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NHB 064 - Shakespeare Fantasy Football

After populating the hockey team (episode 17), baseball team (episode 42), and casting this year's musical production of 1776 (episode 56) at Shakespeare High, Dan and Kevin turn to the gridiron to each draft their Fantasy Football teams with the remaining characters from the canon (boom).

NHB 063 - So Foul And Fair A Day I Have Not Seen

This week we'll see fair and foul days, tread on the ground, and beg for comp meals for Shakespeare Chicago's Culinary Complete Works, where 38 of Chicago's most talented chefs each translate one of Shakespeare's plays into a featured dish, menu, or event at their restaurant.

NHB 062 - So You're Going To See AS YOU LIKE IT

Are you on the way to see a production of AS YOU LIKE IT? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 061 - There Is A World Elsewhere

This week we'll explore other worlds, sympathize with He Who Shall Not Be Named, and examine the similarities between Ted Cruz's comments on Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention and Mark Antony's comments on Brutus at Julius Caesar's funeral.

NHB 060 - Best Of The Duel II (Episodes 11-26)

We keep our monthly Wildcard episode but so-so this week as we take a trip down memory lane to revisit our favorite Duel answers from Episodes 11-26.

NHB 059 - Dissemble All Your Griefs And Discontents

This week we'll dissemble our discontents, decide who deserves to rule the island, and extend an offer from the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company to pick up the homeless Hamlet production currently wandering aimlessly around NYC.

NHB 058 - So You're Going To See TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

Are you on the way to see a production of TROILUS AND CRESSIDA? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 057 - Wisely And Slow

This week we’ll go wise and slow, analyze dream analysis, and take a deeper look at the marketing strategy Shakespeare employed when applying for his coast-of-arms in 1596, as elaborated on in documents recently uncovered by Sylvia Morris at The Shakespeare Blog.

NHB 056 - 177Shx

After populating the hockey team (episode 17) and baseball team (episode 42) at Shakespeare High, Dan and Kevin turn to the Drama Department to cast a production of Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards' 1776 with characters from Shakespeare's canon. This episode features what we believe to be the only "U-S-A!" chant to ever appear on a Shakespeare podcast.

NHB 055 - The Incomplete Histories Debrief

Dan and Kevin debrief on three major things each they learned after the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company one-day, twelve hour presentation of eight of Shakespeare's histories (Richard II, Henry IV 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI 1, 2, and 3, and Richard III). After this one we probably won't talk about the histories for a while, so enjoy!

NHB 054 - The Ills We Do, Their Ills Instruct Us So

This week we'll instruct how to do ill, step outside of Shakespeare for a moment, and read each and every one of University of Toronto associate professor Hogler Syme's 500+ tweet take-down of what he describes as the "tremendously awful" new book THE ONE KING LEAR by Sir Brian Vickers. This week's episode features a reading by Christine Penney of the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company.

NHB 053 - So You're Going To See LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST

Are you on the way to see a production of LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 052 - It Is But So So

This week we'll do so-so work, love not at first sight, and respond to the recent all-nude Central Park production of THE TEMPEST by recording an all-nude episode of No Holds Bard.

NHB 051 - The Incomplete Histories

For an upcoming Seven Stages Shakespeare Company one-day, twelve hour presentation of eight of Shakespeare's histories (Richard II, Henry IV 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI 1, 2, and 3, and Richard III), Dan and Kevin have been tasked with cutting four of the plays apiece and haven't yet had the chance to debrief about their cutting experience. They also needed to come up with something to post as a Wildcard episode for this week. Thus, this half hour. Enjoy!

NHB 050 - Home-Keeping Youth Have Ever Homely Wits

This week we'll flex our homely wits, view historical protagonists, and go after Ian McKellen for coming on to our corner with his new Shakespeare app. To celebrate our fiftieth episode, we also took some time at the end to answer questions about ourselves, which we won't do again for at least another fifty. We promise.

NHB 049 - So You're Going To See THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

Are you on the way to see a production of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 048 - Speak What We Feel, Not What We Ought To Say

This week we'll speak what we feel, assess entitlement, and come to grips with the realization that former NFL running back Eddie George played the title role in OTHELLO and JULIUS CAESAR at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. This week's episode features a reading from Cali Gilman (www.caligilman.com) and Kalen J. Hall (www.kalenjhall.com).

NHB 047 - Good Night, Sweet (Prince Symbol)

In this month's Wildcard episode, we pay our respects to Prince. This episode features a reading from CJ Lewis, as recorded during the Seven Stages Shakespeare Company's Shakespeare Beat Night at The Press Room in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on April 21, 2016.

NHB 046 - To Thine Own Self Be True

This week we'll be true to ourselves, make much ado about current events, and send out the last round of invitations for the birthday party we're throwing for Billy this weekend. This week's episode features a reading by Kevin's dad, Tom Condardo.

