The Great Adapter: William Shakespeare
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
William Shakespeare is one of the best-known and most challenged figures in history. He transcends any era. In the present day, his plays continue to be shared with young minds throughout our school districts. But this talented man has had his authenticity questioned for centuries.
In this episode, Heather Darsie chats with author and freelance researcher Dennis McCarthy about the premise of his book Thomas North: The Original Author of Shakespeare's Plays. Learn about the resources McCarthy used to investigate the case and what the results showed him. You might be surprised by how deep Heather digs into this conversation.
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Credits:
Host: Heather R. Darsie - Twitter
Guest: Dennis McCarthy - Website
Edited by: Rebecca Larson - Twitter
Voice Over: David Black
Music: Ketsa, Alexander Nakarada, and Winnie the Moog via FilmMusic.io, used by EXTENDED license.
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| 0:47.4 | And now, Hands on History with Heather. |
| 0:52.5 | Hello, this is Heather Darcy with Tudor's Dynasty podcast. I normally host the hands-on history segment. I am very excited to be joined by Dennis McCarthy today who wrote a exceptionally interesting book about Thomas North, and I can't wait to talk to him about it. Dennis, welcome and thank you so much for coming today. Thank you so much for |
| 1:11.3 | having me. So I see you've done a lot of interesting thing. Can you tell us a little bit more |
| 1:15.8 | about your background and what drew you to Thomas North? Yeah, I'm an independent researcher. |
| 1:21.7 | I used to write about a subject called Biogeography, which is the intersection of geography and evolution. And I wrote a book on it called |
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| 1:37.1 | earth. And that's what I was mostly doing, just writing articles, scientific articles or that book on |
| 1:45.4 | the subject. |
| 1:46.7 | And that actually is what led me into Shakespeare. |
| 1:50.6 | I have a familiarity with Shakespeare. |
| 1:52.6 | I've read some of his plays. |
| 1:54.0 | I've had the pleasure of visiting the globe. |
| 1:56.6 | I've seen some of the movie adaptations. |
| 1:59.6 | What drew you to Shakespeare? So it was indeed the subject of |
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