Shirine Babb
The State of Shakespeare - A podcast by The State of Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part III: Act 1, Scene 4Queen MargaretJune 30, 2020 In our first interview recorded during the Covid-19 era, we caught up with Shirine Babb, whose production of Timon of Athens at the Shakespeare Theatre of DC was abruptly interrupted in March, 2020. Before "quarantine" and "social distancing" and "Zoom" were household words we were just beginning to grasp the impact of the sudden shuttering of our theatres. Shirine shares her thoughts on how to survive the times, the production of Timon of Athens and shares Queen Margaret's infamous speech from Henry VI, Part 3. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Click here for a scanned version of the text.