NHB 045 - So You're Going To See ROMEO AND JULIET

Are you on the way to see a production of ROMEO AND JULIET? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 044 - Few Love To Hear The Sins They Love To Act

This week we hear acted sins, dream on gender, and Dan will fiddle a bit regarding when he went down to Georgia.

NHB 043 - We Are Not Throwing Away Our Shot To Talk About HAMILTON

This week we highlight the Shakespearian qualities of that Broadway hit about the second most accomplished Federalist in American history, HAMILTON.

NHB 042 - Shakespeare League Baseball

In this week's episode, Dan and Kevin create their 25-man Opening Day baseball roster from Shakespeare's canon.

NHB 041 - Rare Words! Brave World!

This week we'll brave the world of rare words, find comedy in a tragedy, and Kevin will give Dan the traditional Ides of March experience.

NHB 040 - So You're Going To See A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Are you on the way to see a production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 039 - We Have Scorched The Snake, Not Killed It

This week we'll scorch snakes, objectify Feste, and eagerly await the results of a scan taken this week of Shakespeare's grave at Holy Trinity Church to see what's in there without disturbing anything - hopefully for their sakes the curse on his tomb respects technicalities...

NHB 038 - Cutting Shakespeare

In this month's Wildcard episode, Dan and Kevin take you behind the scenes as they cut one of the most famous scenes in the canon for performance.

NHB 037 - What A Piece Of Work Is A Man

This week we'll work man, put a price on friendship, and outline Simon Andrew Sterling's argument that Shakespeare had a secret bastard son, as outlined in his new book Shakespeare's Bastard.

NHB 036 - So You're Going To See ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

Are you on the way to see a production of ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 035 - That You Were Once Unkind Befriends Me Now

This week we'll never forget, chain our being, and give Dan all the time he needs to wax poetic about his trip to this year's Shakespeare Theater Association conference this past week.

NHB 034 - Best Of The Duel (Episodes 1-10)

We keep our monthly Wildcard episode but so-so this week as we take a trip down memory lane to revisit our favorite Duel answers from Episodes 1-10.

NHB 033 - A Plague On Both Your Houses

This week we'll curse our enemies and our friends, seek a magical turn, and share the synopsis of our spec script for TNT's recently announced drama pilot WILL which chronicles Shakespeare as he moves through his mid-twenties.

NHB 032 - So You're Going To See THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN

Are you on the way to see a production of THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 031 - If You Have Tears, Prepare To Shed Them Now

NHB 030 - Shakespeare Book Reports

This week we'll try to sell you on six of our favorite Shakespeare books. Featured are... THE YEAR OF LEAR: SHAKESPEARE IN 1606 by James Shapiro SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICA edited by James Shapiro SACRED ART OF SHAKESPEARE: TO TAKE UPON US THE MYSTERY OF THINGS by Martin Lings THINKING SHAKESPEARE by Barry Edelstein SHYLOCK: A LEGEND AND ITS LEGACY by John Gross KILL SHAKESPEARE by Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery

NHB 029 - 'Tis The Night Before Christmas

Here's your Christmas gift from your friends at No Holds Bard: Clement Clarke Moore's A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS converted to a Shakespearian monologue in iambic pentameter. It was either this or socks, so we hope you like it. Performed by Dan Beaulieu Written by Kevin Condardo

NHB 028 - I Wasted Time, And Now Doth Time Waste Me

NHB 027 - So You're Going To See THE WINTER'S TALE

Are you on the way to see a production of THE WINTER'S TALE? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 026 - Nothing Will Come Of Nothing

NHB 025 - The Ideal Order To Tackle Playing The Big Parts

In response to an @bwestcineaste tweet asking "What's the ideal order in which to tackle playing The Big Parts?", Dan and Kevin spend this month's wildcard week identifying The Big Parts for both an actor and an actress and coming up with the ideal order to tackle them.

NHB 024 - I Will Stand The Hazard Of The Die

NHB 023 - So You're Going To See PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE

Are you on the way to see a production of PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 022 - We Few, We Happy Few

NHB 021 - Shakespeare Fan Theories

In this month's wildcard episode, Dan and Kevin share their favorite Shakespearian fan theories, including who the Scottish witches may have been in a previous life, what makes Malvolio such a stickler for the law, and who Beatrice's father may have been (based on NO HOLDS BARD's groundbreaking Unified Antonio Theory).

NHB 020 - I Like Your Silence, It The More Shows Off Your Wonder

NHB 019 - So You're Going To See MACBETH

Are you on the way to see a production of MACBETH? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.

NHB 018 - I Would Eat His Heart In The Marketplace

NHB 017 - The Shakespearian Hockey League

In this week's episode, Dan and Kevin draft their starting hockey lineups from Shakespeare's canon. If you're not a hockey fan, we'll see you next week when we return to our regular programming.

NHB 016 - Now Step I Forth To Whip Hypocrisy

NHB 015 - So You're Going To See THE TEMPEST

Are you on the way to see a production of THE TEMPEST? This episode will get you up to speed on the play in a variety of ways to insure that you'll be the best little audience member you can be.