildcard episode but so-so this week as we take a trip down memory lane to revisit our favorite Duel answers from Episodes 11-26.

NHB 059 - Dissemble All Your Griefs And Discontents

This week we'll dissemble our discontents, decide who deserves to rule the island, and extend an offer from the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company to pick up the homeless Hamlet production currently wandering aimlessly around NYC.

NHB 058 - So You're Going To See TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

Are you on the way to see a production of TROILUS AND CRESSIDA? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 057 - Wisely And Slow

This week we’ll go wise and slow, analyze dream analysis, and take a deeper look at the marketing strategy Shakespeare employed when applying for his coast-of-arms in 1596, as elaborated on in documents recently uncovered by Sylvia Morris at The Shakespeare Blog.

NHB 056 - 177Shx

After populating the hockey team (episode 17) and baseball team (episode 42) at Shakespeare High, Dan and Kevin turn to the Drama Department to cast a production of Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards' 1776 with characters from Shakespeare's canon. This episode features what we believe to be the only "U-S-A!" chant to ever appear on a Shakespeare podcast.

NHB 055 - The Incomplete Histories Debrief

Dan and Kevin debrief on three major things each they learned after the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company one-day, twelve hour presentation of eight of Shakespeare's histories (Richard II, Henry IV 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI 1, 2, and 3, and Richard III). After this one we probably won't talk about the histories for a while, so enjoy!

NHB 054 - The Ills We Do, Their Ills Instruct Us So

This week we'll instruct how to do ill, step outside of Shakespeare for a moment, and read each and every one of University of Toronto associate professor Hogler Syme's 500+ tweet take-down of what he describes as the "tremendously awful" new book THE ONE KING LEAR by Sir Brian Vickers. This week's episode features a reading by Christine Penney of the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company.

NHB 053 - So You're Going To See LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST

Are you on the way to see a production of LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 052 - It Is But So So

This week we'll do so-so work, love not at first sight, and respond to the recent all-nude Central Park production of THE TEMPEST by recording an all-nude episode of No Holds Bard.

NHB 051 - The Incomplete Histories

For an upcoming Seven Stages Shakespeare Company one-day, twelve hour presentation of eight of Shakespeare's histories (Richard II, Henry IV 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI 1, 2, and 3, and Richard III), Dan and Kevin have been tasked with cutting four of the plays apiece and haven't yet had the chance to debrief about their cutting experience. They also needed to come up with something to post as a Wildcard episode for this week. Thus, this half hour. Enjoy!

NHB 050 - Home-Keeping Youth Have Ever Homely Wits

This week we'll flex our homely wits, view historical protagonists, and go after Ian McKellen for coming on to our corner with his new Shakespeare app. To celebrate our fiftieth episode, we also took some time at the end to answer questions about ourselves, which we won't do again for at least another fifty. We promise.

NHB 049 - So You're Going To See TAMING OF THE SHREW

Are you on the way to see a production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 048 - Speak What We Feel, Not What We Ought To Say

This week we'll speak what we feel, assess entitlement, and come to grips with the realization that former NFL running back Eddie George played the title role in OTHELLO and JULIUS CAESAR at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. This week's episode features a reading from Cali Gilman (www.caligilman.com) and Kalen J. Hall (www.kalenjhall.com).

NHB 047 - Good Night, Sweet (Prince Symbol)

In this month's Wildcard episode, we pay our respects to Prince. This episode features a reading from CJ Lewis, as recorded during the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company's Shakespeare Beat Night at The Press Room in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on April 21, 2016.

NHB 046 - To Thine Own Self Be True

This week we'll be true to ourselves, make much ado about current events, and send out the last round of invitations for the birthday party we're throwing for Billy this weekend. This week's episode features a reading by Kevin's dad, Tom Condardo.

NHB 045 - So You're Going To See ROMEO AND JULIET

Are you on the way to see a production of ROMEO AND JULIET? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 044 - Few Love To Hear The Sins They Love To Act

This week we hear acted sins, dream on gender, and Dan will fiddle a bit regarding when he went down to Georgia.

NHB 043 - We Are Not Throwing Away Our Shot To Talk About HAMILTON

This week we highlight the Shakespearian qualities of that Broadway hit about the second most accomplished Federalist in American history, HAMILTON.