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The Mob rules! And it gets nasty. Especially for poor Cinna the Poet. After all, when chaos reigns, art is the first thing to go. Once Caesar is killed all of Rome has to deal with the aftermath, and with power up for grabs there are seismic shifts in personalities. Antony, for one, shows himself to be quite the douche. Such a shame. He had such promise with that pretty speech from the last scene... Want more fun? Check out our website: fckshakespeare.com Have a compliment or a complaint? Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod See weird pix and more info on episodes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now)

Big mistakes are made! Brutus says "Yes, sure, Antony, come and eulogize Caesar. You won't say anything mean about us murderers, right?" HA! Never has the word "honorable" sounded soooo nasty.

In which the deed is done, Brutus et al are delusional about Rome's reaction, the quiet guy in the corner is told to go tell the public about the conspirators fine actions, A servant is worried about shooting the messenger, Antony sets up THE SCENE, and then BAM!  

In which there is a DREAM, some creative on the spot misdirection, some BIG HUBRIS (which is always dangerous in a tragedy), a soothsayer who lays down some sooth, and a very confused servant.

"Scurvy Politicians" - Harold Bloom In which the noble Brutus is swayed by a note tossed in at his window, cloaked conspirators conspire, Portia demonstrates her badassery, and an old guy is miraculously rejuvenated by simply basking in the glow of Brutus. You can tell Diana is travelling since my titles and episode descriptions are less well constructed. Ha! Enjoy! 

Weather is a character in Act 1 of JC. Between the lightening and people catching on fire and lions roaming the streets, it's terrifying!! Plus fun ties between Hamlet and Caesar and big plans for Pompey's Porch are percolating. (There's some alliteration for ya. You're welcome.) Want more fun? Check out our website: fckshakespeare.com Have a compliment or a complaint? Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod See weird pix and more info on episodes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now)

Meet the big man himself! Oh, yeah, and Caesar too. 😁 Antony runs a naked race through the streets flogging women with a goat thong so they could be more fertile. Don't blame us. We didn't write it! Want more fun? Check out our website: fckshakespeare.com Have a compliment or a complaint? Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod See weird pix and more info on episodes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now)

Who are the villains? Who are the heroes? Are there any heroes in politics? Why do people like this play? Was JC a tyrant? Did Brutus stab him in the BALLS??!!! Answers to all these and more... will be attempted. 😏  We discuss Plutarch (*yawn*) and then quickly move on to blood and murder and overthrow of governments and some river named the Rubicon. Kicking off our second season with some hot Romans (at least we like to imagine Mark Antony with a sixpack and excellent cheekbones). Want more fun? Check out our website: fckshakespeare.com Have a compliment or a complaint? Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod See weird pix and more info on episodes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now)

Find out what's in store for you in our shiny new season! Oooooh.... Coming up first in Season 2: Julius Caesar!! Stay tuned. Starts February 2nd. For more fun shit go to our website: fckshakespeare.com

Wrapping up Season 1 with this handy guide to all that useful shit we talk about with every play. We'll cover everything from "what is a comedy" to Line Ending Blueprints. Here's a taste, but for the FULL SUPER-DEE-DUPER TEXT go to our website!! We'll even make it downloadable, you lucky f*ckers!! 1) in a tragedy there are lots of dead bodies on stage at the end. In a comedy at least one couple gets married. In a "problem play" there are bits of both, which is problematic... 2) Iambic pentameter is just a rhythm (METER) with five (PENT) double beats (IAMBS, or "I am!"s) 3) Only 5% of the words contained in all of Shakespeare's plays are words we don't use anymore, so quit moaning about having to learn Olde English.  4) Verse is when a line is written in rhythm (see Iambic Pentameter). There is also Prose, which is more like regular speaking. When a character who usually  speaks in verse suddenly starts speaking in prose, LISTEN UP cuz he's deranged... or sick, or lying... All of these and more are fleshed out on the website: www.fckshakespeare.com 

69??? Well, we had to celebrate Drunk Shakespeare style! Here's to you, Othello and Desdemona! The final scene of Othello is a messy one, but hopefully Iago will get what's coming to him. It's unclear.  We hope you've enjoyed Othello. UP NEXT: Julia Caesar Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now)

