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Join Connor, Jess, and Amanda as they discuss an essay from James Shaprios book Shakespeare in a Divided America. 

Link to the book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future-james-shapiro/12077112?ean=9780525522317

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Join Amanda, Jess, and Conner and they discuss an essay from James Shapiros book Shakespeare in a Divided America. 

Link to the book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shakespeare-in-a-divided-america-what-his-plays-tell-us-about-our-past-and-future-james-shapiro/12077112?ean=9780525522317

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Twitter: @willsworldpod

Music: freemusicarchive.org- Crowander, Jerrys Back


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Join Conner, Amanda, and Jess as they discuss how supernatural beliefs influenced Shakespeares work. 

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Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back


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Join Amanda and Conner as they discuss the final installment of their problem plays series. 

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Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Join Amanda, Connor, and Jess as they discuss Troilus and Cressida one of Shakespeares problem plays.

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Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Join Amanda, Connor, and Jess as they discuss Measure for Measure one of Shakespeares problem plays. 

Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions  Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

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It's been one year since our first episode! Take a listen to our first ever episode, and stay tuned for a new episode next month! 

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Join Amanda, Jess, and Conner as they suggest the history around Shakespeares Julias Caesar just in time for the Ides of March. 

Email Us: Everymotherssonproductions@gmail.com Instagram: @everymothersonproductions Music: freemusicarchive.org Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Join Conner and special guest Jessica Trznadel as they discuss her new adaption of Shakespeares War of the Roses Plays. You can find tickets to the reading of Margaret at https://checkout.square.site/buy/5TGAFUFCGPUDXXDGGV4L5I6L. For non Wisconsin residents keep your eyes peeled for links to the virtual reading. 

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Music:

freemusicarchive.org

Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Join Amanda and Conner for a discussion about Shakespeares Twelfth Night and the holiday in which is gets its name.

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Sources:

https://www.bard.org/news/what-the-heck-is-a-twelfth-night

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/context/historical/what-does-twelfth-night-refer-to/

Music:

freemusicarchive.org

Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Join Amanda, Conner as they discuss the historical inpact of the Gun Powder Plot of 1605.

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Sources:

World History Encyclopedia worldhistory.org

The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend - Reel Truth Science Documentaries

UK Parliament parliament.uk

https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpowder-plot

Music:

freemusicarchive.org

Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Acts 3, 4 and 5 of Shakespeares Macbeth

A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects.

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Acts 1 and 2 of Shakespeares Macbeth 

A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects.

Part 2 will be released on Saturday October 31st. 

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Join Amanda, Conner and special guest Jess as we explore the historical and supernatural events behind Macbeth!

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Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/englands-witch-trials-were-lawful-180964514/

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25929/25929-h/25929-h.html

https://worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/daemonologie-james-i-and-witchcraft/

https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2014/11/05/the-gunpowder-plot-and-shakespeares-macbeth/

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/gunpowder-plot-medal#

https://www.britannica.com/event/Gunpowder-Plot

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/gunpowderplot.html

https://www.cassidycash.com/macbeth-saved-shakespeare-gunpowder-plot/

https://www.bard.org/news/king-james-i-and-macbeth

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth/jamescompliments.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kings-Men

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/kingsmen.html

https://www.seattleshakespeare.org/who-were-these-people/#:~:text=Shakespeare's%20audience%20was%20the%20very,money%20going%20to%20the%20theater.

Music:

freemusicarchive.org

Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Join Amanda and Conner as they discuss Shakespeares life in a pandemic and how it relates to our current covid-19 situation. 

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Sources:

What Shakespeare Actually Wrote About the Plague by Stephen Greenblatt

Shakespeare and the Plague-How Did Disease Influence the Playwright by Oliver Ainley: whatsonstage.com

The Black Death: A Timeline of the Gruesome Pandemic by John Seven: history.com

Death By Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup

Worst Diseases in Shakespeares London:shakespeare-online.com

Bubonic Plague:The First Pandemic:sciencemuseum.org.uk

PandemicShakespeare.com

The Year of Lear Shakespeare in 1606 - James Shapiro

Shakespeare Wrote Three of His Famous Tragedies During Turbulent Times by Tim Ott-biography.com

Open Source Shakespeare 

Music:

freemusicarchive.org

Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Join Conner and Amanda as they explore William Shakespeares influence on early American Colonization. 

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Sources:

Shakespeare and The Making of America by Kevin J Hayes  

The Reading of Shakespeare in Colonial America from Edwin Eliott Willoughby  

A Testimony Against Several Prophane and Superstitious Customs from Increase Mather  

Yale Historical Review Shakespeare in America  Shakespeare-Online: Publishing in Elizabethan England

Shakespeare and Beyond: Shakespeare and the American Revolution

Shakespeare in America: No Sweat Shakespeare

Shakespeares Life, A Time Line: Shakespeare.org

Shakespeare in America: James Shapiro 

Music:

freemusicarchive.org

Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica, Shakespeare.org, historic-theuk.com, Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King by Mike Pitts, The Wars of the Roses: Adapted for the Royal Shakespeare Company from William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, 3 and Richard III from John Barton and Peter Hall, The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones, thehistoryofengland.co.uk, Band of Arrogant and United Heroes: Story of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Production of the " Wars of the Roses " by Richard Pearson

Music: freemusicarchive.org 

Crowander, Jerrys Back

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Join Wills Words hosts Kirsten, and Abby as they discuss another grouping of Shakespeares sonnets referred to as the dark lady sonnets. 

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Please join two of Every Mothers Sons board members, Abby and Kirsten to talk about a selection of Shakespearian sonnets and how his life shaped and formed what he wrote. 

If you'd like to read more from the sources we pulled from check out the sources below:

Shakespeare, Sexuality and the Sonnets by Aviva Dautch, 

Queering Shakespeare by Sandra Newman, Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the History of Sexuality,: A Reception History by Bruce R. Smith, 

The Mysterious Identity if the “Fair Youth” by Jessica-May Smith,

Homosocial, Homoerotic, Bisexual and Androgynous Bonds in Shakespeare’s Comedies by Klarisa Sokolovic-Cizmek, 

Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust

The Preface to the Sonnets in the Arden Shakespeare by Katherine Duncan-Jones

Disclaimer: This podcast is not affiliated with Shakespeare and Company, but if you'd like to learn more about their company you can visit their website at: https://www.shakespeare.org/

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Acts 4 and 5 of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream.

A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for the our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects.

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Act 3 of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream. 

A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for the our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects. 

Our Act 3 will be released Sunday September 13th, 2020. 

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Acts 1 and 2 of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. 

A special thanks to Folgers Shakespeare Library for the text, freemusicarchive.org for our music, and to BBC sound effects archive for sound effects. 

Act 2 will be released on Sunday September 6th, 2020