⁠450. Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure with director Emily Burns⁠

The Guilty Feminist

The Spontaneity Shop

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4.9 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The Guilty Feminist 450. Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Emily Burns Recorded 22 September 2025 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Released 29 September. The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Measure for Measure is playing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon until 25 October 2025. Get Deborah’s new book with 30% off using the code SIXCONVERSATIONSPOD https://store.virago.co.uk/products/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have More about Deborah Frances-White · https://deborahfrances-white.com · https://www.instagram.com/dfdubz · https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/six-conversations-were-scared-to-have/9780349015811 · https://www.virago.co.uk/titles/deborah-frances-white/the-guilty-feminist/9780349010120 More about Emily Burns and Measure for Measure · https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/emily-burns · https://www.rsc.org.uk/measure-for-measure For more information about this and other episodes… · visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.com · tweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempod · like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeminist · check out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeminist · or join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPT More Big Speeches workshops now available https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/ Come to a live show · Femonomics: Using Data to Improve Women’s Lives, 6 October https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/femonomics-using-data-to-improve-womens-lives-tickets-1606840797079 · Cheltenham Book Festival with Poorna Ball, 11 October https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/deborah-frances-white · Wimbledon Book Fest with Jessica Swale, 21 October https://www.wimbledonbookfest.org/events/jessica-swale/ Thank you to our amazing Patreon supporters. To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist You can also get an ad-free version of the podcast via Apple Podcasts. The Guilty Feminist is part of The AudioPlus Network. If you’d like to work with us, please get in touch at hello@weareaudioplus.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.5	£1,200 credit limit. Hello listeners. This week I was very privileged to go to Stratford-Pon-Avon
0:34.9	and talk to Emily Burns about her new feminist production
0:38.9	of Measure for Measure. Now, you might think Shakespeare, how important is that with everything
0:43.8	else going on in the world? But honestly, this was such an interesting discussion. This play,
0:50.8	although written in the early 1600s, is a Me Too play.
0:55.2	And Emily talks about how every generation reinterprets this play
1:01.2	lets us know what's going on in their society.
1:05.0	And there's an incredible video montage at the beginning of the production
1:09.0	which shows us clips from the news of contemporary
1:14.2	men right up through, of course, Epstein, who abused their power. So this is a broader
1:21.4	conversation, even if you're not interested in Shakespeare or interested in this play or can
1:26.1	get to see the play, It's a really, really
1:28.2	interesting historical feminist conversation. I'd only seen the first half of the play on video
1:34.6	before I got to do the interview, but that night I watched the play and I was really blown
1:41.9	away by it. It's one of those productions of Shakespeare where you
1:45.4	can absolutely understand everything everyone's saying. It just feels like a natural conversation.
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