A discussion of the life of William Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet, and 12th Night through Shakespeare in Love
Tech tried to keep us away from this treasure of a film, but we're back with our thoughts on Shakespeare in Love. Are we charmed? Are we in LOVE? Are we a lady, Mr. Kent?!
CAST: Megan Scharlau and Matthew James Marquez
Discussing a failed pilot as a horror adaptation of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream
Once upon a time, a Shakespearean horror anthology was offered to the Lifetime Network The only thing more frightening than their pilot of Midsummer Night's Dream? Trying to connect its plot to the original.
Discussing Forbidden Planet! as an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest
Soaring through space and time, Megan and Marquez have found themselves in the future of the past! Can the magic of Morbius hold up to Prospero's books?
CAST: Megan Scharlau and Matthew James Marquez
Discussing Julie Taymor's TITUS as an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus
This Thanksgiving week, we thought we'd bring Shakespeare's most thematic play for the season: Titus Andronicus. So few adaptations exist of this gory work; is Julie Taymor's TITUS enough to satisfy? Or will we be full up?
Discussing a two-named Christmas film as an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet
It's the holiday season! What Shakespeare play could fit Christmas spirits better than... Romeo and Juliet? But feuding Christmas Tree farms? Okay then!
CAST: Megan Scharlau and Matthew James Marquez
In the second round of What the Dickens! We're revisiting A Christmas Carol through Scrooged
In our second annual episode of What the Dickens!, a sub-podcast of Avant-Bard, we're discussing Scrooged as a cynical adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol.
CAST: Megan Scharlau and Matthew James Marquez
Rating the films we watched in 2021 and discussing the past and future
CAST: Megan Scharlau and Matthew James Marquez
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Is this episode Macbeth? Romeo and Juliet? Something else?
We're starting this year with some sweet nostalgia! These two theatre nerds grew up with the Boy Genius Jimmy Neutron and NEEDED to cover his school play MACBETH... IN SPACE!
CAST: Megan Scharlau and Matthew James Marquez
Comparing Kenneth Branagh's film to William Shakespeare's play
Keeping our promise to cover plays we haven't before, we're watching Kenneth Branagh's film version of As You Like It. Will we enjoy his setting or call him out for Orientalism? I'm sure you can guess.
Discussing Were the World Mine as an adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
We might have missed Valentine's Day, but we're still in the mood for love! Kind of. At least it's queer? That's right, we're talking Were the World Mine! A gay musical! Midsummer Night's Dream! But... will we like it?