2 episodes
Better than Shakespeare Better than Shakespeare
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Better than Shakespeare is a podcast dedicated to socialist theatre. Each week we discuss a different play relevant to socialist struggle in its aesthetic, historical, and theoretical context. There are also jokes. The core team is Andy Boyd and Danny Erickson, but we also have a rotating roster of stellar guests from the worlds of theatre and socialism and socialist theatre.
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Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill
Andy and Danny discuss the fall of Communism in Romania through Caryl Churchill's play Mad Forest.
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Soft Cops By Caryl Churchill
On this episode Danny and Andy discuss Caryl Churchill's Soft Cops, why police reform is a pro-police position, and why All Cops are Bastards includes doctors, gym teachers, your boss, and the village executioner.