
We're Still Obsessed with Shakespeare w/ Abigail Thorn
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The Weightiness of Shakespeare's Henry the Fourth
There is a weightiness to Shakespeare that we sometimes shy away from. I think, especially in the histories and stuff like Henry the fourth part one, there is the big political machinations but then also you've got the very, very human drama of Hotspur and Hotspur's wife, Kate. It actually reminds me a little bit of House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones. They're right as on that of balancing the kind of this massive political world and all this intrigue and stuff with the kind of very small,. like actually it's about this guy and his niece or it's aboutthis girl and her dad and stuff like that.
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