NHB 134 - For Whom The Bard Tolls '17

For this month's Wildcard episode, Dan and Kevin cast ten of the most dearly departed of 2017 in their first Shakespearian roles at The Pearly Gate Repertory Theater.

NHB 133 - Folly And Ignorance

This week we’ll folly and be ignorant, identify a symbol, and get real indignant regarding The Guardian’s list of 100 Best Nonfiction Books Of All Time listing The First Folio at #97 overall.

NHB 132 - So You're Going To See HAMLET

Are you on the way to see a production of HAMLET? 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 131 - Rage Must Be Withstood

This week we’ll withstand rage, seek morality in man, and break down in great detail the genealogical analysis that proves American Meghan Markle, Prince Harry’s new fiancée, is Shakespeare’s fifth cousin 13 times removed.

NHB 130 - My False O'erweighs Your True

This week we’ll o’erweigh truth, do some homework homework, and unveil NHB’s official play-at-home game designed to accompany Tina Packer’s upcoming talk on 25 Sex Acts in Shakespeare.

NHB 129 - Shakespeare's Thanksgiving Pot Luck Menu

For this month's Wildcard episode, Dan and Kevin prepare for Thanksgiving by assembling a Shakespeare-inspired holiday pot luck menu.

NHB 128 - So You're Going To See MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Are you on the way to see a production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? 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 127 - Man Is A Giddy Thing

This week we’ll get giddy, see Lear better, and give our unbiased ear to Alexander Waugh’s recent assertation that he can prove that William Shakespeare was actually Edward de Vere based on encryptions in the title and dedication pages of Aspley’s edition of Shakespeare’s sonnets of 1609.

NHB 126 - Best Of The Duel III (Episodes 27-48)

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 27-48.

NHB 125 - How Easy Is A Bush Supposed A Bear

This week we’ll confuse flora and fauna, reign in chaos, and contrast Coriolanus, and rate the headline puns written to cover the firing of now-former Leicester City Football Club manager Craig Shakespeare.

NHB 124 - The Shakespeare High Sorting Hat

For this month's Wildcard episode, Dan and Kevin take all the characters that have been selected to Shakespeare High to date via The Shakespearian Hockey League (episode 17), Shakespeare League Baseball (episode 42), 177Shx (episode 56), Shakespeare Fantasy Football (episode 64), and the All-Shakespeare Girls Professional Baseball League (episode 94) and sort them into their respective Hogwarts houses. 

NHB 123 - So You're Going To See HENRY IV PART TWO

Are you on the way to see a production of HENRY IV PART TWO? 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 122 - How All Occasions Do Inform Against Me

This week we’ll inform against occasion, contrast Coriolanus, and pop the bubbly on Will’s behalf to celebrate the New York Times’ report that Shakespeare in Love will be the most produced play in the United States during the 2017-2018 theatrical season.

NHB 121 - The Sepia Sessions: THE WINTER'S TALE

For this month's Wildcard episode, Dan and Kevin invite all the #Bardflies to join them at their neighborhood bar as they share a pitcher and discuss the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company's upcoming production of THE WINTER'S TALE that Dan will be directing this fall. 

(And if this is your first episode - NHB promises there's much less background noise, though not necessarily any more sobriety, in the rest of the catalogue.)

NHB 120 - How Like A Winter Hath My Absence Been From Thee

This week we’ll have a season of absence, navigate circumstance in Elsinore, and Kevin will offer an extended and heartfelt apology for all the mean things he’s ever said about England and France after his week on the Continent.

NHB 119 - So You're Going To See HENRY V

Are you on the way to see a production of HENRY V? 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 118 - My Old Brain Is Troubled

This week we’ll trouble our brains, foil Queen Mab, and defend the University of Southern California’s definitely-intentional choice to spell Shakespeare without the final “E” on a statue at the centerpiece of their recent $700 million facility upgrade.

NHB 117 - We Watch WILL

For their second Wildcard episode of the month, Dan and Kevin discuss the pilot episode of TNT's new series WILL, a show that "tells the wild story of young William Shakespeare's arrival onto the punk-rock theater scene in 16th century London."

NHB 116 - Will, Actually: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Dan and Kevin return to everyone's favorite Shakespeare party game,  WILL, ACTUALLY, to discuss the most obvious themes in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. 

NHB 115 - These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends

This week we’ll delight in violence, catch the Scottish King, and reach out to the director of Torn Out Theater to see why Dan and I weren’t called in to audition for the currently running “nude, all-male, body-positive” outdoor production of HAMLET currently running in Manhattan and Brooklyn.