Revenge is a dish best served... with lots of collateral damage...

We return to Shakespeare’s true love: cross-dressers.

Phedre’s been bit by the love-bug, and it’s gonna get a lot of people killed.

In the forest, you can dress as a boy!

This time the Shakespeare-thing is... Us!

The big question: Are the French funny?

The one where Brutus gets radicalised by anonymous commenters

We’re traveling back in time to the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Roman plays - Plutarch!

We’re having a second chance at a first impression. Shakespeare’s first play -- AGAIN!

Is Henry V great? Or propaganda? It’s great propaganda!

Ancient Greek women will lead their men by their swords

Irony-poisoned renaissance girl and boy learn to FEEL

Gay Henry IV! Except not really... Except very much yes! Gus Van Sant's classic of queer cinema recontextualises Henry IV into the world of gay hustlers. Prince Hal is a trust fund kid slumming it, and Poins is our narcoleptic viewpoint character. With lines directly adapted from Henry IV, and sequences remixed from Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight, Gus Van Sant rams Henry IV into modern day. Does it work? Join us to find out! Make sure to subscribe and share this podcast! Comments and questions can be sent to shakespeare.pals@gmail.com Sources:  Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho (1991)  

Shakespeare's only true sequel, a play that depends on its prequel. Does it work? Are the character arcs continued and deepened? Or does this basically redo the previous play but with less focus? Join us to discuss King Henry IV, Part 2! Make sure to subscribe and share this podcast! Comments and questions can be sent to shakespeare.pals@gmail.com Sources:  The Oxford Shakespeare: King Henry IV, Part 2 (Oxford University Press) Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)

What if the comic relief was the main character? The Chimes and Midnight reframes the whole story around Prince Hal's buddy Falstaff. No longer a coming of age story, but a portrait of slow decline of an old thief. This comedy drama is considered one of the greatest Shakespeare films ever made, and Orson Welles one of the greatest Falstaffs. Does it live up to its reputation? Join us to find out! Make sure to subscribe and share this podcast! Comments and questions can be sent to shakespeare.pals@gmail.com

You ever have to choose between your King dad and your thief dad? King Henry IV's got two problems - rebelling nobles and a rebellious son. Prince Hal spends all his time with low lives in taverns. Could Hal ever possibly rise to the occasion and save the day? Does Shakespeare's coming-of-age, war comedy still hold up? Join Michael and Sophie and find out! Make sure to subscribe and share this podcast! Comments and questions can be sent to shakespeare.pals@gmail.com Sources:  The Oxford Shakespeare: King Henry IV, Part 1 (Oxford University Press) Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)

Boy loves girl. Boy’s father thinks the girl isn’t rich enough. Boy pretends to be in love with a drag king.

One of Shakespeare’s great… comedies???? Bassanio needs some cash to impress the wealthy heiress Portia. This couldn’t possibly lead to his best friend getting imprisoned and disemboweled. One of Shakespeare's great plays, full of poetry and incident and nuance, and Romance with a capital R. Is it toppled by the antisemitism at its centre? Make sure to subscribe and share this podcast! Comments and questions can be sent to shakespeare.pals@gmail.com Sources:  The Oxford Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (Oxford University Press) Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage, edited by Brian Vickers (Routledge)

It’s Romeo and Juliet as an anime! What more do you want? It’s Shakespeare’s tale, but not as we know it. Verona is a far future city in the sky, and all the nobles ride pegasi. Years ago, the evil Lord Montague massacred the Capulets – all but one. Juliet survived, and now spends her adolescence cross-dressing as a boy and moonlighting as a masked vigilante. But how will her life change when she meets Romeo at ball? Join us for flying horses, daring-do, and shoujo romance! Make sure to subscribe and share this podcast! Comments and questions can be sent to shakespeare.pals@gmail.com Romeo X Juliet can be watched on Crunchyroll

The one that you forgot Shakespeare did.