Paul Fried
Paul Fried is a retired college lecturer who has devoted years of study to Shakespeare and the bible and his blog, now in it’s tenth year, has become his way of sharing his research prior to what he hopes will be a published volume on Biblical allusion in Hamlet. He has also contributed several papers to Shakespeare conferences, most recently at the Shakespeare Association of America conference held in Denver in April 2026.
Link to Paul’s blog ‘Hamlet’s Bible’: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/
Link to ‘Hamlet’s Bible’ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamletsbible/
Link to Paul’s account on ‘X’: https://x.com/padrianfried
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July 12, 2026
Shakespeare and Biblical Allusion: A Conversation with Paul Fried - Part 1
Episode 224:While I was looking into some details while I was preparing for the episodes on King Lear I came across an article that was part of a blog called ‘Hamlet’s Bible’, which is written by Paul Fried and was very pleased to find a series of very interesting posts relating to Biblical allusion in Shakespeare, so, of course, I asked the author of the blog, Paul Fried, if he would like to come onto the podcast to share some of his insights into this subject. Paul is a retired college ...
Guest: Paul Fried