Awkward Shakespeare

About Awkward Shakespeare

Want to understand more about Shakespeare’s plays but not into boring lectures on how to pass a GCSE in English literature? Awkward Shakespeare is a scene by scene guide to some of Shakespeare’s greatest works, an in-depth but lighthearted exploration of the stories and language behind the plays. Every episode deals with a single scene, so it’s really easy to navigate, and we’ll be looking at key characters and key concepts along the way.

Publisher

vickispreadbury

Category

arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Oct 2024

Latest episode

11 May 2025

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 May 2025

   Macbeth Episode 29 - This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen

   Macbeth Act 5 Scene 9 Absolutely everything is resolved. Macbeth is dead, Macduff is avenged, Malcolm is king. It's PURE coincidence that this is just how things were at the start of the play. No suggestion at all that history might repeat itself. History NEVER does that. (Where IS Fleance though?) Content warning: brief references to suicide.

2. 

   8 May 2025

   Macbeth Episode 28 - Untimely ripped

   Macbeth Act 5 Scene 8 In which we find out, in possibly the most controversial loophole in literary history, that being born by Caesarean means you were not "of woman born". Macduff takes his revenge, Macbeth is killed, the tyrant is no more.

3. 

   1 May 2025

   Macbeth Episode 27 - Little is to do

   Macbeth Act 5 Scene 6 and Act 5 Scene 7 Surprise! It's not a moving wood, it's Malcolm's army. The two sides finally clash, the castle is somewhat easily surrendered, and there's one big scene for the actor given the role of Young Siward.

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