• Don’t Read Shakespeare Alone: The Romeo and Juliet Edition

  • By: mauraatwood
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Don’t Read Shakespeare Alone: The Romeo and Juliet Edition

By: mauraatwood
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  • This podcast offers a full reading of Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet along with commentary to help listeners understand and appreciate the text.
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Episodes
  • Act IV Scene 2

    Act IV Scene 2
    Jan 8 2025

    Juliet pretends to be willing to marry Paris, and her father excitedly changes the date of the wedding to the next day.
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    7 mins
  • Act IV Scene 1

    Act IV Scene 1
    Jan 2 2025

    Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for help, and runs into Paris at Friar Lawrence's cell. She and Friar Lawrence talk secretly about what can be done, and he gives her a potion that will cause her to appear dead for forty-two hours.

    Content Warning: contemplation of suicide.

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    16 mins
  • Act III Scene 5

    Act III Scene 5
    Dec 27 2024

    Romeo and Juliet say goodbye to each other. Juliet's mother comes to tell her that she is expected to marry Paris, and Juliet refuses. Her father is enraged by her response, and after the Nurse tells her she should marry Paris, Juliet decides her only source of help is Friar Lawrence.

    Content Warnings: verbal abuse, potential physical abuse, and contemplation of suicide.
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    31 mins

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