Just the Best Literature

Just the Best Literature

Just the Best Literature inspires you to not only read printed books, but to read only the best books. Besides books, host Dennis Leap will lead discussions on other current literature such as essays and important articles.


Host Dennis Leap, along with Mark Jenkins, Brandon Nice and James Brandon discuss their favorite scenes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Host Dennis Leap completes his discussion of the movement, or action in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Clips from the 1996 Branagh film and the 2016 RSC production are featured.

Host Dennis Leap discusses the three sections of movement in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Host Dennis Leap gives four tips on how to understand Hamlet.

Host Dennis Leap along with Deborah Leap discuss visiting Shakespeare’s Globe Theater and the Globe’s production of Taming of the Shrew.

Host Dennis Leap with Edstone students Rachel Culpepper, Emanuel Michels, Panayi Tolis and Justin Wainwright discuss Shakespeare’s poetry and the impact of seeing the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet.

Host Dennis Leap interviews the actors playing Hamlet and Ophelia in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s current production of Hamlet. It’s all about Shakespeare’s words.

Host Dennis Leap and Herbert W. Armstrong College Edstone students are surprised to find Shakespeare and Hamlet at Hampton Court Palace.

Host Dennis Leap invites Stratford-upon-Avon locals to talk about Shakespeare—his plays, his sketchy biography,and the current controversy over how to produce his plays for modern audiences.

Host Dennis Leap discusses why Ben Franklin’s “bold and arduous project” to attain moral perfection is the most important part of the book.