Shakespeare's Shadows

About Shakespeare's Shadows

Weaving together interviews with actors and academics, Shakespeare’s Shadows delves into a single Shakespeare character in each episode. Perspectives from the worlds of academia, theater, and film together shape explorations of the Bard’s shadows, his imitations of life — pretty darn good imitations, ones that reveal enough of ourselves that we’re still talking about them four centuries later.

Publisher

Emily Rome

Category

arts · arts · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Apr 2017

Latest episode

17 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 28 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   17 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   BONUS: ‘Caesar: The Musical’

   Host Emily Rome interviews Grace Yurchuk about her musical adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Caesar,' exploring its unique female-led cast and political storytelling.

2. 

   21 Jan 2026

   BONUS: Anne Hathaway — reimagining Shakespeare’s wife

   Teal Wicks and Lauren Gunderson explore the reimagining of Anne Hathaway in "& Juliet" and "Muse of Fire," which offers a fresh perspective on Shakespeare's wife as a vivacious and strong-willed woman; this is an interview episode.

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   11 Dec 2025

   BONUS: ‘Dickinson’ — Shakespeare Club in the Apple TV series

   Alena Smith and Adrian Blake Enscoe discuss the Apple TV series "Dickinson," specifically the Shakespeare Club episode, revealing insights into the show's writing and Shakespearean Easter eggs in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

BONUS: ‘Caesar: The Musical’

Published 17 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I assume the plan is to have it be a two act show with one intermission. I'm curious, where does the story, where does the act break occur in the story? The act break occurs right after Brutus's prayer. So I thought that was a pretty, you know, big decision for him we've just watched him sort of at least in my he's almost been a baby like the whole time being like I don't know what do I do and naturally deciding to like kill Caesar is probably the biggest turning point for his character so I thought that was a good way to split it and also by the time you come into act two and all of a sudden he's like all right guys let's go I'm in charge now it's like that's a big shift and I think that'll be fun to sort of lead into the second act Yes, yes, yes. […]

Who has been a guest on Shakespeare's Shadows

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Grace Yurchuk
• Alena Smith
• Adrian Blake Enscoe

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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