Ever wonder where Shakespeare got his inspiration or ideas for plays? In this episode, we explore the history behind one of Shakespeare's major sources for many of his plays: Holinshed's Chronicles.  Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was "Korey Leigh Smith". Episode written and researched by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Our theme music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Works Referenced: Clegg, Cyndia Susan. “Which Holinshed? Holinshed's ‘Chronicles’ at the Huntington Library.” Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 55, no. 4, 1992, pp. 559–577. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3817633. Accessed 20 Feb. 2021. “Holinshed's Chronicles, 1577.” The British Library, The British Library, 23 Nov. 2015, www.bl.uk/collection-items/holinsheds-chronicles-1577#.   Kewes, Paulina, et al. The Holinshed Project, Oxford University, 2013, www.cems.ox.ac.uk/holinshed/. Marchant, Katrina. Dr Kat and Holinshed's Chronicles. Reading the Past with Dr. Kat: Dr. Kat and Holinshed's Chronicles, YouTube, 13 Sept. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzK4Y2EEYUM. PASUPATHI, VIMALA C, et al. “Shakespeare & Holinshed's Chronicles.” DHSHX, University of Southern California, 14 Jan. 2017, scalar.usc.edu/works/dhshx/holinsheds-chronicles. Zaller, Robert. “King, Commons, and Commonweal in Holinshed's Chronicles.” Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, vol. 34, no. 3, 2002, pp. 371–390. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4054738. Accessed 20 Feb. 2021.

Remember when we said that we'd cover all of the different parts of Macbeth that were influenced by King James being on the throne or written *just* for him? In this episode, we finally get around to talking about all of that! Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was "Korey Leigh Smith". Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Works referenced:  Calhoun, Howell V. “JAMES I AND THE WITCH SCENES IN ‘MACBETH.’” The Shakespeare Association Bulletin, vol. 17, no. 4, 1942, pp. 184–189. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23675195. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021. Mathew, David. "James I". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-I-king-of-England-and-Scotland. Accessed 1 Mar. 2021. Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Arden Shakespeare, 2015.  “The Book of Books: The King James Bible.” A Little History of Literature, by JOHN SUTHERLAND, Yale University Press, 2013, pp. 47–53. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vkwh2.10. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021. “The Smell of Gunpowder: Macbeth and the Palimpsests of Olfaction.” Untimely Matter in the Time of Shakespeare, by Jonathan Gil Harris, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2009, pp. 119–140. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fj17b.10. Accessed 25 Jan. 2021. Turrell, James F. “The Ritual of Royal Healing in Early Modern England: Scrofula, Liturgy, and Politics.” Anglican and Episcopal History, vol. 68, no. 1, 1999, pp. 3–36. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42611999. Accessed 2 Mar. 2021. Williams, George Walton. “‘Macbeth’: King James's Play.” South Atlantic Review, vol. 47, no. 2, 1982, pp. 12–21. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3199207. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021.

