William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope

About this episode

The episode celebrates May the 4th by discussing Ian Doescher's adaptation of Shakespeare in the context of Star Wars.

Send us Fan Mail It is once again time to celebrate May the 4th, and it's also high time we talked about one of the most perfect intersections of nerdy interests out there, the works of Ian Doescher--er, I mean, William Shakespeare as it pertains to the space wizard franchise that surrounds us, binds us, and penetrates us in the landscape of cinema. Join Jas, Sam, River, and a NUMBER of surprise voices for excerpts of the play, as we discuss the ways it succeeds and fails to adapt both Shakes...

People in this episode

Host: Jasmine

Topics covered

• Shakespeare
• Star Wars
• adaptation
• theater
• nerdy interests

Keywords

• Shakespeare
• Star Wars
• Ian Doescher
• adaptation
• theater
• May the 4th

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope, Shakespeare

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