Myths About Shakespeare

Synopsis

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Even if you’re not a Shakespeare scholar, there are things you have learned about Shakespeare and his plays throughout your life - that it’s bad luck to say the name of "the Scottish play" or that Shakespeare hated his wife. Are any of these stories true? And whether they are or not, what do they tell us about previous eras, and our own? Rebecca Sheir talks to Emma Smith, professor of English at the University of Oxford—and co-author, with Laurie Maguire, of 30 Great Myths About Shakespeare.

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Audio

Notes

Podcast: http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-23. (accessed 8/2015)

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Credits

Producer

Richard Paul

Contributor

Emma Smith; Rebecca Sheir

Production Company

Name

R.L. Paul Productions