HeyJaredThe Shakespop Podcast
This is a podcast about Shakespeare and popular culture where I delve into some serious topics such as identity and postcolonialism, as well as talk about Shakespereana and more 'frivolous' aspects of my life as a Shakespeare Geek.
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Episode 21: Juliet’s Verona, How a Fictional Heroine Found her Voice voice (opens the original)
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Juliet never existed. And yet, in Verona, she has a house, a balcony, a tomb, a statue — and even a postal address. In this month’s first episode, I go to Verona to explore the extraordinary afterlife of Shakespeare’s most famous heroine, and to ask how a fictional character became so firmly embedded in the physical fabric of a real city. We follow Juliet’s journey from the Italian stories that preceded Shakespeare through centuries of literary tourism, theatrical performance, art, cinema and he
Episode 20: Stories That Refuse to Die: Shakespeare, Taylor Swift and Cultural Memory (opens the original)
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What do Taylor Swift and William Shakespeare have in common? In this interview episode of The Shakespop Podcast , I sit down with Shakespeare scholar and author Dr Elly McCausland to explore the surprising connections between one of the world's most influential playwrights and one of today's most discussed songwriters. Together we discuss adaptation, close reading, literary fandom, and the enduring afterlives of characters like Juliet , Ophelia and Lady Macbeth . Rather than asking whether Taylo
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