21st Folio Podcast

In this episode, we finish our discussion of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2016 production of Hamlet directed by Simon Godwin and starring the 25-year-old Paapa Essiedu. This is part 2/2 of our discussion of the production, and it focuses on Essiedu's superlative performance and the curated information loss from recording the production.0:00–4:20 What to do about the much-hated Osric/Reynaldo4:20–7:12 Ophelia's death7:12–20:32 Paapa Essiedu's dirtbag teenage Hamlet20:32–35:52 How the production was recordedHost: Alex Heeney (@bwestcineaste)Guests: Noemi Berkowitz (@noemiola), Mary Angela Rowe (@lapsedvictorian), and Lesley PetersonEditor and Producer: Cam White (@JediDusk)Follow us on Twitter @21stFolio and find us online at 21stFolio.com. The 21st Folio is a subsidiary of Seventh Row (@SeventhRow), seventh-row.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.