Episode 260: Introduction to William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”

The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford

Education, Selfeducation, Classicaleducation, Reading, Literature, Homeschool, Arts, Books, Charlottemason, Homeeducation, Homeschooling

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to The Literary Life Podcast and our first book series of 2025, covering Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. Our hosts, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin by sharing their commonplace quotes, then lead into a little biographical background on William Shakespeare and the way in which he wrote his plays. They also talk a little about Elizabethan period drama as a whole, as well as how Shakespeare bucked the standards of form for the time period. Some other topics they cover are how Shakespeare was received in his time, how later literary periods saw his influence decrease and increase, and Elizabethan cosmology and the setting of the Globe Theatre.

To view the full show notes for this episode, including links to all the books mentioned, please visit https://theliterary.life/260/.

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0:00.0	This is not just another book chat podcast.
0:21.6	Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well.
0:32.6	Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover how to fully enter end to the great works of literature.
0:40.2	Learn what books mean while delighting in the sheer joy of imagination. Each week, we will rescue
0:47.1	story from the ivory tower and bring it to your couch, your kitchen, and your commute. The literary life is for everyone because in the
0:55.9	words of Stratford Caldecott, to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into
1:02.2	reality. Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world.
1:09.7	This is the Literary Life Podcast.
1:13.6	Welcome back to the Literary Life podcast.
1:31.1	I'm Angelina Stanford, and with me is the man who refuses to be mysterious.
1:36.5	No, no, I think that those days have passed, if ever those days were at all.
1:40.6	I still believe you are the mysterious Mr. Banks.
1:43.6	Mm.
1:44.5	All right. If people could see you right the mysterious Mr. Banks. Mm. All right.
1:45.3	If people could see you right now with your dark sunglasses.
1:48.1	Yeah, it's kind of bright in here.
1:49.7	Yep.
1:50.2	Well, I still think you're the mysterious Mr. Banks, even though you don't want to be.
1:54.8	I think we could totally make a Shakespeare character out of the mysterious Mr. Banks.
1:58.4	Probably some pitiful clown.
2:01.0	I won't think about what that...
2:02.6	Second cousin to, you know, Touchstone and Dogberry.
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