Welcome, listeners, to episode 2 of The Genre-l Idea! Today we’ll be covering Shakespearean tragedies in all their gob-smacking, grief-stricken, gory glory with Elyse Sharp. In this episode, we talk about just what tragedy means in relation to comedy, what’s truly tragic about all the blood and death and how we define tragedy in modern terms. Elyse Sharp (she/her) is an actor, director, producer, and amateur Shakespeare scholar based in Sacramento, CA. She is also a Shakespeare text coach and has been a guest lecturer on Shakespeare at several high schools throughout California. She has a life-goal to perform in all plays of Shakespeare's canon at least once. So far, she's done 15 out of 39. When she's not thinking about Shakespeare, she can be found working on new plays and theatre for young audiences. For more, visit elysesharp.com. She is also one of the hosts of Shakespeare Anyone podcast, a fantastically academic show that delves deep into Shakespeare’s texts from different critical perspectives minus the Bardolatry. Check out @shakespeareanyonepod on Instagram and shakespeareanyone.com for Elyse’s podcast which she co-hosts. You can also find her on Instagram and Twitter at @elysesharp. Enjoy!