130 episodes
Shakespeare Closely Read Mark Naftel
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Full readings of Shakespeare's plays and other works in the public domain along with comments and text analysis. A podcast for lovers of beautiful thoughts and words!
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130. Antony and Cleopatra continued - Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun
Cleopatra is distraught to hear of Antony's marriage to Octavia. Sextus Pompey makes peace with the Triumverate.
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129. Antony and Cleopatra continued - You shall have time to wrangle in when you have nothing else to do.
Antony leaves Egypt and Cleopatra to meet Octavian and Lepidus to meet the threat of Pompey. Agrippa arranges a marriage between Antony and Octavia, Octavian's sister.
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128. Anthony and Cleopatra begins - Eternity was in our lips and eyes
Anthony is neglecting his duty while dalying with Cleopatra. He receives news that his wife, Fulvia, has died.
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127. Christmas Bonus - The Journey of the Magi
I read and analyze T.S Eliot's Christmas poem, "The Journey of the Magi." I include a reading of Lancelot Andrewe's Christmas Homily that Eliot stole, err relied heavily upon in this poem.
The image of the Christmas card sent with Eliot's poem is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_of_the_Magi#/media/File:T_S_Eliot_1927_The_Journey_of_the_Magi_No_8_Ariel_Poems_Faber.jpg
A recording of Eliot reading the poem is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCVnuEWXQcg -
126. Life of Anthony - Selections from Plutarch
Anthony, in misfortune, was most nearly a virtuous man.
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125. Plutarch on Julius Caesar's Death
We read Plutarch and see how much Shakespeare stole. Rather a lot, really.