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The Tempest 1.2c – Poor Ferdinand... His father is drowned, his friends are lost, and he's stuck on a lonely island without- wait, a girl! You live around here? Simple Magic, by Marina V, courtesy of music.mevio.com

The Tempest in review! In this episode, we'll take a look at Julie Taymor's version of 'The Tempest', as well as a few other versions, like Forbidden Planet and Shakespeare Behind Bars. Cheers To You, by Dust Rhinos, courtesy of music.mevio.com

The Tempest 1.2b – Behind every great sorcerer, you'll find great servants- enter Ariel, and Caliban. Show me the magic! The Mermaid, by Great Big Sea, courtesy of music.mevio.com

The Tempest 1.2a – Safe on dry land, it's story time as we meet a couple exiles; Prospero and his young daughter, Miranda. If you fall asleep, blame it on the magic. Another Man's Vine, by Tom Waits, courtesy of music.mevio.com From listener Jackie, we are alerted to free Shakespeare; King Lear, Hamlet, and Macbeth can all be found at: PBS Great Performances

The Tempest 1.1 – A ship bound for Naples, is caught in a violent storm. If you thought Ophelia had "too much of water", you ain't seen nothing yet. Lovesong, by Dont be a Stranger, courtesy of music.mevio.com   Teri wrote in to recommend a book: The Friendly Shakespeare by Norrie Epstein G. Robin Smith has brought it to our attention, that The Shakespeare Festival in Stratford Ontario is doing Th...

The Tempest – We begin our third series with one of Shakespeare's last plays: on a mysterious island, inhabited by spirits, monsters and survivors… wait, is this about Lost? Leis a lurrighan, by Ceili Moss, courtesy of music.mevio.com The Tempest coming out,  directed by Julie Taymor.

Hamlet 5.2 – It's the end for Hamlet. But he won't go down quietly, and certainly not alone. He's going to have plenty of company in the hereafter… who could ask for more?

Hamlet 5.1 – Finally, Hamlet's back in the play, and there are clowns in the graveyard! It doesn't make Ophelia's funeral any more festive though. Nice email from Tracy , expressing her ideas on "To be, or not to be", and offering a counter point to mine- always room for more. I'm on CraftLit! Check out the interview on show: Twain-Episode One hundred eighty: CraftLit, meet Bard, Bard, meet CraftL...

Hamlet special - Guest actor, Kymberly Tuttle, and I speak about the women of Hamlet, Shakespeare, and somehow end up with a little Brecht in the mix. It's difficult to keep on topic with so many ways to play it!

Hamlet 4.6 - 4.7 – Horatio gets a letter from Hamlet, and oh joy, he's back in town. Claudius gets a similar letter, but isn't so happy; time to come up with a plan to kill the little @#$% before it's too late! And oh, poor Laertes, I'm afraid we have some bad news… Three recommendations this episode: Forgotten Classics – Julie talks about Chop Bard in Episode 132: The Riddle of the Sands, chapter...

Hamlet 4.5 – Ophelia goes crazy, (she has her reasons), we're besieged with some really long sentences, and Laertes comes home looking for revenge! It's all Hamlet's fault (except for the sentences)… but he's out of town right now.

Hamlet 4.4 – En Route to England, our escorted prince runs into Fortinbras and his army, inspiring him to perform one final soliloquy… we are promised bloody thoughts. Hurray! How's It Gonna End, by Tom Waits, courtesy of http://music.mevio.com

Hamlet 4.1-3 - Hamlet's hidden the body, and good luck getting a straight answer out of him! Where is it? Sponge… Where? Worms… Where's Polonius? Guts... Time to go to England. Mother…

Hamlet 3.4 – Hamlet finally confronts his mother, we lose the foolish old man, and Freud's evil influence returns, attempting to turn everyone into an hysteric.

Hamlet 3.3 – Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are getting ready for a trip, Claudius holds a private little pity party, and on route to see his mother, Hamlet crosses over to the dark side.

Hamlet 3.2 – The play's the thing wherein Shakespeare can hide the "C" word. It's opening night in Elsinore, and while his Mousetrap may not win a Tony, he will at least get a Claudius.

Hamlet 3.1 – "To be or not to be", and "get thee to a nunnery". What else is there to say? Hamlet has a tough choice to make, a difficult encounter to navigate and- oh yeah, a play to edit.

Hamlet 2.2 part 2 – Hamlet is reunited with his old chums Rosencrantz & Guildenstern… or is it Guildenstern & Rosencrantz… then the actors show up, a plan is born, and we get another famous soliloquy- lights out, and scene. Mari Mac, by The Dust Rhinos - music.mevio.com

Hamlet 2.2 part 1 – R & G have been sent for to spy on H for C & G, but P thinks he already knows why H is mad. V & C return with good news from the King of N, and P tries to board H. And that's just in the first part.

Hamlet 2.1 – Reynaldo (who's Reynaldo?) is sent to Paris by Polonius to spy on Laertes, while Ophelia is having more boy trouble. It's rough growing up in Denmark. Love is denied by The Pulpit courtesy of http://music.mevio.com

Hamlet 1.4-5 - Time for Hamlet to meet the ghost... and his world is about to change... and yes, there's something rotten in Denmark.

Hamlet 1.3 – Ophelia gets a double dose of advice, from her Brother and her father; both drumming to the same tune- stay away from Hamlet. What's a girl to do…? Run Runaway by Great Big Sea courtesy of http://music.mevio.com

Hamlet 1.2 - Come meet the new King, his sometime sister-wife, and his chief-courtier-cousin-son, Hamlet.

Hamlet 1.1 - we begin at midnight, in the cold… and already there is trouble in the air.

We begin our series on Hamlet by letting go of some of the baggage this poor play has had to carry around, while we shed some light on the myth of Hamlet's mommy issues. Shakespeare Pie by The FuMP, courtesy of http://music.mevio.com