The Shakespeare Birthday Party

Two Gentlemen of Verona 28.07.2025 24:48 ↓

That slippery Proteus and breakfast for beasts.

Titus Andronicus 24.06.2025 31:16 ↓

That’s some pie, y’all.

King John 16.10.2024 37:19 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss grief, weak leadership, and how three lions are not necessarily better than none.

Love’s Labor’s Lost 28.08.2024 37:19 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss Ken Branagh, the good of knowing the end before you’ve begun, and the education of women’s eyes.

King Lear 26.11.2022 42:36 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss prodigal fathers, Lady Fortune, and total, abject misery.

The Comedy of Errors 08.10.2022 20:48 ↓

In which Grace and Danny talk marriage, twins, and sacramental grace.

Richard II 10.07.2022 27:15 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss divine right of kings, betrayal, and the crusades.

Measure for Measure 07.03.2022 19:09 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss the Divine Comedy and Blackadder’s Russian codpiece—always terrifies the clergy, as Enid—I mean, Edmund—says!

All’s Well That Ends Well 01.03.2022 37:28 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss Cole Porter, Newland Archer (The Age of Innocence) [Edith Wharton], and Jeeves and Wooster. As one does.

Henry VI, 1-3! 22.02.2022 29:53 ↓

It’s a special triple episode following the ignominious and scholarly demise of Henry VI.

Coriolanus 26.01.2022 38:39 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss the tripartite soul, Ralph Fiennes’ hair, and the loneliness of dragons.

Henry V 19.01.2022 36:51 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss honor, tax evasion, strange wooing, and the dogs of war.

Twelfth Night 16.01.2022 21:35 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss bears, Dwight Schrute, and the journey of the Magi.

The Taming of the Shrew 12.01.2022 30:46 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss Christopher Sly, Jacob and Laban, and the resonance of names.

Macbeth 26.11.2021 51:14 ↓

In which Grace and Danny talk marriage, prophecy, covenants, and thanes.

Romeo and Juliet 21.11.2021 36:50 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss the Fall, plague, the Michael Scott story (what did Jan say?), and the founding of Rome.

Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra 13.11.2021 30:33 ↓

Double episode! In which Grace and Danny discuss honor, John Lithgow, and the glory of Rome.

The Merry Wives of Windsor 15.09.2021 22:26 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss the exotic power of the potato, the origins of Bilbo, and the lovable reprobates of literature.

Henry IV, Part 2 29.08.2021 18:18 ↓

In which Grace and I revisit Falstaff, consider the merits of Hal, and delight in Mistress Quickly.

Henry IV, Part One 15.08.2021 25:32 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss monarchs, wastrel sons, philosopher reprobates, and Baloo the Bear.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream 24.07.2021 41:49 ↓

In which Grace and Danny discuss true love, Rene Girard, literary walkoffs (Zoolander style), and big Geoff Chaucer.

Pericles 14.07.2021 26:42 ↓

In which Grace and Danny delve into bordellos, the world’s worst luck, piracy (two kinds), and Pixar.

The Merchant of Venice 15.06.2021 49:43 ↓

In which Grace and I discuss justice, mercy, practical jokes, usury, and Al Pacino.

Richard III 03.06.2021 29:56 ↓

In which Grace and I discuss the strangeness of the boar: his methods of seduction, his overweening (and overwhelming) pride, and his complete disregard for eternity.