Shakespeare and the Magical Tree
Tudors Dynasty
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 794 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today, I'm joined by Shakespeare lecturer and author Dr. Darren Freebury-Jones for a fascinating conversation about one historical figure who has long remained an enigma to me—William Shakespeare.
We delve into why Shakespeare remains an enduring icon, what he may have been like in real life, how his writing evolved, the ways his work shaped our understanding of history, his famously sharp insults—and even the tale of how he may have made a tree magical!
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Darren's Book: Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers - Barnes & Noble, AMAZON, Manchester University Press
Sir Ian Mckellen's Thomas More speech: https://youtu.be/AjEAeOshUGQ?si=v_f7clkBvLG3GMHB&t=138
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Host: Rebecca Larson
Guest: Dr. Darren Freebury-Jones
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The autopilot order. |
| 0:01.7 | Now, informal. |
| 0:02.9 | The strong urge felt at the ordering kiosk or drive-through |
| 0:05.6 | that takes over the entire body and mind |
| 0:07.8 | and results in a person ordering a Big Mac without even having to think. |
| 0:11.5 | Related phrases. |
| 0:12.5 | Looks like I've ordered a Big Mac again. |
| 0:14.6 | The Autopilot Order at McDonald's. |
| 0:17.7 | Serves from 11am subject to availability. |
| 0:20.5 | The Tudors's Dynasty podcast. |
| 0:23.2 | Hello and welcome back to the show. I'm your host, Rebecca Larson. |
| 0:27.0 | And today I'm so excited to welcome to the show for the very first time, Dr. Darren Freeberry Jones. |
| 0:32.7 | Welcome. |
| 0:34.3 | Ah, it's fabulous to join you, Rebecca. How are you doing? |
| 0:55.2 | I am doing well, and I'm a little nervous. I know you know this, because we're talking about Shakespeare today, and this is a subject that I am not well versed on at all. So before we get started, why don't you tell the audience why it is we're talking to you today and why you're my Shakespeare guy. |
| 1:02.2 | Yes, I'm hoping you'll be a veritable bardoliter, Shakespeare's number one fan by the end of this interview. So I am a Welsh-born lecturer in Shakespeare Studies. So I live in Cardiff and I lecture |
| 1:10.5 | in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 1:14.1 | I'm a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and I've written several books on Shakespeare and |
| 1:20.6 | other playwrights who were working during the time of his career. So today we're talking about my latest book, which is Shakespeare's |
| 1:29.7 | borrowed feathers, how early modern playwrights shaped the world's greatest writer. And in that book, |
| 1:35.8 | I just try and anchor Shakespeare in his historical and theatrical context and show him very much |
| 1:42.7 | as a man of the theatre. Shakespeare is not just this |
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