No Holds Bard – Details, episodes & analysis

Dan and Kevin return with our new favorite recurring Wildcard episode where we go into the field and ask civilians a series of increasingly difficult Shakespeare trivia questions. 

Are you on the way to see a production of ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

This week we’ll bear all, end Mackers, and provide a detailed review of the inaugural “Cage in the Park” presentation of a Shakespearian theatrical version of the 1999 movie Face/Off presented in Prospect Park in Brooklyn last weekend.

Are you on the way to see a production of RICHARD III? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

This week we’ll bear excuse, try the Merchant of Venice, and unveil our plans for a new Shakespearian-style history play titled “The Most Lametable Comedy And Most Cruel Firing Of Anthony Scaramucci.”

This week's episode features a reading by Alice Langby.

In response to Abigail Pore's tweet...

"#EnglishMajorProbs Trying to figure out meter with your Shakespeare bff @LydiaHuth Hey, @NoHoldsBardCast how about a wildcard episode?"

...your Shakespeare BFFs Dan and Kevin take a crack at iambic pentameter for your listening and learning pleasure.

This week we’ll reflect on our late life, bring childlike wonder to Illyria, and take inspiration from the RSC’s plan to monitor the heart rates of audience members at their upcoming production of Titus Andronicus by hooking each other up to lie detectors and asking each other questions we’ve kept under wraps for fifteen years.

Are you on the way to see a production of HENRY IV PART ONE? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

This week we'll sour on digestion, assess jealousy, and get in line for the Shake-speare Shake that Shake Shack will be offering at their Upper West Side location during the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.

For this week's Wildcard episode, we staff The Shakespeare Diner. (We strongly recommend enjoying this episode on a full stomach.)