Jason King Jones
Feature HostJason King Jones is the host of Shakespearean Insights on WDIY. He is the Artistic Director of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.
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Jason King Jones discusses how when A Raisin in the Sun premiered on Broadway in 1959, it made history. -
Jason King Jones discusses stage directions — or the lack there of — in the plays of William Shakespeare. -
Jason King Jones talks about how Shakespeare was not only an actor and a playwright, but also a shareholder in his theater company — the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. -
Jason King Jones talks about the so-called 'Problem Plays' of William Shakespeare's First Folio, those plays that do not easily fit into the traditional categories of comedies, histories, and tragedies. -
Jason King Jones discusses how, in Hamlet, Shakespeare uses a play within a play to stunning effect. -
Jason King Jones compares the journeys of two characters from productions at the 2025 PA Shakespeare Festival — Hamlet and Walter Lee, Jr. from A Raisin in the Sun. -
Jason King Jones discusses how William Shakespeare was a source of inspiration for Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment on South Africa's Robben Island. -
Jason King Jones discusses an incident during one of Shakespeare's plays which caused a legendary theater to burn to the ground. -
Jason King Jones talks about Shakespeare's continued appeal, including his themes on life, death, marriage, work, jealousy, passion, and the things we want most out of life. -
Jason King Jones discusses the many kinds of jobs required to produce one of Shakespeare's plays back in Elizabethan England.
