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Rosalind - Episode 7

Rosalind - Episode 7

FromShakespeare's Shadows


Rosalind - Episode 7

FromShakespeare's Shadows

ratings:
Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Jun 15, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

With more lines than any other female character in Shakespeare’s canon, Rosalind stands apart. Both a romantic and a cynic when it comes to love, she chooses her own husband and launches discourse with him negotiating their domestic life — near-unheard of for a noblewoman in her time of arranged marriages. Featuring interviews with Jessika D. Williams — currently starring in CalShakes’ “As You Like It” — and Cal State Dominguez Hills professor Kimberly Huth, this episode delves into how Rosalind’s gender exploration remains utterly relevant to modern audiences, whether her disguise as Ganymede is actually convincing, and that fourth wall-breaking epilogue. And we gab about a squee-filled moment when “As You Like It” basically embodies a certain catchy “Grease” song.
Released:
Jun 15, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (18)

Featuring interviews with both actors and academics, Shakespeare’s Shadows delves into a single Shakespeare character in each episode. Perspectives from the worlds of academia, theater, and film together shape explorations of the Bard’s shadows, his imitations of life — pretty good imitations, ones that reveal enough of ourselves that we’re still talking about them four centuries later.