Shakespeare in Love

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'Shakespeare in Love' and its interpretation of William Shakespeare, along with insights from Dr. Roberta Barker.

Vanessa Zoltan and podcaster/author Dana Schwartz meet-up in Elizabethan England to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Shakespeare in Love . This week we discuss this movie's fuckboi interpretation of William Shakespeare, the collaborative craft of writing, and the Oscar campaign surrounding this film. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Roberta Barker to understand more about the playwright Tom Stoppard. Dana Schwartz has a new novel out next week, The Arcane Arts by S.D. Coverly. Pre-order now ! --- Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon ! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis with Dana and Vanessa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Zoltan

Guest: Dana Schwartz

Topics covered

• Shakespeare
• film analysis
• Oscar campaign
• writing collaboration
• romantic themes

Keywords

• Shakespeare
• Shakespeare in Love
• Dana Schwartz
• Vanessa Zoltan
• film analysis
• Oscar campaign
• Tom Stoppard
• The Arcane Arts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Not Sorry Productions, Acast

Books & works: Shakespeare in Love, The Arcane Arts

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