No Holds Bard
No Holds Bard is an American podcast hosted by Dan Beaulieu and Kevin Condardo, the co-founder/artistic director and managing director of Seven Stages Shakespeare Company in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Format
Word of the Week
Before each regular episode, Dan chooses a Word of the Week. This is a Shakespearean word that may be confusing to an average listener. Dan defines the word, gives an example of it in a sentence and then uses it during the episode without Kevin realizing. At the end of the episode, Kevin attempts to guess what the Word of the Week was.Duel
The regular episodes include a segment where Dan and Kevin answer three quick questions at the intersection of Shakespeare and the present day. These are usually listener-submitted questions, though they are occasionally submitted by Dan or Kevin. Episodes #34, #60, and #126 are best of compilations of previous Duel questions.Previous Duel questions have been:
- With the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, what two characters in the canon would be most excited by this news?
- We are in the age of celebrity branding. Which character would make the best company spokesperson, and what product would they endorse?
- To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, the Royal Mail launched a set of stamps featuring iconic Shakespeare quotes. What quote from the canon is most fitting for a stamp?
Homework
During the regular episodes, Dan and Kevin answer a Shakespearean homework question usually found on Yahoo! Answers or Reddit, or submitted directly to them.Previous homework questions have been:
- I need to write an 800 word script that fills a gap within the plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream. What are some gaps I could write about?
- Does Caliban deserve to rule the island at the end of The Tempest?
- In Julius Caesar, how is Mark Antony's funeral speech more personal than Brutus' speech?
Everyday Shakes
So You're Going to See Shakespeare
Once a month, in place of a regular episode, they release a "So You're Going to See Shakespeare" feature. During the episode Dan and Kevin give a plot summary of the play, discussing where it falls in Shakespeare's personal timeline and what was happening in the world at that time. The breakdown includes identifying a prominent theme in the play, picking which non-title character they would most like to portray in a production, analyzing a quote from the play, and highlighting the biggest practical challenge for a director.The current list of already-discussed plays are:
- The Tempest
- Macbeth
- Pericles
- The Winter's Tale
- The Two Noble Kinsmen
- All's Well That Ends Well
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Taming of the Shrew
- Love's Labour's Lost
- Troilus and Cressida
- As You Like It
- Othello
- King Lear
- The Merchant of Venice
- Twelfth Night
- Measure for Measure
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Julius Caesar
- Titus Andronicus
- Coriolanus
- Richard II
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Richard III
- Henry V
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Hamlet
- Cymbeline
Wildcard
Episodes
| Episode # | Title | Origin of Everyday Shakes | Word of the Week | Episode Intro | Original Release Date |
| 1 | No longer available | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | No longer available | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Country Matters | Hamlet | Quoth | Friends | April 8, 2015 |
| 4 | And Thus the Whirligig of Time Brings In His Revenges | Twelfth Night | Time | Subscribers | April 22, 2015 |
| 5 | I Am Angling Now | The Winter's Tale | Knave | - | May 5, 2015 |
| 6 | Sell while you Can, You are Not for All Markets | As You Like It | Sans | Whirligigs | May 20, 2015 |
| 7 | I Leave my Duty a little unthought of and Speak out of my Injury | Twelfth Night | Wherefore | Lurkers | June 5, 2015 |
