France and the Bard of England
Guest Rachel Aanstad talks all about Shakespeare and his depiction of France in his plays.
Today’s special episode is an interview with Rachel Aanstad. Aanstad is a writer, illustrator, historian, and self-confessed Shakespeare nerd with an MFA in theatre. She is the author of Who's Who in Shakespeare's History Plays: From Achilles to Anne Boleyn, The Influences Behind Shakespeare's Plays, A Bawdy Twelfth Night or What You Will Encyclopedia & Dramaturgical Handbook, and A Midsummer Night's Dream Illustrated Handbook and Encyclopedia.
Based in the Pacific Northwest, she co-hosts the podcast Shakespeare and Friends with renowned Shakespeare scholar Darren Freebury-Jones, and has appeared on That Shakespeare Life and The History of European Theatre. Her work lives at the intersection of scholarship and stagecraft: books made for actors, directors, students, and anyone who loves a good story about where good stories come from. Her historian's eye turns next from the Bard's sources to the metal that funded five thousand years of empires.
Today we are talking about how France and French figures appeared in Shakespeare’s plays.
Rachel Aanstad is a writer, illustrator, historian, and self-confessed Shakespeare nerd with an MFA in theatre. She is the author of Who's Who in Shakespeare's History Plays: From Achilles to Anne Boleyn, The Influences Behind Shakespeare's Plays, A Bawdy Twelfth Night or What You Will Encyclopedia & Dramaturgical Handbook, and A Midsummer Night's Dream Illustrated Handbook and Encyclopedia.
Based in the Pacific Northwest, she co-hosts the podcast Shakespeare and Friends with renowned Shakespeare scholar Darren Freebury-Jones, and has appeared on That Shakespeare Life and The History of European Theatre. Her work lives at the intersection of scholarship and stagecraft: books made for actors, directors, students, and anyone who loves a good story about where good stories come from. Her historian's eye turns next from the Bard's sources to the metal that funded five thousand years of empires.