http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/watch/blogsanddiscussions.aspx?id=7696 en-us © 2012 Stratford Festival Stratford Summer Podcast Series Stratford Festival Summary Description Stratford Festival webmaster@stratfordfestival.ca Clean Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series – 1st Edition: Recorded on July 12, 2012, before a live audience at the Tom Patterson Theatre, this edition of our summer podcast series features a Talking Theatre discussion about the theme of money in our sixtieth season playbill. The conversation is led by General Director Antoni Cimolino and Education Consultant Pat Quigley.The power of money features in  The Matchmaker ,  Wanderlust and The Best Brothers . Lucy in  You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is obsessed with money and  42nd Street even has a song about it. But money is often pitted against true love and the lack of it perceived as an enemy to art. Is there a way to redistribute wealth, as Dolly Gallagher Levi says, so that it "circulates like rainwater and flows down among the people?" Would love and art flourish if it did?Our summer podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO. http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/07.12.2012.mp3 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:00:00 EST 32:21:00 stratford, summer podcast Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series - 2nd Edition: Recorded on July 19, 2012, before a live audience at the Tom Patterson Theatre, this edition of our 2012 podcast series features a Talking Theatre discussion about the theme of storytelling in our sixtieth season playbill.The conversation is led by General Director Antoni Cimolino and Education Consultant Pat Quigley.John Hirsch claimed that telling stories was his way of coping with survivor's guilt. The characters in Cymbeline  tell their stories to achieve forgiveness and reconciliation. In You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, book reports reveal more about the storytellers than about the original story. We have always explained our existence, learned to relate to one another and been entertained and consoled through storytelling. Do we still value our storytellers as we did in the past?Our 2012 podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO.    http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/07.19.2012.mp3 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:00:00 EST 30:58 Stratford Festival, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Theatre, Discussion, Podcast Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series – 3rd Edition: Recorded on August 2, 2012, before a live audience at the Tom Patterson Theatre, this edition of our 2012 podcast series features a Talking Theatre discussion about the themes of justice and revenge in our sixtieth season playbill. The conversation is led by Director of Communications David Prosser and Education Consultant Pat Quigley.Elektra dedicates herself to the principle of justice, but her sense of justice is questionable. Belarius in Cymbeline  kidnaps the two young princes because he has been unjustly exiled. Don John in Much Ado About Nothing plots to redress the unfair treatment he has received from Don Pedro. In each case, the perpetrator feels justified. If revenge is achieved, is justice served? What is the effect of revenge on the perpetrator?Our 2012 podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO. http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/08.02.2012_Justice_V2.mp3 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:00:00 EST 36 Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Fesitval, Stratford Festival Podcast, Podcast, Theatre, Talking Theatre, Antoni Cimolino, David Prosser, Elektra, Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline, Shakespeare, Justice, Revenge Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series – 4th Edition: Recorded on August 9, 2012, before a live audience at the Tom Patterson Theatre, this edition of our 2012 podcast series features a Talking Theatre discussion about the conflict between the need for security and the desire for adventure in our sixtieth season playbill. The conversation is led by General Director Antoni Cimolino and Education Consultant Pat Quigley.Wanderlust presents the conflict between the security of the familiar and the longing for adventure. Characters in The Matchmaker long for adventure and go to New York City to find it. The lost princes in Cymbeline are frustrated by the confines of their simple life and long for action in the larger world. Yet adventure is risky. Are we better off letting others take the risks for us and then reading about them? If the writers choose safety over risk, where will we turn for our adventures?Our 2012 podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO.  http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/08.09.2012.mp3 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:00:00 EST 39 Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Fesitval, Antoni Cimolino, The Matchmaker, Pat Quigley, Talking Theatre, Theatre, Podcasts, Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series – 5th Edition: Recorded on August 16, 2012, before a live audience at the Tom Patterson Theatre, this edition of our 2012 podcast series features a Talking