| 8 | Sad Hours Seem Long | Romeo and Juliet | Base | Illyriacs | June 17, 2015 |
| 9 | I Am In A Holiday Humor | As You Like It | Bandy | Funeral Baked Meats | July 1, 2015 |
| 10 | Live Loathed and Long | Timon of Athens | 'Twas | Brave Conquerors | July 14, 2015 |
| 11 | Too Full o' th' Milk of Human Kindness | Macbeth | 'Tis | Co-mates and Brothers in Exile | July 29, 2015 |
| 12 | I Am Not What I Am | Othello | Cuckold | - | August 11, 2015 |
| 13 | The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strain'd | The Merchant of Venice | Yarely | Hearts | August 25, 2015 |
| 14 | Our Doubts Are Traitors | Measure for Measure | But | Fragments | September 9, 2015 |
| 15 | - | - | Ministers of Fate | September 15, 2015 | |
| 16 | Now Step I Forth To Whip Hypocrisy | Love's Labour's Lost | Do't | Romans | September 22, 2015 |
| 17 | - | - | Boys of Ice | September 29, 2015 | |
| 18 | I Would Eat His Heart In The Marketplace | Much Ado About Nothing | Sirrah | Fishmongers | October 7, 2015 |
| 19 | - | - | Rump-fed Ronyons | October 13, 2015 | |
| 20 | I Like Your Silence, It The More Shows Off Your Wonder | The Winter's Tale | Coxcomb | Wrinkled Elders | October 20, 2015 |
| 21 | - | - | Rare Parrot-Teachers | October 28, 2015 | |
| 22 | We Few, We Happy Few | Henry V | 'Zounds | Winter Crickets | November 3, 2015 |
| 23 | - | - | - | November 10, 2015 | |
| 24 | I Will Stand The Hazard Of The Die | Richard III | Sans | Skeins of Thread | November 24, 2015 |
| 25 | - | - | Walking Shadows | November 24, 2015 | |
| 26 | Nothing Will Come Of Nothing | King Lear | Afore | Turlygods | December 1, 2015 |
| 27 | - | - | Bawcocks | December 8, 2015 | |
| 28 | I Wasted Time, And Now Doth Time Waste Me | Richard II | Avouch | Dull Shadows | December 15, 2015 |
| 29 | - | - | Birds of Dawning | December 22, 2015 | |
| 30 | - | - | Young Squarers | December 31, 2015 | |
| 31 | If You Have Tears, Prepare To Shed Them Now | Julius Caesar | Ye | Rotten Oranges | January 5, 2016 |
| 32 | - | - | Mute Contemplatives | January 12, 2016 | |
| 33 | A Plague On Both Your Houses | Romeo and Juliet | Cur | Midwives to my Woe | January 19, 2016 |
| 34 | - | - | Hazards of the Die | January 26, 2016 | |
| 35 | That You Were Once Unkind Befriends Me Now | Sonnet 120 | Rampallian | Moon-Calves | February 2, 2016 |
| 36 | - | - | Dumb Innocents | February 9, 2016 | |
| 37 | What A Piece Of Work Is A Man | Hamlet | Prithee | Bed Pressers | February 17, 2016 |
| 38 | - | - | Heartless Hinds | February 24, 2016 | |
| 39 | We Have Scorched The Snake, Not Killed It | Macbeth | Kicky-Wicky | Whoreson Mad Compounds of Magesty | March 1, 2016 |
| 40 | - | - | Lob of Spirits | March 8, 2016 | |
| 41 | Rare Words! Brave World! | Henry IV, Part 1 | Will | Wags | March 15, 2016 |
| 42 | - | - | Players | March 22, 2016 | |
| 43 | - | - | Imperfect Men | March 29, 2016 | |
| 44 | Few Love To Hear The Sins They Love To Act | Pericles | Aby | Patch Brains | April 7, 2016 |
| 45 | - | - | Cunning Cooks | April 19, 2016 | |
| 46 | To Thine Own Self Be True | Hamlet | In't | Thorny Hedgehogs | April 19, 2016 |
| 47 | - | - | Princely Peers | April 28, 2016 | |
| 48 | Speak What We Feel, Not What We Ought To Say | King Lear | Small ale | Whoreson Loggerheads | May 3, 2016 |
| 49 | - | - | Thou Rags, Thou Quantities, Thou Remnants | May 10, 2016 | |
| 50 | Home-Keeping Youth Have Ever Homely Wits | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | But | Fat Friars | May 17, 2016 |
| 51 | - | - | Loggerheads | May 24, 2016 | |
| 52 | It Is But So So | As You Like It | Saucy | Mistress Minions | May 31, 2016 |
| 53 | - | - | Brave Conquerors | June 7, 2016 | |
| 54 | The Ills We Do, Their Ills Instruct Us So | Othello | Nonce | Shelled Peascods | June 21, 2016 |
| 55 | - | - | Barefoot Brothers | June 21, 2016 | |
| 56 | - | - | Country Men | June 28, 2016 | |
