On today’s Villain Countdown episode, we cover the menacing yet pitiful character of Caliban from The Tempest. Tomorrow we kick off the top 25 – it just gets more villainous the further we go!
The Villains so far:
#31 – Iachimo, Cymbeline
#30 – Saturninus, Titus Andronicus
#29 – Cloten, Cymbeline
#28, #27 – Chiron and Demetrius, Titus Andronicus
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I half-seriously talk through the late plays: Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest, Pericles, and Two Noble Kinsmen, and the themes that recur in them. What kind of world is Shakespeare going for here? This is a general overview, and more detail is forthcoming in later episodes.
Christopher Plummer is Prospero in “The Tempest”, coming to movie theaters near you for one day only: June 14th, 7pm local time. Here are a few reasons why you should check it out if you’re in the US, and there’s a trailer and list of movie theaters at the link below: http://thetempesthd.com/
Remember, if you have any Shakespeare questions, run them by me at Cassius614@gmail.com!
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