Today we have a new mini-episode for you!  In these mini-episodes, we’ll be exploring topics that are related to Shakespeare but aren’t necessarily connected to whatever play we’ve been discussing. And they’re mini, because well, they’re shorter than our other episodes. They’re like quartos if the regular episodes are folio editions. In today's episode, we are exploring the Four Humours, which were a widely held theory in medicine during Shakespeare's time and which are referenced throughout his works! Shakespeare Anyone? is created, written, produced, and hosted by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was "Korey Leigh Smith". Episode written and researched by Kourtney Smith with contributions by Elyse Sharp. Our theme music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Works referenced:  Cummings, M. J. (2018). The Four Humors in Shakespeare's Works. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021, from http://shakespearestudyguide.com/Four%20Humours%20in%20Shakespeare.html#:~:text=Examples%20of%20characters%20who%20exhibit,blood)%20in%20Much%20Ado%20About DRAPER, JOHN W. “HUMORAL THERAPY IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 35, no. 4, 1961, pp. 317–325. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44449750. Accessed 10 Jan. 2021. Elliott, R. (2020, February 06). Bloodletting and the treatment of menstrual disorders. Accessed 13 Jan. 2021, from https://hekint.org/2020/02/06/bloodletting-and-the-treatment-of-menstrual-disorders-in-early-modern-england/ Galen: Selected Papers, by Jacques Jouanna and Neil Allies, Brill, LEIDEN; BOSTON, 2012, pp. 335–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w76vxr.21. Accessed 29 Dec. 2020. Kern Paster, Dr. Gail. “William Shakespeare and the Four Humors: Elizabethan Medical Beliefs by Dr. Gail Kern Paster.” National Library of Medicine exhibit, "And there's the humor of it, Shakespeare and the Four Humors". William Shakespeare and the Four Humors: Elizabethan Medical Beliefs, 14 Jan. 2021, Pittsburgh, Accessed on October 2, 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKt4pDZDefQ Marschall, Whythes. “Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9.” Produced and edited by Nicholas Jenkins and Nicole Sweeney, Hosted by Hank Green, YouTube, Crash Course, 4 June 2018, Accessed 5 Jan. 2021, from www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGiZXQVGpbY Paul, Richard. Shakespeare Unlimited Podcast, performance by Neva Grant, et al., episode 55, Folger Shakespeare Library, 23 Aug. 2016. Accessed 13 Jan. 2021. “The Four Humours.” In Our Time: Science, performance by Melvyn Bragg, et al., season 10, episode 13, BBC 4 Radio, 20 Dec. 2007.  Accessed 13 January 2021. “Understanding the Female Body: MISOGYNY AND SYMPATHY.” A Medieval Woman's Companion: Women's Lives in the European Middle Ages, by Susan Signe Morrison, Oxbow Books, Oxford; Philadelphia, 2016, pp. 88–95. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvh1dnb3.15. Accessed 2 Jan. 2021. Van der Eijk, Philip, editor. “THE LEGACY OF THE HIPPOCRATIC TREATISE THE NATURE OF MAN: THE THEORY OF THE FOUR HUMOURS.” Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen: Selected Papers, by Jacques Jouanna and Neil Allies, Brill, LEIDEN; BOSTON, 2012, pp. 335–360. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w76vxr.21. Accessed 24 Jan. 2021.

In this week's episode, we'll be discussing the elements of tyranny and treason as they appear in Shakespeare's play Macbeth as well as modern parallels to the plot and character of Macbeth and the implications of tyranny and treason in the Early Modern Era.  Shakespeare Anyone? is created, written, produced, and hosted by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was "Korey Leigh Smith". Our theme music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Works referenced: Frye, Roland Mushat. “Hitler, Stalin, and Shakespeare's Macbeth: Modern Totalitarianism and Ancient Tyranny.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 142, no. 1, 1998, pp. 81–109. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3152266. Accessed 27 Jan. 2021. Lemon, Rebecca. “Scaffolds of Treason in ‘Macbeth.’” Theatre Journal, vol. 54, no. 1, 2002, pp. 25–43. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25069019. Accessed 24 Jan. 2021. Meron, Theodor. “Crimes and Accountability in Shakespeare.” The American Journal of International Law, vol. 92, no. 1, 1998, pp. 1–40. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2998059. Accessed 24 Jan. 2021. Mullaney, Steven. “Lying Like Truth: Riddle, Representation and Treason in Renaissance England.” ELH, vol. 47, no. 1, 1980, pp. 32–47. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2872437. Accessed 31 Jan. 2021. Paul, Richard. Shakespeare Unlimited Podcast, performance by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., episode 100, Folger Shakespeare Library, 12 June 2018. Accessed 25 Jan. 2021. “Sovereignty, Treason Law, and the Political Imagination in Early Modern England.” Treason by Words: Literature, Law, and Rebellion in Shakespeare's England, by Rebecca Lemon, 1st ed., Cornell University Press, ITHACA; LONDON, 2006, pp. 1–22. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt7zgxv.4. Accessed 25 Jan. 2021. “The Smell of Gunpowder: Macbeth and the Palimpsests of Olfaction.” Untimely Matter in the Time of Shakespeare, by Jonathan Gil Harris, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2009, pp. 119–140. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt3fj17b.10. Accessed 25 Jan. 2021.