Just before the real shit goes down there's one preview scene, Act 5: Scene 1, where Iago kills off one pesky whiner and maims another. He's losing his cool.  Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now)

What to do when your husband thinks you've been cheating on him? In Act 4: Scene 3 of Othello we get two very different opinions from two very different women. It's one of those rare scenes in Shakespeare's plays that has only women in it, and if you think Shakespeare didn't care about women then you haven't listened to his female characters. Also, there's a FckShakespeare holiday tune at the end. Don't miss it! 😁🎄 For more info, please visit our website: fckshakespeare.com 

Othello is not taking rejection well. He's pretty pissed. And Desdemona is totally confused. She finally has to appeal to Iago for help! Ooohhh the irony. PLEASE, if you want to be part of this conversation leave us a comment or a question here or on the website: fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now)

The animal imagery starts to get pretty heavy in Act 4 as Othello gets mind-f*cked by that demon, Iago. Goats, monkeys, minxes, skunks... There's no telling who or what is having sex in his imagination. He is sliding far from the noble, charismatic hero we first met back in Act 1. That's why they call it a tragedy... Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

That handkerchief! Holy shit! What a piece of work! Othello suspects that Desdemona has given it to Cassio so he can wipe her smell out of his beard. In a jealous froth, he tells Des the story of where the handkerchief came from and it's f*cking terrifying!! It's all downhill from here for them. PLEASE, if you want to be part of this conversation leave us a comment or a question here or on the website: fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Is Iago in love with Othello? Does he hate that about himself? Wouldn't that be motivation to destroy first everyone else that Othello loves and then the man himself? Hey, it's a theory we have... see what you think. In this whopper of a scene, Act 3: Scene 3, the antitheses, the opposites in the themes of the play start to swap places. Watch as Othello's language changes and he begins adopting Iago's word choices - bestial imagery for sure. It's a fascinating study in psychological manipulation. PLEASE, if you want to be part of this conversation leave us a comment or a question here or on the website: fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

In which Iago begins to implement his plan by first taking out Cassio and laying (snicker, I said laying) the groundwork for his ultimate goal. Diana sings the songs, thankfully. PLEASE, if you want to be part of this conversation leave us a comment or a question here or on the website: fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Iago is one paranoid fucker. He thinks Othello has slept with his wife. He thinks Cassio has slept with his wife. Basically he's the one who is suffering from extreme jealousy. Pretty soon he will find some company for this misery. No fear.  PLEASE, if you want to be part of this conversation leave us a comment or a question here or on the website: fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Meet Desdemona. She's kind, beautiful and generous, and yes, she will ultimately be an innocent victim, but she ain't so virginal and proper. The girl knows what she wants! She knew exactly what she was attracted to and she went out and got it, and her father and the old white dudes in Venice can't believe their ears!  Pay attention to the word 'ear' which gets repeated a LOT in this scene too. Is it a coincidence that ear is Elizabethan slang for vagina?  PLEASE, if you want to be part of this conversation leave us a comment or a question here or on the website: fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Meet the man himself. Hear him speak - calmly, eloquently, so very unlike a "savage." He is surrounded by savages, to be sure. PLEASE, if you want to be part of this conversation leave us a comment or a question here or on the website: fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Meet Iago, foul-mouthed malevolent malcontent, and hear him tell you all about what kind of nasty fellow he is. He spews about his hatred of his fellow soldiers, and especially his hatred of the general of his army, the Moor. So when you hear people say "Oh Iago has no motive for the terrible things he does..." uh... just tell them to read the first f*cking scene!!! Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Is this 'the racist play?' We will get into that right off the bat here and tell you what we think. It is certainly a deeply complex exploration of many many themes: love/hate, innocence/guilt, black/white, jealousy/trust, reality/fantasy... We can't wait to get into it, so here's a bit of a set-up so you know what you're in for. And PLEASE, if you want to be part of this conversation leave us a comment or a question here or on the website: fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

This episode is done Drunk Shakespeare-style with your crazy hosts sipping whiskey throughout. We hope you giggle in places and still find the content useful. We tried to edit out some of the long pointless rambles, but ya know...  By the way, theme song for Mac's last day: Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day. Whaddaya think?  🎵 "My shadow's the only one that walks beside me..."🎶  "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage..."  Yes, these are the weird connections that occur in our brains. They burst forth after a bit of whiskey... Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

