Dr. J's Shakespeare

About Dr. J's Shakespeare

Each episode Dr. J reads a dramatic passage from one of Shakespeare’s plays and discusses how it and the play its from equip us for life’s challenges as well as giving us the pleasures of art.

Publisher

Fireside Poems

Category

arts · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Jul 2022

Latest episode

15 Jul 2023

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jul 2023

   Episode 22: The General Challenger

   The match between Orlando and Charles the Wrestler considered as a metaphor for the confrontation between every individual human being and the world.

2. 

   15 Jun 2023

   Episode 21: Hector & Achilles

   Shakespeare portrays the combat between Hector and Achilles differently that it's portrayed in Homer's Iliad. Shakespeare is cynical about Achilles, cynical about Hector, and cynical about the Trojan War. There is no heroism and no dignity.

3. 

   24 May 2023

   Episode 20:What a King is This!

   Hamlet relates to his friend Horatio how he sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to their deaths.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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