Speaking of Shakespeare

About Speaking of Shakespeare

Conversations about things Shakespearean, including new developments in Shakespeare studies and Shakespearean performance and education across the globe. These talks are also available on YouTube under the search term, 'Speaking of Shakespeare'. This series is made possible by institutional support from Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) in central Tokyo and is also supported by a generous grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Publisher

Thomas Dabbs

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Mar 2021

Latest episode

30 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

123 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Mar 2025

   SoS # 66 | Varsha Panjwani: Women and Shakespeare

   This is a talk with Varsha Panjwani, host of the podcast, Women and Shakespeare. She also discusses her recent work on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and on Indian and diasporic Shakespeare. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:05 - Women and Shakespeare podcast 00:07:41 - Podcasts/Feminist Shakespeare Pedagogy 00:17:26 - Varsha’s intro to Oxford “Midsummer” 00:32:14 - Indian Shakespeare in India 00:37:40 - Bollywood and Shakespeare in film 00:43:20 - Indian Shakespeare adapted in the West 00:52:28 - Indian cul...

2. 

   17 Dec 2024

   SoS # 65 | Darren Freebury-Jones: 'Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers'

   Acclaimed Shakespearean scholar Darren Freebury-Jones shares insights on how early modern playwrights influenced the world's greatest writer in his latest book, Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers.

3. 

   7 Sept 2024

   SoS # 64 | Tanya Pollard: Ben Jonson and Shakespeare's Tragic Women

   This is a talk with Tanya Pollard of Brooklyn College, City University of New York about Ben Jonson and about her other work on women in Shakespeare and early modern drama.00:00:00 - Intro00:01:34 - Ben Jonson’s ‘The Alchemist’.00:15:12 - Greek tragic women, drama, research methods00:40:15 - Work with theaters in New York City00:52:27 - What brought Tanya to NYC, CUNY00:57:27 - Tanya’s aerial work, the silks01:08:17 - Closing remarks

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

54,960

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100

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

Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

81

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