To kick off our series on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, we are (as always) starting with an overview of basic facts about the play and an introduction to the major themes and motifs of the play.  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 by becoming a patron at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/shakespeareanyone" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">patreon.com/shakespeareanyone </a> or by shopping our bookshelves at <a href= "https://bookshop.org/shop/shakespeareanyonepod" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bookshop.org/shop/shakespeareanyonepod</a> Works referenced: Shakespeare, William, and René Weis. Romeo and Juliet: Revised Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2012. SparkNotes Editors. “Romeo and Juliet.” SparkNotes.com, SparkNotes LLC, 2005, URL.

Romeo and Juliet: Patriarchy, Masculinity, and Honor

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.