Introducing the first of our Mini Episodes!  In these mini-episodes, we’ll be exploring topics that are related to Shakespeare but aren’t necessarily connected to whatever play we’ve been discussing. And they’re mini, because well, they’re shorter than our other episodes. They’re like quartos if the regular episodes are folio editions.  In this episode, we dive into the Gunpowder Plot--an event which shook Early Modern England and shaped Shakespeare's Macbeth.  Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was "Korey Leigh Smith". Episode written and researched by Kourtney Smith with contributions by Elyse Sharp. Our theme music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Works referenced:  Arnold, Catharine. Globe: Life in Shakespeare's London. Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., 2016. Greenblatt, Stephen. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. W.W. Norton Et Company, 2016. Quinn, Shannon, and Jennifer Da Silva. Guy Fawkes and the Conspiracy of the Gunpowder Plot. Performance by Simon Whistler, Youtube, Biographics with Highlight History, 5 May 2019, Accessed 17 Dec. 2020, from www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWZIbnkkI9U&t=300s

In this episode, we are examining the gender politics of Shakespeare's Macbeth: how gender is represented in the play and how it affects our understanding of characters.  Shakespeare Anyone? is created, written, produced, and hosted by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was using the stage name "Korey Leigh Smith". Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Follow us on Instagram at @shakespeareanyonepod for updates or visit our website at shakespeareanyone.com You can support the podcast by becoming a patron at patreon.com/shakespeareanyone, sending us a virtual tip via our tipjar, or by shopping our bookshelves at bookshop.org/shop/shakespeareanyonepod. Works referenced: “[Act 4] Chaos Is Come Again: The Lion Eats the Wolf Scene 1: Overview: Hamlet Leading into Macbeth.” Women of Will: The Remarkable Evolution of Shakespeare's Female Characters, by Tina Packer, One, Vintage Books, 2016, pp. 227–240. Chamberlain, Stephanie. “Fantasizing Infanticide: Lady Macbeth and the Murdering Mother in Early Modern England.” College Literature, vol. 32, no. 3, 2005, pp. 72–91. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25115288. Accessed 21 Dec. 2020. Clark, Sandra. “Macbeth and His Lady: the Relationship of Power.” Macbeth, edited by Pamela Mason, The Arden Shakespeare, 2015, pp. 103–116. Third.  Helms, Lorraine. “Playing the Woman's Part: Feminist Criticism and Shakespearean Performance.” Theatre Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 1989, pp. 190-200. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3207858. Accessed 24 November 2020. Kamps, Ivo. Shakespeare Left and Right. Taylor & Francis, 2015. Levin, Joanna. “Lady MacBeth and the Daemonologie of Hysteria.” ELH, vol. 69, no. 1, 2002, pp. 21–55. Accessed 22 Nov. 2020, from JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30032010 Liston, W. (1989). "Male and Female Created He Them": Sex and Gender in "Macbeth". College Literature, 16(3), 232-239. Accessed 18 Jan. 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25111824 “Macbeth Contextual Analysis - Shakespeare Lesson.” Schooling Online, 29 Sept. 2020, Accessed 10 Nov. 2020, from www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S6sQtmbYhY Soloski, Alexis. “Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 410.” Directed by Stan Muller, Hosted by Hank Green, YouTube, Crash Course, 30 Jan. 2018, Accessed 10 Nov. 2020, from www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGiZXQVGpbY  