Theatre discussion about the theme of honour in our sixtieth season playbill. The conversation is led by General Director Antoni Cimolino and Education Consultant Pat Quigley.Honour features largely in several plays on this season's playbill. Elektra has "made her life a wall of tears against dishonour," Henry V cites honour as a reason for invading France and in Much Ado About Nothing Hero's father wishes her dead for the dishonour she has brought upon her family. Is Falstaff's dismissal of honour as "a mere scutcheon" the correct attitude?Our 2012 podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO. http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/08.16.2012_1-2.mp3 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:00:00 EST 40 Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Stratford Festival, Honour, Henry V, Elektra, Much Ado About Nothing, Talking Theatre, Theatre, Podcasts, Antoni Cimolino, Pat Quigley Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series – 6th Edition: Recorded on August 21, 2012, before a live audience at the Festival Theatre, this edition of our 2012 podcast series features a Lobby Talk by Director of Communications David Prosser about our sixtieth season production of Much Ado About Nothing Our 2012 podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO.  http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/LobbyT1_1-2_(2).mp3 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:00:00 EST 40:58 Stratford Festival, Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, David Prosser, Podcast Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series – 7th Edition: Recorded on August 22, 2012, before a live audience at the Festival Theatre, this edition of our 2012 podcast series features a Lobby Talk by Director of Communications David Prosser about our sixtieth season production of Henry V.Our 2012 podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO.  http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/LobbyT2_1-2_(1).mp3 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:00:00 EST 40:22 Henry V, Stratford Festival, David Prosser, Shakespeare, Podcast Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series – 8th Edition: Recorded on August 23, 2012, before a live audience at the Tom Patterson Theatre, this edition of our 2012 podcast series features a Talking Theatre discussion about the theme of love in our sixtieth season playbill. The conversation is led by General Director Antoni Cimolino and Education Consultant Pat Quigley.In Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio claims to love Hero; Posthumus similarly claims to love Innogen in Cymbeline. Yet each man is readily deceived into thinking his beloved has betrayed him, and reacts violently to this betrayal. Could their anger stem from loving an ideal instead of a person? Do Beatrice and Benedick, or Dolly and Horace in The Matchmaker, have a more realistic chance at happiness?Our 2012 podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO.  http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/08.23.2012_Love_Forever_True.mp3 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:00:00 EST 30.28 Stratford Festival, Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing, The Matchmaker, Shakespeare, Antoni Cimolino, Podcast, Pat Quigley Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2012 Podcast Series – 9th Edition: Recorded on August 30, 2012, before a live audience at the Tom Patterson Theatre, this edition of our 2012 podcast series features a Talking Theatre discussion about the theme of counterfeit deaths in our sixtieth season playbill. The conversation is led by Director of Communications David Prosser and Education Consultant Pat Quigley.In Cymbeline, Innogen's apparent death is mourned by her brothers; in Much Ado About Nothing, Hero's apparent death is mourned by a repentant Claudio. In Elektra, Orestes tortures his sister with his faked death. These counterfeit deaths can allow time for other characters to learn the true value of the one who has died, and to acknowledge their roles in the death, but in Elektra's case the suffering appears needless. What is the audience supposed to understand from these explorations of death?Our 2012 podcast series is proudly sponsored by BMO. http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/08.30.2012_Fear_no_more_the_frown_of_the_great.mp3 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:00:00 EST 30.33 Stratford Festival, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, David Prosser, Pat Quigley, Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Elektra, Electra, Cymbeline, Sophocles, Sophokles Stratford Festival Stratford Festival 2013 Podcast Series - Dr. Vivian Rakoff contextualizes the social and political framework behind one of Shakespeare's most contraverial plays, The Merchant of Venice. Themes explored include the work of stereotype in the text, how the play has been interpreted and appropriated throughout history, and the role of the defeated "other", Shylock. (Recorded on March 19, 2013 at the Toronto Reference Library as part of the On Stage Art Series. Introduction by Festival Board Chair David Goldbloom.) http://media.stratfordfestival.ca/podcasts/The_Merchant_of_Venice_TRL.mp3 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:00:00 EST 32:21:00 stratford, podcast