Episode 47 - The Fictional Shakespeare

<p>Shakespeare may have penned some of the most memorable characters, from Shylock to Hamlet to King Lear, but he's also shown up as a character himself over the years. This episode we are looking at a different kind of Shakespeare, the man created for the screen (both big and small), and the various tropes and modes of interpretation that show up over and over again. We look to have fun with a character that many others also have fun with - the legend turned tangible: the fictional Shakespeare.</p> <p>List of Works Discussed:</p> <ul><li><a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212579/'>Black Adder "Back and Forth" Special</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974729/'>Doctor Who "The Shakespeare Code"</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8172158/'>Good Omens "Hard Times"</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4793190/'>Upstart Crow</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521197/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1'>Anonymous</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9206798/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1'>All is True</a></li> <li><a href='https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138097/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1'>Shakespeare in Love</a></li> </ul> <p>Notes:</p> <ul><li>Kyle Kallgren, aka the Brows Held High YouTube channel, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3uYipLshD4&ab_channel=KyleKallgrenBHH'>has a great analysis of Roland Emmerich's 2011 </a><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3uYipLshD4&ab_channel=KyleKallgrenBHH'>Anonymous</a> which we reference several times in the episode.</li> <li>The Brows Held High <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn-5HowTLQk&t=2s&ab_channel=KyleKallgrenBHH'>video on Shakespeare in Love</a> is also great.</li> <li><a href='https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0850337/?ref_=tt_cl_t4'>Liza Tarbuck</a> is the actress who plays Anne Hathaway so well in Upstart Crow.</li> <li>Larry David's <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUMzQ0karAk&ab_channel=WGAWest'>WGA award acceptance speech</a> is frankly great.</li> <li>Aidan was way off - the