That is... forest. 😁  Since Act 5 goes back and forth from the Scottish to the English, we thought we'd just lump those English scenes in together here and tell you a bit about that invading army. Did you know that Siward was Malcolm's grandfather? That must have made some of those Scottish lords a bit uncomfortable, no? To think their future king was half English? But the listening King James was a similar hybrid. Context is everything. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

It's our last chance to see the delicious Lady M. in all her madness and majesty. Absolutely heartbreaking... if you listen. And we're going to save all the Malcolm and company scenes to put together in the next episode, so here also is 5:3 with Mr. Mac back from the green room with all his renewed energy, driving toward his inevitable end. At least he can go out as a soldier. Let's face it, he sucked as a king. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Macduff is that late-in-the-game hero who comes to save the day, but only after huge personal cost. This third scene of Act 4 is a very weird one at first, and we get a glimpse into how to talk to someone you think is only trying to kill you. Malcolm has been hiding away in England while the rest of his countrymen are getting slaughtered, but apparently Macbeth has sent others to try and kill him. He believes that Macduff is just one more potential assassin, so he puts him to a series of very weird tests, the last of which is whether he's man enough to go kill that bastard now that his whole family has been slaughtered. Manliness... it's a pervasive theme - in this play, in politics, in heterosexual relationships... so complicated. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

She's the anti-Lady Macbeth, the other woman in this bloody tragedy, and the most innocent of all that get murdered. It sucks. If there is one scene that turns the tide against Macbeth and makes the audience start to doubt their homeboy, this is it. Killing kids is bad.  So we'll keep it brief, because we know how you feel. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Little o' this, little o' that, and pretty soon you have a nice chunky hallucination stew! We're gonna sift through all those weird ingredients - baby bits, innards, bat fur - that go into the XXXstacy that the witches make for Macbeth so that they can deliver those last few nuggets that push him over the edge of doom. It's a tragedy AND a party. Come on over! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

There's nothing quite as terrifying as a zombie with 20 bleeding holes in his head! Ask our poor hero. Yes, hero. He never asked for this shit. All he wanted was to keep being a soldier and killing whoever his king told him to, and then these witches with their prophecies... fuck! Who needs it??!! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

When you start out by killing your king, everything else should be easy, right? Turns out that killing your best bud is worse. Mac is losing it. Lady Mac thinks being queen sucks. It's all going to hell... as was our tech this week. PLEASE FORGIVE US for the messy sound and crazy jumble that we made of this episode. The end has a good historical add-on, so hopefully that makes up for some of it. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Knock knock.  Who's there?  Con.  Con who?  Condom broke. I'm your kid. No, there are no surprise babies in this scene, but there is one teensy bit of comic relief the the form of the Porter. And then... horror, horror, horror... Macbeth tells everyone he's sorry for what he did. Truly. Listen carefully. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

In which communication breaks down and NOTHING, NOTHING is ever the same. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Lady Mac greets Duncan and welcomes him to her battlements. Then she has to talk hubby down off the ledge and give him some specifics so his imagination doesn't run away with him. Is it any wonder she's a little frazzled?? Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Is Lady Macbeth the villain of the play?? If so, why isn't the play called Lady Macbeth??? We think she gets a very bad rap and we're gonna prove it to you. Have a listen. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) We don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Aaaaaaand.... We're off. Welcome to The Scottish Play and King James' fascination with witches and anal sex? Not that James had a fascination with anal sex, although we don't know he didn't... Diana is obviously better at writing these episode notes than I am.

Diana is off dancing with Minotaurs so you're stuck with me and Harold Bloom. In this episode (it's blissfully short), Harold Bloom talks dangerous imagination and Erin reads about the curse, the shortest Macbeth synopsis ever, and an act by act overview of the Scottish Play.

