Ep. 9 Brigit Wilson: Orphans in Shakespeare and Other Classics

This week I spend time with my dear friend, Canadian actress Brigit Wilson. She and I played witches in stratford Shakespeare Festival's 2016 production of Macbeth. This week we examine the definition of "orphan" and how it has been depicted throughout our favorite plays in Shakespeare and stories like Anne of Green Gables. Brigit graced the boards of stratford for 14 years in acclaimed roles in As You Like It, The Alchemist, King John, Pericles, Peter Pan and many others. One day in rehearsal we discovered that we were both adoptees and became sisters for life. 
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GUEST: Brigit Wilson

Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Macbeth HD:
https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WatchandExplore/OnDemand

Watch witch interview:
https://youtu.be/t2fzyYDRwSk

Cast reunion:
https://youtu.be/_aIcuRij36k
Macbeth Trailer:
https://youtu.be/gl5lfsyBE04

Brene Brown:
https://brenebrown.com/books-audio/

Therapists:
https://www.laniseantoineshelley.com/blog
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ADOPTEE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS:
14 through18, and episode 28, and 29.

WATCH PANELS:
https://www.facebook.com/USFCH/videos/806431379903046

BALDWIN'S ESSAY ON "WHITENESS":
https://bannekerinstitute.fas.harvard.edu/files/bannekerinstitute/files/on_being_white.and_other_lies_baldwin_0.pdf

HISTORY “Colored”:
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/03/30/295931070/the-journey-from-colored-to-minorities-to-people-of-color

NYC ARTICLE ON THE USE OF "BIPOC":
https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-bipoc.html

RECOURSES ON HOW TO TALK ABOUT RACE:
https://www.laniseantoineshelley.com/post/copy-of-literacy-program-for-syrian-girls-refugees