This week we'll try to sell you on six of our favorite Shakespeare books. Featured are...
THE YEAR OF LEAR: SHAKESPEARE IN 1606 by James Shapiro
SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICA edited by James Shapiro
SACRED ART OF SHAKESPEARE: TO TAKE UPON US THE MYSTERY OF THINGS by Martin Lings
THINKING SHAKESPEARE by Barry Edelstein
SHYLOCK: A LEGEND AND ITS LEGACY by John Gross
KILL SHAKESPEARE by Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery
Here's your Christmas gift from your friends at No Holds Bard: Clement Clarke Moore's A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS converted to a Shakespearian monologue in iambic pentameter. It was either this or socks, so we hope you like it.
Performed by Dan Beaulieu
Written by Kevin Condardo
Are you on the way to see a production of THE WINTER'S TALE? 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.
In response to an @bwestcineaste tweet asking "What's the ideal order in which to tackle playing The Big Parts?", Dan and Kevin spend this month's wildcard week identifying The Big Parts for both an actor and an actress and coming up with the ideal order to tackle them.
Are you on the way to see a production of PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE? 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.
In this month's wildcard episode, Dan and Kevin share their favorite Shakespearian fan theories, including who the Scottish witches may have been in a previous life, what makes Malvolio such a stickler for the law, and who Beatrice's father may have been (based on NO HOLDS BARD's groundbreaking Unified Antonio Theory).
Are you on the way to see a production of MACBETH? 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.
In this week's episode, Dan and Kevin draft their starting hockey lineups from Shakespeare's canon. If you're not a hockey fan, we'll see you next week when we return to our regular programming.
Are you on the way to see a production of THE TEMPEST? 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.