In which everyone has returned to court and we are witness to social dynamics between the working class and the 1%

What would a bottom dream if a bottom fell asleep in the middle of a fairy haunted forest? Is it even a dream? Would it make a good play?  Also, what happens to Demetrius? Is he under a spell forever now? He never gets un-magicked at the end. What's that all about?? Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) Since A Midsummer Night's Dream is only just starting we don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

This is the nightmare scene where the lovers have at each other. Cat fights, cheek by jowl manliness... the whole enchilada. It's awful. And Puck is just laughing it up! Ya know, he never really gets a beating for this mess. If this was Dromio he'd have been out cold by this point. Guess the fairy world is more reasonable in how servants are treated? Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) Since A Midsummer Night's Dream is only just starting we don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Some awful shit happens to the humans once they enter the forest outside of Athens, but we laugh at it because, you know, we are sick fucks! We spend a moment talking about schadenfreude for exactly that reason. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) Since A Midsummer Night's Dream is only just starting we don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

What do you imagine when we say the word FAIRY?  In Elizabethan England fairies were real! They made plants grow and butter churn properly and crabs stay in their fucking soup... or not. In this episode we'll meet Oberon, Titania, Puck and the whole fairy mess. There's a supreme cosmic feud going on over a cute little Indian prince that Titania is bringing up among her girls, and Oberon wants him, mostly just to be mean to her. After all, when you are an immortal you gotta spice things up somehow. This is the fight du jour. They'll be fine, but meanwhile they'll fuck up a whole lotta shit. Stay tuned. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) Since A Midsummer Night's Dream is only just starting we don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

We've talked a lot about the groundlings, the common people down on the dirt floor, and in this play they finally get to see themselves on the stage!  Meet the "mechanicals," as they are known, the workingmen of Athens who are planning on putting on a show for the Duke's wedding. It's not going to go well, but that's kinda the point. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) Since A Midsummer Night's Dream is only just starting we don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a wild romp where misrule is king and all bets are off! There were 2 days a year when Elizabethans were allowed to go wild, and the summer solstice was one of those. This play is the first time that Shakespeare plays with the idea that if we take the tightly corseted and regulated Brits and set them loose in the forest they might show their true colors... and maybe even learn a thing or two about their own true natures in the process. The forest was a transformative place. No one comes back quite the same after spending a night under the stars. Try it. OK, he sets it in Athens, but that's a thin charade. We know what he meant. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us, if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) Since A Midsummer Night's Dream is only just starting we don't have a plan for the next thing. Want to cast your vote for the next play? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

And so... they all die. The last scene that ends this strange eventful tragedy. Next week: MIDSUMMER!! On to Athens! You're welcome. 😁 Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Hamlet we will lighten it up and SPICE it up with a spectacularly raunchy Midsummer Night's Dream!! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Many characters are simply called "Clown" in Shakespeare's scripts, but they're not those creepy red-nosed jobs that scare the fuck out of children from storm drains. They are welcome comic relief after much tragedy or before something epic is going to happen to the main characters. The gravediggers in Act 5: Sc 1 are there for both reasons. We just had to hear about the death of the one true innocent, poor Ophelia, and in the final scene of the play pretty much everyone else is gonna go (come on! you knew that, right?) so we desperately NEED some clowning to get us through that final bloodbath. And there's a third clown who gets a very famous mention. Listen for him. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Hamlet we will lighten it up and SPICE it up with a spectacularly raunchy Midsummer Night's Dream!! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Is Ophelia pregnant? Why was Jesus mean to the baker's daughter? Was that very Christian of him? And what does that have to do with Hamlet, for fuck's sake?? Ophelia tells all if you just know how to listen. Truth in madness. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Hamlet we will lighten it up and SPICE it up with a spectacularly raunchy Midsummer Night's Dream!! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Act 4 of Hamlet is a messy jumble of scene-lets that seem to be about tying up loose ends... and also Claudius wanting to tie Hamlet up to a scaffold.  But never fear! Hamlet will be off to England and some nasty trickery of his own soon enough. First, a few darkly veiled threats about Claudius being digested by beggars... 😳 Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Hamlet we will lighten it up and SPICE it up with a spectacularly raunchy Midsummer Night's Dream!! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

The "Closet Scene" is that awkward, Oedipal moment where Hamlet confronts his mom about her possible involvement in his father's murder. He goes to meet her in her closet. No, not where she hangs her dresses! Closet was the Elizabethan word for a person's most intimate private chambers. Men did not go into a woman's closet unless invited, and usually not for a screaming showdown full of accusations... In this episode you will also meet Julia! She just came off of playing Gertrude in a recent production of Hamlet and she has many wonderful things to say about the character and Shakespeare's work in general. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Hamlet we will lighten it up and SPICE it up with a spectacularly raunchy Midsummer Night's Dream!! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

