As you’ll hear, they’ve taken Shakespeare’s most popular characters and teamed them up in rival warring camps, bent on seizing control of the kingdom that is the world of Shakespeare’s plays. Since 2010, Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col have been publishing a comic book series under the title Kill Shakespeare. We’ve looked at Shakespeare on film, we’ve talked with an author who rewrote the Star Wars trilogy in the style of a Shakespearean drama. One thing we keep an eye out for with Shakespeare Unlimited is the original, and even eye-popping, ways that Shakespeare and his works show up in popular culture. I’m Michael Witmore, the Folger’s director. MICHAEL WITMORE: From the Folger Shakespeare Library, this is Shakespeare Unlimited. Previous: Reduced Shakespeare Company | Next: Creating Shakespeare's First Folio We had help from Bob Auld and Deb Stathopulos at the Radio Foundation in New York and Andrew Feliciano at Voice Trax-West Studios in Los Angeles. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. This podcast episode, “I Have O’erheard a Plot of Death Upon Him,” was produced by Richard Paul. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series.
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