A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
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4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
From Greek mythology to fairy lore, Shakespeare has always loved the magical and supernatural in his plays. With A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we chat about hot messengers, earnest amateur actors, and the parallels between rulers and fairy kings. Also, why doesn’t everyone just kiss a little?
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of genitals, death, execution, racism, exoticism, murder, human sacrifice, and abduction.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm |
| 0:02.0 | M. |
| 0:05.0 | The Welcome to Spirits podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:33.1 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:37.1 | And I'm Julia. And this is our episode all about a new story from around the world. I'm Amanda. And I'm |
| 0:37.5 | Julia. And this is our episode all about a midsummer night's dream, baby. Woo! Amanda, as theater |
| 0:44.9 | nerds, we were very much exposed to Shakespeare at kind of a young age, I would say. |
| 0:51.2 | It's true. And this is a hot take, I'm sure. They are fantastic plays. |
| 0:54.6 | They are full of dick jokes. |
| 0:57.1 | And high school kids like us loved learning about them. |
| 1:00.0 | That's just a fact. |
| 1:01.5 | Yeah, that was the biggest surprise to me, just how many references are phallic ones. |
| 1:07.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.5 | And it is incredibly funny. |
| 1:09.1 | And, hey, these plays are not like annoying literature you |
| 1:12.3 | have to read, but entertainment for the masses that also have a lot of poetry in them. And so there |
| 1:18.0 | are also a ton of sources in mythology that the bard borrowed from. So I'm really excited to see |
| 1:23.9 | your take on these plays, Julia. Yeah. So as you've highlighted for the audience, |
| 1:29.4 | Shakespeare does feature in both the tragedies and the comedies, a lot of both magical and |
| 1:35.5 | supernatural elements and of course mythological and folkloric references. And Shakespeare, |
| 1:41.0 | like a lot of literature and art at the time, really pulled heavily from these |
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