EMERGENCY POD - Remembering Tom Stoppard (feat. Abigail Thorn)
MERCHANDISE NOW ON SALE THROUGH 12/31
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH 12/31
Tom Stoppard, the acclaimed, prolific playwright behind Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Rock 'n' Roll and so many other plays, along with the screenplays to Shakespeare in Love, Brazil, and Anna Karenina, has died. He leaves behind a staggering, inspiring, often frustrating body of work that will continue to be seen long after we are gone.
We are joined today by Abigail Thorn (The Acolyte, House of the Dragon) to look at the corners of his oeuvre that have spoken to us over the years, and discuss what we can learn from him going forward.
Abigail Thorn: Bluesky // Instagram
The Prince: A transformative new play that has everything: sword fighting, lesbianism, Hamlet, and disappointed parents. Available on Nebula.
Philosophy Tube: Giving away philosophy degrees for free! Youtube // Nebula // Patreon
Kill James Bond! is a comedy film review/ pop culture commentary podcast about the portrayal of masculinity in cinema. November Kelly, Abigail Thorn, and Devon have watched Bond movies, War on Terror movies, Eurospy movies, and now they take on their biggest task yet: Heist Movies. What can Heat, Oceans’ 11, and the Fast and Furious movies teach us about how masculinity was imagined by the people who created them? What does that say about Society? Free episodes are released every fortnight on all major podcast platforms and bonus episodes are released for supporters on Patreon on the interstitial weeks.
Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcast
Comments (13)
too upset at abby to listen (genocide erasure)
Never turned off an episode so fast
wait Kiera Knightly's cancelled???? what the fuck???
Is in the new Harry Potter series and when the press was like "hey what about jk Rowling being insane" she basically went "don't care don't get between my paycheck"
The brief depiction of fanfic slots into my conception of “fanfic as a type of adaptation” which I can expand upon on any future Hannibal TV series episode
Re: movie Weindtein ruined the Oscars with: The English Patient? Early film yt was chocka with Americans infuriared it beat pulp fiction to best picture. I retain a soft spot for Minghella‘s immense melodramatic sundaes (certainly more than Tarantun‘s invective burger salad), but even Quentin loses the problematic battle to miramax. Which taints a lot of other people‘s good work. Why can‘t young Ralph Fiennes carry me into a cave?
My partner and I met on a college production of The Real Inspector Hound. She was trying to hook up with a friend of mine so hard that she's convinced we didn't meet for another 3 years after that.
Abby, I am rooting for [redacted] to return to fire, so that you can finally film that pilot
hopefully [redacted] doesn't turn out to be too wily and live another 30 years
Thank you Abby! 🤣🤣🤣 Dead. This episode on a subject I have no connection or much interest in, has saved my day.
Yay, Abby!
At first glance I read this as remember abigail thorn 😭 genuinely gasped aloud. This too, is devastating, even though I never cared for much of Stoppard’s work, he’s hugely influential on many I respect
Always enjoy an episode about Theatre and the people who make it and inspired you guys. Abigail being along for the ride is great.