What else is there?? That's Willy's whole reason for being, right?? So OF COURSE it should be the key to Hamlet finally making up his muthaf**in' mind about that murder thing!  Just in case there are any doubts, we also get to hear Claudius confess. Poor guy. Ya kinda feel bad for him... for a second. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Hamlet we will lighten it up and SPICE it up with a spectacularly raunchy Midsummer Night's Dream!! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

What was it like to be married to Willy Shakes?? No one can know because there are no words that come directly from Anne Shakespeare. But Yvonne Hudson has spent half a lifetime researching and embodying this enigmatical woman for her solo show, Mrs. Shakespeare.  In this episode we got a chance to ask her about the life of a woman in the 1600s and many other interesting things that anyone who's learning about Shakespeare might want to know. You can follow her on Facebook at Mrs. Shakespeare, or find here here:   Website: tiny url.com/ mrs shakespeare or https://yhudson0.wixsite.com/mrsshakespeare Email: mrsshakespeare@gmail.com And more about her show: Mrs Shakespeare, Will's first & last love Written, compiled and performed by YVONNE HUDSON Directed by HELEN M. MEADE About Yvonne Hudson as Mrs Shakespeare With some help from the works of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), playwright and actress Yvonne Hudson introduces the mother of Shakespeare's children and the woman who bravely waited for him in the longest-running solo show about Anne Hathaway Shakespeare (c.1556-1623). It's likely Will and Anne's families knew one another. The couple married in 1582 and had three children--Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. His success as a playwright and theatre entrepreneur in London led to 23 years mostly living apart from his family who remained in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Sonnets, songs, and soliloquies--with references from some 20 plays--are woven into Yvonne's imaginative script developed through ongoing research including work in Stratford-Upon-Avon and London. Mrs Shakespeare had several Off-off Broadway runs and was staged by Rod Kaats in 2002 at Tribeca Playhouse in lower Manhattan. The show has been seen in diverse venues from Pitt's Nationality Rooms (some 30 performances), and Prime Stage's studio in Pittsburgh to the Tower of London and a restored music hall in a South Dakota prairie town. Most recently she performed the show in the historic Rivers of Steel Pump House on the site of the Battle of Homestead, April 2019. Ms. Hudson's solo appearances have included Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst as well as Mrs Shakespeare (both with PA Partners in the Arts grants) at her Poets Corner Arts series at the historic Calvary United Methodist Church in Allegheny West.There she has directed and produced literary and theater events including the first staged reading of Ireland's Shakespeare by Michael McGovern. A co-founder of the annual Handel's Messiah Sing-Along Concert, she was among Calvary choir members who sang the works at New York's Carnegie Hall in November 2018. She mostly recently appeared as Juliet's Nurse with Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks.

Yes, it's THAT speech. Might as well dive right in there. No avoiding it now! If it means anything to you, we will also discuss the f*cking authorship question here.  Again, no avoiding it since Will puts his name right into the most famous speech in the entire world. And then there's Cooper - brilliant young actor who will be playing Hamlet soon. He talks about that and his other amazing roles like Shylock and Touchstone. He knows some shit, so listen up! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Oh, Willy Shakes, you canny bastard, you figured out a way to plug your own troupe in the middle of the play! Get ready to welcome the Tragedians of the City! The greatest actors in the world!! (drumroll, please...) Then Hamlet gets inspired and has to try a speech... like he doesn't speak enough for God's sake! But he can't make 'em cry like that Player King, boy...  Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

