Send us a text Hanh Bui discusses how Shakespeare's plays can make us rethink ageing. For a complete episode transcript, http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Hanh Bui Researcher: Julia Patterson Producers: Caitlin Cusack & Grace Kunik Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwork: Wenqi Wan Suggested Citation: Bui, Hanh in conversation with Panjwani, Varsha (2025). Hanh Bui on Ageing in Shakespeare. Women & Shakespeare [podcast], Series 6, Ep.2. ...

Send us a text Sophie Duncan discusses her book, Searching for Juliet — a love letter to this wonderful and beloved heroine. For a complete episode transcript, http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Sophie Duncan Researchers: Irene Hao and Rose Hayward Producer: Tayphath Thyagaraj Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwork: Wenqi Wan Suggested Citation: Duncan, Sophie in conversation with Panjwani, Varsha (2025). Sophie Duncan on Searching for Juliet. ...

Send us a text Michelle Ephraim discusses memoir writing, Jewish women in Shakespeare’s time, teaching Shakespeare, and her moving memoir Green World—a powerful dialogue between lived experience and The Merchant of Venice For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Claudia Mayer's co-production company: https://michelleephraim.com/ Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Michelle Ephraim Producer: Bryony Fishpool Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwork: Wenqi Wan Su...

Send us a text Claudia Mayer discusses designing for Shakespeare plays, including Macbeth, The Tempest, and The Merchant of Venice. For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Claudia Mayer's co-production company: https://jvproductions.co.uk/ Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Claudia Mayer Researcher: Iris Kobrock Producer: Caroline Lehman Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwork: Wenqi Wan Suggested Citation: Mayer, Claudia in conversation with Panjwani...

Send us a text Dominique Le Gendre discusses composing music for Shakespeare plays, including Richard II at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare audio recordings. For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Dominique Le Gendre's Website: https://www.dominiquelegendre.com/ Interviewer: Varsha Panjwani Guest: Dominique Le Gendre Researcher: Grayson Yuzon Producers: Alyssa Goodwin Transcript: Benjamin Poore Artwork: Wenqi Wan Sugge...

Send us a textKerry Frampton (Splendid Productions) discusses her show Midsummer Mechanicals, Clowning, and the importance Working-Class Shakespeare Theatre. For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.comSplendid's Website: https://splendidproductions.co.uk/about/Interviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Kerry FramptonResearcher: Eleanor Goetz Producers: Tino Ngorima, Isis Henderson, Kynnedi Smith Transcript: Benjamin PooreArtwork: Wenqi WanSuggested Citation...

Send us a textAlexa Alice Joubin discusses Shakespeare and East Asia, Trans as Method, and AI in Shakespeare Studies and performance. For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.comAlexa's Website: https://ajoubin.org/Interviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Alexa Alice Joubin Researchers: Riley Coffman, Caitlin Finch, Alexandra BiancoProducers: Bianca Thakur Transcript: Benjamin PooreArtwork: Wenqi WanSuggested Citation: Joubin, Alexa Alice in convers...

Send us a textDr Poonam Trivedi discusses Shakespeare in India and talks about her germinal co-edited collections, such as India's Shakespeare: Translation, Interpretation and Performance, Shakespeare and Indian Cinemas: Local Habitations, Re-playing Shakespeare in Asia. For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.comInterviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Poonam TrivediResearchers: Amira Motair & Aidan HughesProducers: Kendall Beitler & Casey Bachn...

Send us a textIn this episode, Professor Tiffany Stern discusses her books and tells us about rehearsal practices, ballads, and popular entertainments in Shakespeare's day. She also tells us about being a general editor and editing The Tempest. For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.comInterviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Tiffany Stern Researchers: Sonia Kukula & Annika Suderburg Producers: Isabella DeJoy & Emma Munson Transcript: Benj...

Send us a textIn this episode, playwright and actress, Lolita Chakrabarti, talks about her plays, Red Velvet and Hamnet.For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.comInterviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Lolita Chakrabarti Researchers: Marie Tagbo & Sophie Massey Producers: Audrey Kim Chung & Niraj Nair Transcript: Benjamin PooreArtwork: Wenqi WanSuggested Citation: Chakrabarti, Lolita in conversation with Panjwani, Varsha (2024). Lolita Chakrabar...

