A Player King

Podcast by Alyssa Bradac

English

History & religion

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About A Player King

A Producer, Director, and Actor of Shakespeare in Southern California for over 40 years, Tom Bradac's artistic career was spent creating and producing professional theatre locally, nationally and internationally. Thomas F. Bradac, as he is professionally known, was the founding artistic director of the Grove Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Orange County, a founding member of the now international professional organization Shakespeare Theatre Association, and a professor of acting Shakespeare and directing at Chapman University for over three decades. This podcast, recorded over two days, is an imperfect oral history and auobiographical account of Thomas F. Bradac's professional career with his colleague, artistic partner, and friend, Michael Nehring; it captures a period of American theatre from the late 1960s to 2013, and a career dedicated to the works of William Shakespeare. We've cut around some of Tom and Michael's shorthand and tangential paths of thought. Sometimes there are word fumbles, sometimes the transitions of conversation are abrupt- it is, much like theatre itself, imperfect, yet through its imperfection is honest and real. Welcome, and thank you for listening to A Player King. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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10 episodes

"What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

A Player King: Episode 9 "What wound did ever heal but by degrees?" Hamlet gets redeemed, the usurpers receive some just desserts, and Tom receives some life-affirming training from Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

29 Nov 2023 - 36 min

"But this rough magic I here abjure"

A Player King: Episode 10: "But this Rough Magic I Here Abjure." Shakespeare Orange County reaches new heights and professional landmarks, finds peace in restoration and returns to the Festival Amphitheatre in a kind of homecoming, and after 40 years of creating and making theatrical magic, Tom retires. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

29 Nov 2023 - 39 min

"Sound and Fury"

A Player King: Episode 8 "Sound and Fury." Reeling from the aftermath of a forced resignation, Tom finds new opportunity at Chapman University and forms Shakespeare Orange County with Michael and four other Grove Shakespeare actors. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

22 Nov 2023 - 25 min

"Let slip the dogs of war"

A Player King: Episode 7 "Let Slip the Dogs of War." Stories of Hamlet during the 1984 Olympics, an epic Merchant of Venice, and betrayal most foul. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

22 Nov 2023 - 32 min

"This scepter'd isle"

A Player King: Episode Six: "This Scepter'd Isle." The dream of a Shakespeare Festival takes off, and gains some great momentum. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

15 Nov 2023 - 32 min

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