| 57 | Wisely And Slow | Romeo and Juliet | Tang | Tassle-Gentles | July 5, 2016 |
| 58 | - | - | Galled Geese of Winchester | July 12, 2016 | |
| 59 | Dissemble All Your Griefs And Discontents | Titus Andronicus | Ay | Changing Pieces | July 19, 2016 |
| 60 | - | - | Pampered Jades of Asia | July 26, 2016 | |
| 61 | There Is A World Elsewhere | Coriolanus | Thou | Jackanapes | August 2, 216 |
| 62 | - | - | Country Copulatives | August 9, 2016 | |
| 63 | So Foul And Fair A Day I Have Not Seen | Macbeth | Dun | Weird Sisters | August 16, 2016 |
| 64 | - | - | 1936 Draft Pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers | August 23, 2016 | |
| 65 | - | - | Widowed Wombs | September 1, 2016 | |
| 66 | I Have Drunk And Seen The Spider | The Winter's Tale | Oft | Sourest-Nature Dogs | September 7, 2016 |
| 67 | - | - | Barbary Horses | September 14, 2016 | |
| 68 | I See You What You Are | Twelfth Night | Qua | General Offences | September 20, 2016 |
| 69 | - | - | Wretched, Rash, Intruding Fools | September 28, 2016 | |
| 70 | Each Substance Of A Grief Hath Twenty Shadows | Richard II | Dissemble | Uncropped Flowers | October 5, 2016 |
| 71 | - | - | Lily-Livered, Action-Taking, Whoreson, Glass-Gazing, Super-Serviceable Finical Rogues | October 13, 2016 | |
| 72 | Pray You Now, Forget and Forgive | King Lear | Wawl | Patrons of My Right | October 25, 2016 |
| 73 | - | - | Whining Schoolboys | October 25, 2016 | |
| 74 | When They Seldom Come, They Wish'd For Come | Henry IV, Part 1 | Unyoked | Bear Herds | November 9, 2016 |
| 75 | - | - | Wise and Upright Judges | November 22, 2016 | |
| 76 | Sweet Are The Uses If Adversity | As You Like It | Nay | Scrubbed Boys | November 23, 2016 |
| 77 | - | - | Noble Hearts | November 30, 2016 | |
| 78 | The Readiness Is All | Hamlet | Hither | Brinded Cats | December 6, 2016 |
| 79 | - | - | Dutchman's Beards | December 13, 2016 | |
| 80 | Silence Is The Perfectest Herald Of Joy | Twelfth Night | Varletto | Cursed Cows | December 21, 2016 |
| 81 | - | - | Bolting-Hutch of Beastlinesses | December 23, 2016 | |
| 82 | - | - | Poor Ghosts | December 28, 2016 | |
| 83 | We Must Not Make A Scarecrow Of The Law | Measure for Measure | Heart | Servant Monsters | January 5, 2017 |
| 84 | - | - | Stewed Prunes | January 10, 2017 | |
| 85 | Let The World Slip, We Will Ne'er Be Younger | The Taming of the Shrew | Pheeze/Feeze | Rogues and Peasant Slaves | January 17, 2017 |
| 86 | - | - | Pint Pots | January 31, 2017 | |
| 87 | He Is A Lion That I Am Proud To Hunt | Coriolanus | Yare | Insolent Noisemakers | January 31, 2017 |
| 88 | - | - | Grizzled Heads | February 7, 2017 | |
| 89 | Take Time To Pause | A Midsummer Night's Dream | God Ye Good E'en | Three-Inch Fools | February 14, 2017 |
| 90 | - | - | Scurvy Companions | February 22, 2017 | |
| 91 | Men's Eyes Were Made To Look, And Let Them Gaze | Romeo and Juliet | Loggerhead | Loggerheads | March 1, 2017 |
| 92 | - | - | Idle Creatures | March 7, 2017 | |
| 93 | Misery Acquaints A Man With Strange Bedfellows | The Tempest | Nonce | Winter Crickets | March 14, 2017 |
| 94 | - | - | Painted Maypoles | March 22, 2017 | |
| 95 | - | - | Envious Emulators | March 29, 2017 | |
| 96 | They Fool Me To The Top Of My Bent | Hamlet | Rogue | Giving Veins | April 5, 2017 |
| 97 | - | - | Valiant Sons | April 12, 2017 | |
| 98 | What A Sweep Of Vanity Comes This Way | Timon of Athens | If | - | April 19, 2017 |
| 99 | - | I' | Rotten Oranges | April 26, 2017 | |
| 100 | I Banish You | Coriolanus | Mark | Worms of Nile | May 3, 2017 |
| 101 | - | - | Fragments | May 10, 2017 | |
| 102 | I Am Not Yet Well Breathed | As You Like It | Holla | Midnight Hags | May 17, 2017 |
| 103 | - | - | Magic Kingdoms For A Horse | May 24, 2017 | |
| 104 | Now He'll Outstare The Lightning | Antony and Cleopatra | Ambuscado | Valiant Sons | May 31, 2017 |
