Hello 2023! It is time for us to embark on our next play: A Midsummer Night's Dream! As always, we begin our series with a synopsis of the play in case it has been a while since you've read the play or if it is completely new to you. So, let's dive into a summary of a play about fairies, lovers, and a donkey!   Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Follow us on Instagram at <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/shakespeareanyonepod/">@shakespeareanyonepod</a> for updates or visit our website at <a href= "http://www.shakespeareanyone.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">shakespeareanyone.com</a> You can support the podcast at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/shakespeareanyone" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">patreon.com/shakespeareanyone</a> Works referenced: Shakespeare, William, and Harold F. Brooks. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Bloomsbury, 1979.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Stuff to Chew On

Shakespeare Anyone? is co-hosted by Elyse Sharp and Kourtney Smith, two professional actors and hobbyist Shakespeare scholars. Join us as we explore Shakepeare's plays through as many lenses as we can by looking at the text and how the text is viewed through modern lenses of feminism, racism, classism, colonialism, nationalism… all the-isms.

We will discuss how his plays shaped both the past and present, and  look at how his work was performed throughout various periods of time–all while trying our best to approach his works without giving in to bardolatry. 

We examine one play at a time for an extended window of time, interspersed with mini-episodes about Shakespeare's time for context. Episodes are released every other week.