"Mom, what's a fishmonger?" "It's a pimp. Now, go do your homework and stop bothering me!" Act TWO! (Bless you!) We meet those two childhood friends of Hamlet's who turn around and stab him in the back. Nice. What's up with those guys? And why are they interchangeable? And what do they know of military strategy??  And then, in the middle of his madness, Hamlet delivers the second of his gorgeous long speeches about how he hates people. It's nuts! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Sometimes there are weird scenes that happen somewhere else and we only hear about them from another character. This is one of those times. Because, let's face it, Hamlet sucks at pretending to be crazy, so he's gotta try it out first on the person he loves most. ???  Hey, we didn't write the news, we only report it... You will also meet Jenna Wecht, long-time Shakespeare lover who discovered the joy of it at the tender age of 10. Now she teaches 10 years olds. Let's hope she's passing some bard-earned wisdom on to them. Heh heh... Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Booooo... boogety, boogety, boogety... I don't know... what kinds of sounds do leprous ghosts make??  The ghost appears to Hamlet and tells him about the disgusting things that happened to him after his ear was abused. And then he wants to know what the hell Ham's gonna do about it?!! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Meet the Polonius Family. They live right there in the court alongside that fucked-up royal family, but they're more wholesome, down-to-earth, practical... NOT! Poor Ophelia is verbally smacked around by both her brother and her father for imagining that she could have a romantic relationship with the prince. Unfortunately, she's all too used to this familial abuse, so she agrees to try and put those silly girlish notions behind her. We'll see how that turns out. This week we'll also hear from Shay Baker, another of our student listeners, who's going to be playing Ophelia in an upcoming production of Hamlet in March. We'll see what they think now and then maybe check in with them again later when they've put that shit on stage for reals! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

In the second scene of the play we meet most of the main characters except for Ophelia, because, you know, women don't matter. Claudius belittles Hamlet and sets himself up for an ugly ending. Silly adulterous Dane.  We talk a bit about incest. Sorry. Kind of important to the play and equally disturbing to the Elizabethans as it is to the rest of us. And then Hamlet is off to meet a ghost! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

On to the next play! Are you psyched?? We go from warm and sunny Verona to the brooding north and Elsinore. Here we kick off the first look at Hamlet - what makes him tick, why does he have mommy issues, and will he ever decide to be... or not to be... OY!  We also kick off a new addition series this week where we will showcase high school and college students who actually like Shakespeare. WTF?? This week we'll meet Nina who is finishing up their bachelor's degree and planning on using all the work they did as a young Shakespearean actor to bring to bear on their future career helping people in trauma. So exciting!! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

I see dead people... It's a tragedy! What the f*ck do you want from us??  Final scene of Romeo & Juliet. Did anyone learn anything?? Probably not. Have we learned anything since then about what happens when you feud and fight amongst neighbors? No. Geez! That's the real tragedy!  Oh well... enjoy the play! Next week it's on to Elsinore and some more lighthearted fun! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Not THOSE! The small parts that high school directors try and convince you are enough - that character that shows up for just one scene. Turns out that Act 5 has three of those and, trust us, they are essential! What if Balthazar didn't tell Romeo that he saw dead Juliet being buried?? What if...? What if...?  Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Juliet is taking her 42 hour nap after choking down the friar's scary edibles, and the rest of her family come in to find her and think she's dead. Fun times! But at least the musicians get us back on track with a few saucy jokes at the end of the scene. Whew! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

First of all, who the fuck is Paris?? Yes, we will talk about him for a minute maybe... But the star of this episode is that sketchy friar with his magical sleeping potions. How does he KNOW it will put her to sleep for 42 hours exactly??? What, does he have a bunch of drugged out cats lying around? Some unfortunate homeless beggar who wandered in for a crust of bread? Geez! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Lord Capulet has his big moment here, and he totally loses his shit! To be fair, he's lost a lot of shit - many babes, his nephew - so keep that in mind. Still, he calls his daughter a harlot, and abandons her in her hour of grief, while managing to terrorize all the other women in his household into silence. Such fun. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Romeo is banish-ED and threatens to kill himself if he has to be separated from Juliet. Juliet finds out Romeo is a murderer and threatens to kill him too... but then learns a hard lesson about priorities. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Liz is  a member of our acting company so she's cool. We promise. She's also an excellent teacher and doesn't shy away from the salty stuff. Here she talks about how to make Shakespeare fun in the classroom - what works, what doesn't. Even if you're a student, you could bring some of these ideas to your classroom. Infiltrate the boring shit with some fun ideas! We dare you. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Here's where the play turns from comedy to tragedy... and it's only, what, day 2??? Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