In this episode, we tackle reading King James I's Demonology so you don't have to! Because it. is. a. lot. But there's also plenty of source material in there that likely informed the depiction of witchcraft in Macbeth. Shakespeare Anyone? is created, written, produced, and hosted by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Our theme music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Works Referenced: King James VI and I. (2008). Daemonologie. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Accessed x Nov. 2020, from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25929/25929-h/25929-h.html. Normand, Lawrence, and Gareth Roberts, editors. Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches. 1st ed., Liverpool University Press, 2000. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjmvw. Accessed 21 Dec. 2020. Tyson, Donald, and James Carmichael. The Demonology of King James I. Edited by Tom Bilstad, 5th ed., Llewellyn, 2019. Wright, James. “Ritual Protection Marks and Witchcraft at Knole, Kent.” Mondays at One Archaeology Series. 19 Oct. 2015, Gresham College, Accessed 5 Nov. 2020, from https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/ritual-protection-marks-and-witchcraft-at-knole-kent

Ever read Macbeth and wonder, "Why witches?" Well, if you were trying to earn favor with your new Scottish King who was OBSESSED with witchcraft, maybe you'd write some witches into your very Scottish play.  In this episode, we explore the concept of witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland, King James I's obsession with the topic, and the North Berwick Witch Trials to discover the cultural context that surrounded the creation of Shakespeare's Weird Sisters.  Shakespeare Anyone? is created, written, produced, and hosted by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was using the stage name "Korey Leigh Smith". Our theme music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Works Referenced: Normand, Lawrence, and Gareth Roberts, editors. Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland: James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches. 1st ed., Liverpool University Press, 2000. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vjmvw. Accessed 21 Dec. 2020. Tyson, Donald, and James Carmichael. The Demonology of King James I. Edited by Tom Bilstad, 5th ed., Llewellyn, 2019.  Wright, James. “Ritual Protection Marks and Witchcraft at Knole, Kent.” Mondays at One Archaeology Series. 19 Oct. 2015, Gresham College, Accessed 5 Nov. 2020, from https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/ritual-protection-marks-and-witchcraft-at-knole-kent

There's so much to talk about with each play that doesn't fit into the synopsis or into its own episode, so we've decided to cover several topics in this episode. In this episode, we discuss major thematic elements in Shakespeare's Macbeth as well as topics that are usually covered or talked about in reference to this play.  Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was using the stage name "Korey Leigh Smith". Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Follow us on Instagram at @shakespeareanyonepod for updates or visit our website at shakespeareanyone.com You can support the podcast by becoming a patron at patreon.com/shakespeareanyone, sending us a virtual tip via our tipjar, or by shopping our bookshelves at bookshop.org/shop/shakespeareanyonepod Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com Works Referenced: “The Curse of the Scottish Play: Macbeth.” Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Company, 2020, www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/about-the-play/the-scottish-play. Lemon, Rebecca. “Scaffolds of Treason in ‘Macbeth.’” Theatre Journal, vol. 54, no. 1, 2002, pp. 25–43. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25069019. Accessed 21 Dec. 2020. LiteraryDevices Editors. Accessed 24 Oct. 2020, from “Themes in Macbeth with Examples and Analysis” https://literarydevices.net/macbeth-themes/ “Macbeth - Themes.” BBC Bitesize, BBC, Accessed 24 Oct. 2020, from www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgv7hyc/revision/1 Marchitello, Howard. “Speed and the Problem of Real Time in ‘Macbeth.’” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 4, 2013, pp. 425–448., www.jstor.org/stable/24778493. Accessed 21 Dec. 2020. Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Arden Shakespeare, 2015. SparkNotes Editors. (2005). “SparkNotes: Macbeth.” SparkNotes.com, SparkNotes LLC, 2005. Accessed 24 Oct. 2020, from https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/

Before diving into our discussions surrounding Macbeth, we wanted to give a synopsis of the events of the play as they are written for anyone who hasn't read the play at all, in a while, or found it confusing to try and read on their own.  Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Note: When this episode was recorded, Kourtney Smith was using the stage name "Korey Leigh Smith". Episode written by Elyse Sharp. Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Follow us on Instagram at @shakespeareanyonepod for updates or visit our website at shakespeareanyone.com You can support the podcast at patreon.com/shakespeareanyone Works referenced: Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Arden Shakespeare, 2015.