Send us a textIn this episode, the artistic-director of 'Some Kind of Theatre', Emily Ingram, talks about Shakespeare, Popular Culture, and Props. Find out more about her company here: https://www.somekindoftheatre.co.ukFor a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.comInterviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Emily IngramResearcher: Farah Elrakhawi Producers: Isabella DeJoy & Chance Ortiz-SorrentiTranscript: Benjamin PooreArtwork: Wenqi WanSuggested Citation: Ingr...

Send us a textIn this episode, Ella Hawkins talks about her book on 'Period Dress' in contemporary Shakespeare performance and about her biscuit art. Her book is available in different formats: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shakespeare-in-elizabethan-costume-9781350234420/Check out her Instagram: ellamchawkFor a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.comInterviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Ella HawkinsProducer: Varsha PanjwaniTranscript: Benjamin PooreArtwork: Wenqi W...

Send us a textIn this episode, Playwright Hannah Khalil talks about her adaptation of Henry VIII at Shakespeare's Globe. Check out the first anthology of her plays: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hannah-khalil-plays-of-arabic-heritage-9781350242197/ Check out her website: https://hannahkhalil.com/For a complete episode transcript, click http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Hannah KhalilProducers: Trixie Rodriguez & Sydney PartinResearch Consultant & Tra...

Send us a textIn this episode, Professor Emma Smith talks about her podcast *Approaching Shakespeare* and her wonderful books *This is Shakespeare*, *Shakespeare's First Folio*, and *Portable Magic*.Her podcast can be accessed from here: https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/approaching-shakespeareFor a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Emma SmithProducer: Peyton HarmonTranscript: Benjamin PooreArtwork: Wenqi Wan...

Send us a textAcademic Wendy Lennon talks about Shakespeare, Race, and Pedagogy. Find out more about her work here: https://www.shakeracepedagogy.com/For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Wendy LennonProducers: Emily Pepper & Marisa ValentinoArtwork: Mr Wenqi WanTwitter: @earlymoderndoc Insta: earlymoderndocEmail: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com

Send us a textTheatre critic, Lyn Gardner, talks about reviewing Shakespeare, theatre, and culture.Read her reviews & column here: https://www.thestage.co.uk/author-lyn-gardnerFor a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Lyn GardnerProducer: Hannah KaskoArtwork: Wenqi WanTwitter: @earlymoderndoc Insta: earlymoderndocEmail: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com

Send us a textPlaywright and Academic, Emma Whipday talks about her play Shakespeare's Sister, her book Shakespeare's Domestic Tragedies: Violence in the Early Modern Home, and practice-based research. For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Emma Whipday [http://www.emmawhipday.com/]Research Leads: Brianna Clark & Ariana PérezProducer: Tyler Medina-MinervaArtwork: Wenqi WanSuggested Citation: Whipday, Emma in...

Send us a textIn this episode, we discuss fight and intimacy direction in Shakespeare, especially in As You Like It, Hamlet, Richard II, & Romeo & Juliet. For more on Yarit Dor's work, check out https://www.yarit-dor.com/For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Dr Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Ms Yarit DorProducer: Mr Zeke TweedieArtwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Twitter: @earlymoderndoc Insta: earlymoderndocEmail: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com

Send us a textIn this episode, we discuss Chloe Gong's intricate Young Adult Fantasy reworkings of Romeo & Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai: These Violent Delights & Our Violent Ends.For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Dr Varsha PanjwaniGuest: Ms Chloe GongResearch Lead: Ms Morgen ShungProducer: Ms Ellie ZwolenskyArtwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Twitter: @earlymoderndoc Insta: earlymoderndocEmail: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com

Send us a textIn this episode, we discuss Shakespeare in Education in the UK and South East Asia with Dr Sarah Olive.This episode is in collaboration with the British Shakespeare Association (BSA) https://www.britishshakespeare.ws/For a complete episode transcript, check out http://www.womenandshakespeare.com Interviewer: Dr Varsha PanjwaniProducer: Mr Zeke TweedieGuest: Dr Sarah OliveArtwork: Mr Wenqi Wan Twitter: @earlymoderndoc Insta: earlymoderndocEmail: earlymoderndoc@gmail.com