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Richard II pre show – We begin our 5th series with an epic battle between the forces of history, vs. the pen of Shakespeare… sorry History, you lose.

• The Stratford Festival’s Tempest
• Digital Theatre
• Richard II Film!
• Rex Factor
• 3 way to Richard II
• More Richard on YouTube
• Richard II from the BBC4 broadcast,  (Mark Rylance)
• Shakespeare’s An Age of Kings

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It’s the Iambic Pentameter episode, where guest G.Robin and I discuss the heartbeat of shakespeare’s verse.

Hold On, by Tom Waits, courtesy of music.mevio.com

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“Live in they shame, but die not shame with thee!
- John of Gaunt to King Richard II, Act II, scene 1

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Macbeth 5.4-5.9 – The blood of innocence is not spilt without a heavy price to be paid, and Macbeth has worked up quite a tab. It’s time to face the man, not of woman born.

Song of Sixpence, by 4 and 20 blackbirds, courtesy of music.mevio.com

• Censures evaluations
• True event final outcome
• Ague fever
• Direness horror
• Start startle
• Wherefore why, what reason
• Anon suddenly
• Sooth truth
• Wrack ruin
• ‘rendered surrendered
• Intrenchant invulnerable
• Keen sharp

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In this episode I sit down with G.Robin Smith to talk Macbeth- everything from death and transformation, to “Whatever Happened to Baby Thane?”

The Wind and The Rain, by Trilsean, courtesy of G.Robin Smith

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Macbeth 5.1-5.3 – Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and the Thanes fly from Macbeth as he prepares for the coming war. Suddenly, it’s not so good to be the King.
See it as it Ends, by Confession of Faith, courtesy of music.mevio.com

Jackie R’s Blog

• Perturbation disorder
• Slumb’ry agitation movement
• Meet appropriate
• Stand close out of site
• On’s of
• Weal sate
• Disseat dethrone
• Fain gladly
• Physic Practice of medicine

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Macbeth 4.3 – We find Macduff in England, trying to convince Malcolm to save Scotland and things get weird.

Contest: What’s the name of the next play?

Hint:
It is to Star Wars, you must Look. In one of the droids you are looking for, the clue is.

Send your answer to chopbard@gmail.com, before the final episode of Macbeth,  for one of two chances to win!

• First prize: (chosen from all correct answers) Signed copy of Devouring Shakespeare: Five Simple Tools.
• Second prize: (Chosen from all answers) Copy of Devouring Shakespeare: Five Simple Tools.

New podcast from G.Robin Smith: Ben Franklin for President

New Much Ado About Nothing movie, coming soon.

• Dolor pain
• Affeer’d confirm
• Foisons plenty
• Abjure renounce
• Niggard miser
• Transpose change

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Macbeth 4.2 – Lady Macduff and her children put in a brief appearance in one of the darkest scenes in the play. Shakespeare may not have known too much about birds, but he knew a heck of a lot about death.
Sleep with the Angels, by (De La Vega) Ivy League, courtesy of music.mevio.com

Dracula on CraftLit

• School control
• But and only
• But before
• Poor Pitiful
• Doubt fear
• Homely plain
• Accounted considered
• Fry offspring

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Macbeth 4.1 – The weird sisters lay down some freaky dark magic as Macbeth returns to them for a dose of “good news, bad news”.  This is way beyond putting the lime in the coconut.
stars burn out, by lacunae, courtesy of music.mevio.com

• Hedge-pig hedgehog
• Fenny from a fen or bog
• Blind-worm small lizard
• Slips sprig
• Slivered cut
• Drab whore
• Slab sticky
• Yeasty foamy
• Warder’s watchmen
• Slope bend
• germen seed
• Farrow piglets
• Issue offspring

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Variations on Taming of The Shrew, performed by Ehren Ziegler and Kymberly Tuttle- Recorded live at CraftLit live: New York by Knit! Organized by Heather Ordover from the CraftLit podcast, at the Soho Gallery for Digital Art (John Ordover, curator). A good time was had by all!
www.sohodigart.com