BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation Podcast
1) All the World's a Stage: Creator by Forrester and Andrews
You’ve heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein. You’ve heard of Bernstein and Sondheim. But have you heard of Forrester and Andrews?!In this episode the CenterForLit crew is joined by Adam’s good friend Scot...Show More
2) Changes Coming to the CenterForLit Podcast Network!
CenterForLit Director Adam Andrews explains what you can expect from the CenterForLit Podcast Network going forward. In summary:* The BiblioFiles archives and previous How to Eat an Elephant seasons w...Show More
3) All the World's a Stage: Conclusion
For our season finale we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come since Medea. We offer our final thoughts on the difference between written literature and dramatic performance, identify trends in theater ...Show More
4) All the World's a Stage: Waiting for Godot
Aaron Andrews is returning to the show today to talk about Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot with the rest of the crew. We debate whether or not there is any room for hope in this strange play, and w...Show More
5) All the World's a Stage: A Long Day's Journey Into Night
Today we're wading deep into the fog of Modernism with a discussion of Eugene O'Neill's A Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). Ian and Megan sit down in this episode to talk about the difference betw...Show More
6) All the World's a Stage: Hedda Gabler
Today we're tackling the movement toward Realism in the theater with a discussion of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 stage play, Hedda Gabler. This one caused a stir among the CenterForLit crew members, which ins...Show More
7) All The World's a Stage: A Brief History of Theatre in the 1700s
This week Ian and Emily are talking about what happened to the theater after Shakespeare. They follow the trends of comedy and tragedy, Renaissance and Reformation, Enlightenment and Puritanism. Then,...Show More
8) All the World's a Stage: The Tempest
In our last episode, we discussed the concerns about theatre raised by the Reformation. Today we're looking at The Tempest as Shakespeare's answer to the question about the good of performance art. We...Show More
9) All the World's a Stage: Why Did the Reformers Hate Plays?
The CenterForLit crew attempts a huge historical leap in this episode as we try to bridge the gap between Greek drama and the Reformation. We talk about the sacred and ritual aspects of theatre before...Show More
10) All the World's a Stage: Medea
In a Jason-like heroic struggle, Ian wrestles his wife and his mother in a conversation about Euripides' Medea. We talk about the function of this play in its historical context, argue about how much ...Show More