Isabella pleads with Lord Angelo, igniting his passions.

“Slimey isn’t funny”: Aditi Brennan Kapil geeks out about the places in our brain where we can’t poke around, where language lives, what’s in a word, how to translate for the experience of the audience, the joy of staring at a single sentence by Nabokov, and how to get a laugh without pointing at your penis.

Lucio informs Isabella of her brother’s incarceration and impending execution while Angelo and Escalus try to make sense of a case against Pompey brought by a hilariously incompetent police constable named Elbow.

The Duke of Vienna, overwhelmed by the affairs of State, hands control of the city over to the morally rigid Lord Angelo, who closes all brothels and arrests Claudio, brother of the novice nun Isabella, for getting his fiance pregnant before marriage.

Twelfth Night Director Christopher Liam Moore, and Actress Amy Brenneman talk about meeting at Harvard, and the different times they've been able to work together throughout their multi-decade friendship.

"Un-clench the sphincter!" Writer / Actor / Comedienne Colleen Werthmann (Exeter and Orleáns in "HENRY V") describes how the White House Correspondents Dinner and The Academy Awards relate to Shakespeare’s plays, and why it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously (Will Smith, take note!).

Henry must conquer Katharine’s heart before he can finally conquer France, and Pistol must eat his words (with a side of leeks) before he can finally show his face to Fluellen.

Actor Bobby Moreno connects the dots between betting on horses in kindergarten, drunken rampages in the streets of New York, licking chocolate off Steven Boyer’s nipples in front of an audience at brunch, rapping under a pseudonym and playing Henry the Fifth in a new play by William Shakespeare (among other things).

Henry finishes the fight against the French and amongst his friends, quenching his rage over the slaughter of children with a lopsided victory at Agincourt.

Lezlie Cross takes us on a tour of the good, the bad, and the ugly things going on in England at the time when Shakespeare wrote HENRY V. Spoiler alert: Playwrights usually outlast actors. Especially ones who insist on ruining good endings with bad jigs!

Henry huddles with his troops incognito, gauging their loyalty and boosting their morale before rallying them with one of the greatest speeches of all time

Bardolph is put to death for stealing from a church, and King Henry vows to soak the ground with the blood of anybody who tries to stop him from taking all of France.

Henry seizes the town of Harfleur as the French nobles mock his army and the Princess learns to speak the strange and laughable language of English.

King Henry executes three of his closest friends for treason and strengthens his resolve, King Charles the Beloved frets in France, and Henry’s pals from his wild past mourn the death of Sir John Falstaff.

Composer David Reiffel, Recording Engineer Daniel Benshimon, Sound Designer Lindsay Jones, and Studio Owner & Manager Robert Cappadona take us through the in-depth process that goes into creating and executing the songs you hear throughout the Play On Shakespeare Podcast Series. Come Away from Episode 3 of Twelfth Night is the song they focused on in the second part of this interview!

With the recent death of his father, King Henry IV, the young Henry V must live down his wild past and prove himself capable of ruling a restless kingdom.

Composer David Reiffel, Recording Engineer Daniel Benshimon, Sound Designer Lindsay Jones, and Studio Owner & Manager Robert Cappadona take us inside the process of a song going from conception to what you hear in an episode. Come Away from Episode 3 of Twelfth Night is the focus of this bonus content episode!

Actors Jordan Barbour and Daniel Parker talk about the challenges and rewards of finding a home in the theater, the meaning of generosity on stage, what makes Shakespeare relevant today and how important it is to spread the love!

Finally, Illyria reveals her true magic as everyone we have to come to know reveals their true selves. But of course, before that, there is another letter, this one written by Malvolio...

Actors Jordan Barbour and Daniel Parker talk about the challenges and rewards of finding a home in the theater, the meaning of generosity on stage, what makes Shakespeare relevant today and how important it is to spread the love!

Has bloodshed come to Illyria? Toby and Maria tricked Malvolio into some very bad behavior with who knows what very bad results to come. Andrew, seeing that Olivia only had eyes for Cesario, also let Toby and Maria trick him into challenging Cesario to a fight. But, of course, Cesario is really Viola, who is no fighter, unlike her brother’s friend Antonio. Toby would have Andrew think otherwise...

Olivia awaits another visit from Viola, Maria and Toby await Malvolio’s wrongheaded appearance before Olivia, we await news of Viola’s brother Sebastian and his friend Antonio, and Sir Andrew, well, he’s still Sir Andrew...