The wedding-not-wedding and the scene just before it where the Nurse gripes about her aching body parts. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Who the hell is Friar Lawrence and why should we care? He starts out with a long ass speech about herbs (hmmm...) and ends up verbally kicking Romeo's butt (that's fun!). But then he turns right around and enables the wedding. WTF?? Where are the grown-ups in this whole mess?? Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

OK, so there's only one dick joke in this one, so if that's all you're here for then move on to the next episode. If you think you can stand some gorgeous poetry... this is the scene. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Would you eat a medlar? What about a poperin pear? Mercutio seems to know a lot about ripe juicy fruit and he compares it to what Romeo is probably experiencing after the Capulet ball. If he only knew... Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

This is the meeting of the title characters! That scene that every other love scene tries to measure up to... OK, maybe that's just us. The Capulet ball is more than just a Homecoming Dance. The stakes are high, the wine is flowing and people are getting riled up. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

If you listened to episode 2, you met Mercutio, but here, in Act 1: Scene 4 is where the audience usually meets Mercutio. And he has a giant whopper of a speech. Oy. Who is Queen Mab and why should we care? This is always a tough one for readers, actors and directors. Hopefully we give you some ways to make it more fun. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Continuing with our exploration of Romeo & Juliet, we come to Act 1: Scene 1... yes, OK, we jumped around a bit, but don't judge. After the prologue we get a taste of what life in the streets of Verona has been like during the famous feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. It ain't good. We meet Samson and Gregory, a couple of dick-swinging bravos, who quickly cower when a pack of Montagues shows up in the piazza. A brawl breaks out and that's just the beginning.  Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

OK, so we past the prologue... (little Shakespeare pun there for y'all who dig those), so we're backing up this week to start at the beginning. Because rules are for suckers... In this episode we'll explore why the hell we might need a prologue, and why would Shakespeare want to spoil the whole story by telling all the good bits before it even starts! We'll learn a little about that monster mystery (drumroll) IAMBIC PENTAMETER, or as our mentor, Ben Crystal, likes to call it, the 'Banana Contaminator.' It's not such a big roadblock. It's just a little beat you can dance to. Enjoy. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

In this episode we tackle Act 1: Scene 3 of Romeo & Juliet where we meet the main female characters. We talk about the ages of these women and how girls had babies when they were 12 in Elizabethan times. Ewww.... And did you know there was a famous earthquake in England? The Nurse will tell you all about it and more... MUCH more... So tune in for tits and earthquakes and sex advice from one of Shakespeare's most endearing characters.  Interested in learning more? Check out the website and the blog at fckshakespeare.com where you'll also find a Resource guide for lots of extra tools that make learning Shakespeare bearable. Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Not ones to obey rules and order, we jump right in to Romeo & Juliet with arguably the dirtiest scene in the play, Act 2: Scene 4. Don't worry, we'll go back and catch up on the beginning. We just thought we should start off with a bang... so to speak... hope you like the puns cuz they never stop. In this scene Mercutio and Romeo sling the insults and talk about their dicks... a lot! You know, it's what guys do when they hang out, right? You'll learn many words for dick and other body parts, and if you want to know more, check out The Shakespeare Book of Lists. Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question??DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

(drumroll...) The first episode! The one the world has been waiting for! OK... getting carried away already. But that's what we'll be doing here and always - getting carried away, as we explore the ins and outs of Shakespeare's characters (so to speak) and hopefully inspire you to think about him and his writing differently. This first episode explores some basics about how Shakespeare planned out his plays. Who are the groundlings? What is comic relief good for? What does it mean to be in an audience? Who the f*ck are we and why do we care? Why are small parts important (not THOSE small parts... even though, yes, they are...)? And lots of other babble. Enjoy! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Tweet at us if you must: @fckshakespod Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com

Just making sure you're in the right place. This is a teaser for more to come. This podcast will expose all the fun that you might be missing out on. So don't get FOMO! Just listen up! Want to know more? Connect with us on our website: https://fckshakespeare.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fckshakespeare/ Join our Facebook group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/fshakespeare And if you are inclined to be a patron like Queen Elizabeth, you can support this podcast for as little as 99¢/month. Click the link below! Think of it like throwing money in the virtual hat while we crazy players do our little song and dance here. We thank you! (imagine us bowing now) After Romeo & Juliet we will tackle Hamlet! Have a particular question?? DM us or email us: fckshakespeare69@gmail.com