The Soliloquy Project
The Soliloquy Project is a GVSF original podcast which will allow you to engage with both Shakespeare and the outdoors (our two favourite things!) while staying safe and socially distanced this winter. We've created audio-only performances of some of Shakespeare's best soliloquies, specially designed to be listened to 'on location' in a variety of spots around the Victoria area! Each performance will be accompanied by a more traditional podcast episode, featuring Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett, and UVic Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly, as they take you on an educational 'deep dive' into Shakespeare's text.
Episodes
27 episodes
Season 3, Episode 6: Death, Death; O Amiable Lovely Death!
Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett, Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly, and Sheila Landahl, co-author of CONSTANCE, chat about Constance’s soliloquy featured in Season Three, Episode 5.You can listen to this educational deep dive either...
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28:50
Season 3, Episode 5: No, I Defy all Counsel, all Redress
In this episode, Sheila Landahl performs Constance’s speech, from Act 3, Scene 4 of King John.Season Three of The Soliloquy Project features the soliloquys of Shakespeare's forgotten women, and spotlights the widows and scorned women who...
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3:06
Season 3, Episode 4: I am a Most Poor Woman, and a Stranger
Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly chat about Katherine’s soliloquy featured in Season Three, Episode 3.You can listen to this educational deep dive either in preparation for your soliloquy adventu...
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22:55
Season 3, Episode 3: Sir, I Desire You Do Me Right and Justice
In this episode, Ariel Slack performs Katherine’s speech, from Act 2, Scene 4 of Henry VIII.Season Three of The Soliloquy Project features the soliloquys of Shakespeare's forgotten women, and spotlights the widows and scorned wo...
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4:22
Season 3, Episode 2: My fear hath catched your fondness!
Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly chat about the soliloquy featured in Season Three, Episode One. What is the significance of the countess's speech? How does it fit into the folktale of All's Well Th...
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22:45
Season 3, Episode 1: Yes, Helen, you might be my daughter-in-law.
In this episode, Karen Lee Pickett performs the Countess’s speech, from Act 1, Scene 3, of All’s Well That Ends Well. Season Three of The Soliloquy Project features the soliloquys of Shakespeare's forgotten wome...
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3:46
Season 2, Episode 10: I Fly Thee, for I Would Not Injure Thee
In our season finale, Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly unpack the invention of the sonnet, and Phebe’s purpose in As You Like It .You can listen to this educational deep dive either in ...
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22:16
Season 2, Episode 9: I Would Not be thy Executioner
Season Two features soliloquies exclusively from Shakespeare's As You Like It. In Episode 9, Danica Charlie performs Phebe's “I would not be thy executioner”; a soliloquy from Act Three, Scene Five.To listen on l...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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3:47
Season 2, Episode 8: A Lean Cheek, Which You Have Not.
Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly chat about the concept of ‘love melancholy’ and the malady of love in Rosalind’s speech to Orlando.You can listen to this educational deep dive either in prepara...
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21:53
Season 2, Episode 7: There is None of my Uncle’s Marks upon You.
Season Two features soliloquies exclusively from Shakespeare's As You Like It. In Episode 7, Nathaniel Exley performs Rosalind's “There is none of my uncle’s marks upon you”; a soliloquy from Act Three, Scene Two.To list...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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5:01
Season 2, Episode 6: A Motley Fool; a Miserable World!
Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly chat about Jaques’ witty retelling of his forest encounter, the meaning of ‘fool’, and what lady fortune has to do with all of this.You can listen to this educat...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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22:22
Season 2, Episode 5: A fool! A fool!
Season Two features soliloquies exclusively from Shakespeare's As You Like It. In Episode 5, Taylor Lewis performs Jaques's “A fool! A fool!”; a soliloquy from Act Two, Scene Seven. To listen on location, take your...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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4:36
Bonus Episode! An Original Song, by Willis Taylor
Happy Holidays! Here's a bonus episode!Singer, song writer, musician, and actor Willis Taylor has written and recorded this beautiful piece using Shakespeare's word from Act 3, Scene 2 of As You Like It. We hope yo...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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6:22
Season 2, Episode 4: The Enemy of all your Graces Lives.
Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly chat about Adam’s warning to Orlando, breaking down and investigating both the language and contextual meaning of the speech. You can listen to this educati...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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22:04
Season 2, Episode 3: O Unhappy Youth
Season Two features soliloquies exclusively from Shakespeare's As You Like It. In Episode 3, Wendy Magahay performs Adam's “O Unhappy Youth”; a soliloquy from Act Two, Scene Three. To listen on location, head to Cra...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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4:27
Season 2, Episode 2: And There Begins my Sadness
Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly chat about As You Like It's opening speech. Why open a play in the middle of a conversation? How does this set the tone for the rest of the play? Do y...
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21:10
Season 2, Episode 1: As I remember, Adam, it was Upon This Fashion
Season Two features soliloquies exclusively from Shakespeare's As You Like It. Opening our second season, SJ Valiquette performs Orlando's “As I remember, Adam, it was Upon This Fashion”; a soliloquy from Act One, Scene One.&nb...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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3:58
Episode 10: What a Piece of Work is a Man!
Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly close out our first season with a chat about 'What is really going on for Hamlet?' in one of Shakespeare's most famous soliloquies: 'I have of late, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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21:49
Episode 9: I Have of Late, but Wherefore I Know Not, Lost all my Mirth
In our Season One finale, Adrienne Smook performs 'I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth'; a soliloquy from one of Shakespeare's most famous plays: Hamlet. To listen on location, head to the top of PKOLS (colon...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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3:56
Episode 8: Men at Some Time are Masters of Their Fates
In this episode, Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly talk about the awareness of 'history' in Shakespeare's 'Histories', and other significant moments in 'Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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21:58
Episode 7: Why, Man, He doth Bestride the Narrow World Like a Colossus
In our seventh episode, Willis Taylor performs 'Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus'; a soliloquy from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. To listen on location, make your way downtown, to the corner of Quebec St. a...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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4:40
Episode 6: What, Dost Thou Turn Away and Hide Thy Face?
In this episode, Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly talk about monstrosity, and significant moments in 'Be woe for me, more wretched than he is', Queen Margaret's soliloquy, featured in Episode 5.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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21:21
Episode 5: Be Woe for Me, More Wretched than He Is
In our fifth episode, Wendy Magahay performs 'Be woe for me, more wretched than he is'; a soliloquy from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2.To listen on location, go to St Anne's Academy. You can enter the grounds through the main gate at 8...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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5:18
Episode 4: Are Not these Woods More Free from Peril than the Envious Court?
In this episode, Artistic Director Karen Lee Pickett and Shakespeare scholar Dr. Erin Kelly talk about the magic, romance, and relevance of the 'Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile' soliloquy, featured in Episode 3. You can list...
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22:01
Episode 3: Now, My Co-Mates and Brothers in Exile
In our third episode, Cam Culham performs 'Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile'; a soliloquy from Shakespeare's As You Like It.To listen on location, make your way to the big parking lot at Henderson Recreation Center on Cedar Hill R...
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Episode 3
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3:34