Aug. 25, 2026
Episode 825: The Turn of the Screw with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
In Episode 825, Jacke talks to playwright and screenwriter Morgan Lloyd Malcolm about her new adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, which has its world premiere at London's Arcola Theater in September.
This stage performance promises to be a mesmerizing production of James's masterpiece The Turn of the Screw, which tells the story of a governess and the demonic forces haunting her and the children in her care.
For more about James's works of hauntings and ghosts, take a listen to episodes on The Jolly Corner (Part 1 and Part 2) and The Altar of the Dead (Part 1 and Part 2).
Episode 831: Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" with Rachel Pastan
When times are tough, can literature help? After sharing an email from a listener, Jacke talks to author Rachel Pastan about her novel We're So Lucky to Live Here, in which a woman copes with a tragic loss by staging a production of Chekhov's The Ch…
Episode 830: Stendhal with Hadley Suter
We often say it's important for a person to be "authentic," but what does that mean? Why is that necessarily a good thing? In Episode 830 of the History of Literature Podcast, Jacke talks to author Hadley Suter (Becoming Stendhal: The Performance o…
