The Bardcast: "It's Shakespeare, You Dick!"

Mar 06 2025 127 ep. 49 mins 149
The Bardcast:

A cheeky, irreverent yet informative deep-dive into all things Shakespeare, hosted by two longtime Shakespeare performers, directors, and teachers.

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Noble Shakespeare

Mar 06 2025 45 mins  
Soooo... we were having a discussion about nobility. And not just the class rank kind, but what exactly is it that makes a person noble? And for that matter, what exactly delineates the difference between royalty and nobility? In this episode, we discuss the characters in the canon - which characters are noble? Which are ignoble? Which characters are so complicated that it simply i

Poke the Bear Shakespeare

Feb 20 2025 45 mins  
LA knows how fussy Owen gets when she gives him an online Shakespeare quiz that is TERRIBLE. And it kind of absolutely delights her. Because it pokes the bear (Owen). In this episode, LA gives Owen a 44 question Shakespeare quiz from the website Quizlet. And it is FUCKING HORRIBLE. Not only are the so-called "answers" to some of the questions completely ridiculous and WRONG, but th

MAGA Shakespeare

Feb 06 2025 53 mins  
Living in the United States currently means that as much as we might try to not get obsessed over the shit show that is our country right now, it seeps in like a noxious gas. So we figured - might as well make use of it!! In this episode, we discuss how all the characters in the canon might have voted in this last round of US elections. Some are harder to figure out than you might

Cymbeline Shakespeare

Jan 23 2025 34 mins  
Have YOU ever seen a production of Cymbeline??? Owen hasn't, and Lisa Ann has only seen it once. HOWEVER!!!! We ARE seeing it at The Globe in London in March, and we decided to delve a little further into the play that really is quite seldom done. NOTE: LA is sounding rough from the shittiest flu EVER. Apologies. (Sneeze, cough, wheeze, rasp.) To send us an email - please do, we tr

Resolution Shakespeare

Jan 09 2025 36 mins  
Happy 2025, listeners!!! What are YOUR resolutions for this new year?? We have some... but more importantly, what resolutions do the characters in the canon have?? In this episode we discuss those and play some resolution=quotes from plays=what character and play games. Whoooo Hooooo!!! Happy New Year, you dicks!! (And dickesses!!) To send us an email - please do, we truly want to

Best Roles in Shakespeare

Dec 26 2024 43 mins  
As a follow up to our last episode, today we discuss the best roles in the Shakespeare canon. SPOILER: There are A LOT more good ones than bad ones. Check out Season 2 Episode 41 for our "A Visit From Saint Falstaff!!!" Merry and Warm Everything and Happy New Year - you dicks and dickesses!!! (I - LA - want to note here that my laptop always changes dickesses to dickenses, which is

Worst Roles in Shakespeare

Dec 12 2024 52 mins  
Whoever said there are no small roles, only small actors... is full of shit. YES THERE ARE!!!! There are hundreds of small roles in the Shakespeare canon, and a lot of them SUCK. (As do some not so small roles.) In this episode, we slap that stupid phrase right out of the proverbial mouth and discuss all the roles we can think of that fit this particular (crappy) bill. To send us a

Globe Trotting Shakespeare

Nov 28 2024 43 mins  
"Travelers ne'er did lie, Though fools at home condemn 'em." - Antonio, The Tempest, Act III Scene 3 Oh, the traveling life!!! We LOVE to travel, and w...

Trumped Up Shakespeare

Nov 14 2024 30 mins  
Well.......................... It happened. And we're none too pleased about it. But we have to move forward. Kind of. So this episode is - ostensibly - about where we see parallels in the Shakespeare canon. Enjoy. If you are able. To send us an email - please do, we truly want to hear from you!!! - write us at: [email protected] To support us (by giving us money - we're

Who's Afraid of Shakespeare?

Oct 31 2024 31 mins  
During her daily perusal of The New York Times, LA came upon an article entitled "Who's Afraid of William Shakespeare?" written by Drew Lichtenberg, the artistic producer at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington. Texting it to Owen, immediately upon finishing said article, we decided that this was serious fodder for our pod. In case you want to read along, it was published