Rhodri Lewis: Shakespearean Tragedy
Description
I was delighted to talk to Rhodri Lewis, author of Shakespeare’s Tragic Art. We discussed Shakespeare’s most under appreciated plays, the best films, how to teach Shakespeare, humanism, personae, Frank Kermode, the future of the humanities, being supervised by John Carey, A.C. Bradley, what we have learned about Francis Bacon, and more. There’s a transcript below and you can also watch the whole conversation on YouTube if you wish. We also covered Rhodri’s love of Pevsner architectural guides.
Timestamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:21 Shakespeare's best and worst plays
00:03:14 Performing Shakespeare
00:07:33 Pragmatism
00:09:13 Early experiences with Shakespeare
00:13:52 Teaching Shakespeare
00:17:08 Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet
00:19:38 Which five critical works?
00:23:37 Francis Bacon
00:31:31 What have we learned about Shakespeare?
00:34:32 Too much Shakespeare?
00:41:57 Tragedy
00:49:04 Humanism
00:54:00 Kermode
01:03:59 Quickfire questions
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