Tue. 12/06 - Gory, Graphic Shakespeare & Those Who Tried to Erase Him in the 1800s

Candles will play stunt double for actors in a new staging of Shakespeare’s most violent play. Plus, we take a detour down the path of Shakespearean conspiracies. And, in other news, the moon just got its own infrastructure package. Sponsors: Uncommon Goods, Get 15% off your next gift at uncommongoods.com/cool Up First from NPR, Listen wherever you get your podcasts Links: Candles take the brunt in gore-free production of Titus Andronicus (The Guardian) Shakespeare by Bill Bryson The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 by James Shapiro Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon (Nextgov) NASA, ICON Advance Lunar Construction Technology for Moon Missions (NASA) ICON To Develop Lunar Surface Construction System With $57.2 Million NASA Award (ICON) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices