Speaking of Shakespeare
Conversations about things Shakespearean, including new developments in Shakespeare studies and Shakespearean performance and education across the globe. These talks are also available on YouTube under the search term, 'Speaking of Shakespeare'. This series is made possible by institutional support from Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) in central Tokyo and is also supported by a generous grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Speaking of Shakespeare
SoS # 66 | Varsha Panjwani: Women and Shakespeare
This is a talk with Varsha Panjwani, host of the podcast, Women and Shakespeare. She also discusses her recent work on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and on Indian and diasporic Shakespeare.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:05 - Women and Shakespeare podcast
00:07:41 - Podcasts/Feminist Shakespeare Pedagogy
00:17:26 - Varsha’s intro to Oxford “Midsummer”
00:32:14 - Indian Shakespeare in India
00:37:40 - Bollywood and Shakespeare in film
00:43:20 - Indian Shakespeare adapted in the West
00:52:28 - Indian culture, personal rebellion, and Shakespeare
01:05:18 - Future plans, diaspora Shakespeare