Ep 2: The Bard Himself
Guest Jolyon McCarthy chats with Jessica Stone about Shakespeare's original works and some contemporary reworkings of Shakespeare's plays. Some of the books mentioned include: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard; A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley; The Gap of Time, Jeanette Winterson; Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Ann-Marie MacDonald; Hag-Seed, Margaret Atwood; A Midsummer Night's Dream with illustrations by Arthur Rackham & typography by Graily Hewitt.
Tracklist
Playing tracks by Mumford & Sons and West Side Story.
Comments
Just catching up with the show. Love it! (and the fantastic Shakespeare "review" by Marden Theatre Group.