| 105 | - | - | Rough Rug-Headed Kerns | June 7, 2017 | |
| 106 | Expose Thyself To Feel What Wretches Feel | King Lear | Abase | Dappled Fools | June 14, 2017 |
| 107 | - | - | Unperfect Actors | June 21, 2017 | |
| 108 | - | - | Great Eaters of Beef | June 28, 2017 | |
| 109 | Things Sweet To Taste Prove In Digestion Sour | Richard II | Saltpeter | Dappled Fools | July 5, 2017 |
| 110 | - | - | Leathern Jerkin, Crystal-Button, Not-Pated, Agate-Ring, Puke-Stocking, Caddis-Garter, Smooth-Tongue, Spanish-Pouches | July 12, 2017 | |
| 111 | Where Is The Life That Late I led? | The Taming of the Shrew | Quatch | Lewdsters | July 19, 2017 |
| 112 | - | - | Most Gallant, Illustrate, and Learned Gentlemen and Princesses | July 26, 2017 | |
| 113 | Why Should Excuse Be Born Or E'er Begot | Cymbeline | Th' | Prettiest Low-Born Lass | August 3, 2017 |
| 114 | - | - | Bunch-Backed Toads | August 9, 2017 | |
| 115 | These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends | Romeo and Juliet | Waspish-headed | Wafer-Cakes | August 15, 2017 |
| 116 | - | - | Heavy Plowmen | August 22, 2017 | |
| 117 | - | - | Fair Beseechers | August 30, 2017 | |
| 118 | My Old Brain Is Troubled | The Tempest | Roynish | Rabbit-Suckers | September 5, 2017 |
| 119 | - | - | Yoke-Fellows In Arms | September 13, 2017 | |
| 120 | How Like A Winter Hath My Absence Been From Thee | Sonnet 97 | Irk | Island Carrions | September 19, 2017 |
| 121 | - | - | Watery Stars | September 26, 2017 | |
| 122 | How All Occasions Do Inform Against Me | Hamlet | Collier | Whoreson Upright Rabbit | October 4, 2017 |
| 123 | - | - | Roads | October 11, 2017 | |
| 124 | - | - | Spirits of Health or Goblins Damned | October 18, 2017 | |
| 125 | How Easy Is A Bush Supposed A Bear | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Knack | Excellent Pieces of Witchcraft | October 24, 2017 |
| 126 | - | - | Hobby Horses | November 1, 2017 | |
| 127 | Man Is A Giddy Thing | Much Ado About Nothing | Unapt | Overweening Rogues | November 8, 2017 |
| 128 | - | - | Ass | November 15, 2017 | |
| 129 | - | - | Huge Hills of Flesh | November 23, 2017 | |
| 130 | My False O'erweighs Your True | Measure for Measure | O'er | Gray-Coated Gnats | November 29, 2017 |
| 131 | Rage Must Be Withstood | Richard II | Tapster | Primcoxes | December 6, 2017 |
| 132 | - | - | Puffed and Reckless Libertines | December 13, 2017 | |
| 133 | Folly And Ignorance | Troilus and Cressida | Peg-a-ramsey | Bare Bodkins | December 20, 2017 |
| 134 | - | - | Dead Coarse | December 27, 2017 | |
| 135 | - | - | Scraps o' the Court | January 3, 2018 | |
| 136 | Is't Real That I See | All's Well That Ends Well | Galliass | Galloway Nags | January 10, 2018 |
| 137 | There's Small Choice In Rotten Apples | The Taming of the Shrew | Paradox | Musk-Rose Buds | January 17, 2018 |
| 138 | - | - | Licorice Drafts | January 24, 2018 | |
| 139 | - | - | Honey Nurses | January 31, 2018 | |
| 140 | From Thine Eyes My Knowledge I Derive | Sonnet 14 | Zir | Mingled Yarns | February 7, 2018 |
| 141 | - | - | Homely Wits | February 14, 2018 | |
| 142 | Hoyday, A Riddle! | Richard III | Hoyday | Bloat Kings | February 21, 2018 |
| 144 | - | - | Dull Debaters | February 28, 2018 | |
| 146 | Much Virtue In If | As You Like It | Quaff | Bunch-Backed Toads | March 7, 2018 |
| 144 | - | - | Dolphins | March 14, 2018 | |
| 146 | The Cause Is In My Will | Julius Caesar | Sibil | Caterpillars of the Commonwealth | March 21, 2018 |
Reception
featured The Shakespearean Hockey League episode on their podcast aggregator, earbud.fm. "Dan Beaulieu and Kevin Condardo, two smart-aleck Bostonian theater guys now living in NYC, love Shakespeare. They also love sports. In this episode, they draft a fantasy hockey league based on Shakespeare — and it's the perfect amount of absurd."CBC Radio featured the Shakespeare League Baseball episode on their recommended podcast playlist.