Episode 33: An Introduction to A Winter's Tale
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Welcome to our first episode on Shakespeare\\u2019s play A Winter\\u2019s Tale. Hosts Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins start off with some ideas of how to approach a Shakespeare play, especially if you feel new or intimidated by Shakespeare. Angelina talks about the use of poetry and prose in these plays, as well as the different types of plays within Shakespeare\\u2019s body of work. She also discusses the history and development of drama from the time of the Greeks to the Renaissance.
James Banks joins the podcasts again to lend his perspective to our study of Shakespeare. He recommends the Oxford, Norton and Riverside editions for reading Shakespeare. He also encourages people to see screen adaptations, audio versions and, of course, watching a live play when possible. James also talks a little about the challenge of the older English language and how to deal with that as you read and listen. Our hosts also take a look at the culture and history surrounding Shakespeare and his theatre company.
The Winter\\u2019s Tale Show Schedule:
- January 28: Act I
- February 4: Act II
- February 11: Act III
- February 18: Act IV
- February 25: Act V
- March: Live Q&A for Patreon Fellows
In Memory of Yeats
by W. H. Auden
Earth, receive an honoured guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel lie
Emptied of its poetry.
In the nightmare of the dark
All the dogs of Europe bark,
And the living nations wait,
Each sequestered in its hate;
Intellectual disgrace
Stares from every human face,
And the seas of pity lie
Locked and frozen in each eye.
Follow, poet, follow right
To the bottom of the night,
With your unconstraining voice
Still persuade us to rejoice;
With the farming of a verse
Make a vineyard of the curse,
Sing of human unsuccess
In a rapture of distress;
In the deserts of the heart
Let the healing fountain start,
In the prison of his days
Teach the free man how to praise.
Book List:
(Amazon Affiliate Links)
Home Education by Charlotte Mason
A Christmas Dream and How it Came True by Louisa May Alcott
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
The Old Arcadia by Philip Sidney
The Re-write (film)
Shakespeare: a Critical Study of His Mind and Art by Edward Dowden
Characters of Shakespeare\\u2019s Plays by William Hazlitt
Shakespeare Wars by Ron Rosenbaum
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