Summary: Episode 20! Hooray! This one is about Shakespeare's Sources, although that doesn't take us too long, so the second half is about news that's cropped up lately. There's a special moment of action at the end, where we roll a die to randomly decide what play to do next. I'm not going to spoil it here. Links Lists of Shakespeare's Sources http://www.shakespeare-w.com/english/shakespeare/source.html http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/sources.htm http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sources/ Links to Shakespeare's Individual Sources Holinshed's Chronicles Although we mention the Geneva Bible as one of Shakespeare's sources, we didn't really give it the proper historical context as one of the most significant Bibles in English history. This Wikipedia article does it proper justice. Ovid's Metamorphoses When it comes to the Authorship question, newly brought to attention by this Anonymous film, we suggest you visit shakespeareauthorship.com, and more specifically, this page of the website, which disembowels their absurd methodology. Store Enter the Whole Army: A Pictorial Study of Shakespearean Staging, 1576-1616 This book is the most concise and well written analysis of what makes Shakespeare's plays. You can find it at various online stores if you're willing to look around. I highly suggest it. The New Temple Shakespeare: William Shakespeare a Commentary Author: Ridley M. R. Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons 1936 Outline after the break: Shakespeare's Sources 1. Introduction 1. Bardcast 2. names 3. Shakey's Sources 1. Could also be titled, "what did shakespeare know/read?" 2. we have to remember, someone can allude to something without having read it 2. Shakespeare's Sources 1. Our sources 1. http://www.shakespeare-w.com/english/shakespeare/source.html 2. Holinshead 3. Plutarch, lives of the romans 4. The Bible 1. there is no "the bible" 1. Jews, protestants and catholics have different number of books 2. different translations, etc. 2. Specifically, the Geneva Bible 3. First bible (english bible?) divided into chapter and verse 4. King James Bible not written yet 5. Greek and Roman Myth 1. Ovid's metamorphoses 6. Machiavelli 7. specific plays have specific sources, 1. Amleth for some play 2. the tragical history of romeus and Juliet 3. Montaigne with Tempest &nbs
