Beyond Shakespeare
501 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsFrom the earliest drama in English, to the closing of the theatres in 1642, there was a hell of a lot of drama produced - and a lot of it wasn't by Shakespeare. Apart from a few noble exceptions these plays are often passed over, ignored or simply unknown. This podcast presents full audio productions of the plays, fragmentary and extant, that shaped the theatrical world that shaped our dramatic history.
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226: !Spoilers! The Temptation - Chester Mystery Cycle
August 26, 2022 09:18 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBThis is our spoilerly introduction to the Chester Temptation play - with the Woman Taken in Adultery. It is play 12 of the Chester cycle, which we've danced around as a sequence a fair amount since our inception. The forthcoming full cast audio adaptation has been produced by the wonderful Dashingly Quirky, one of a number of upcoming works we've commissioned. The full cast audio adaptation follows in a few weeks time. !Spoilers! is hosted by Robert Crighton, featuring the voices of... S...
225: Triumph 1621: Interview with the Youth Company
August 19, 2022 08:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBThis is a bonus episode of interviews with the youth company of last year's Lord Mayor's Show reconstruction of The Sun in Aries by Thomas Middleton. This is pretty much the last of our material from the show - new shows to come! Many thanks to Charlie Beer, Holly Bartlett Giles, Quinn Scott, and Sam Plumb for giving their time to this project and that interview – the interview was recorded at Chesterton Community College in November 2021. More on this LMS, and our reconstruction of the ev...
224: !Spoilers! The Sun in Aries by Thomas Middleton (1621 Lord Mayor's Show)
August 12, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 106 MBWelcome to this very special !Spoilers! episode, covering The Sun in Aries by Thomas Middleton - it goes through the text in the usual stop/start way, with a mix of readings from our prep for the live recon, plus the original exploring session in full. It's everything you didn't need to know under one roof. I have yet to do a final pass over the audio, so some tweaking will occur prior to final release. With Tracey Hill, Perry Mills, Daniel Yabut, Stephen Longstaffe, Liza Graham, Gregory Mu...
223: Temperance and Other Virtues (Fragments Remix)
August 05, 2022 12:42 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBA remixed combination of the two fragmentary play texts, Temperance and Humility and The Four Cardinal Virtues - using the material we recorded for the two separate plays. We think, whilst the match isn't quite perfect, that the similarity of the two texts means we can slot them together, and one day use these fragments to construct a longer, fuller version for performance. In Temperance and other Virtues – Disobedience who becomes Fortitude was played by Gillian Horgan, Temperance by Pamel...
222: Discussing: Look About You with Lois Potter
July 29, 2022 07:37 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBDiscussing: Look About You with Lois Potter, Ned B. Allen Professor Emerita of the University of Delaware. Yes, it's time for a nice chat with YouTube regular Lois Potter about one of our favourite plays - Look About You, or Robin Hood: The Early Years. We've done exploring sessions on Look About You on YouTube here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIR0raF2UFZ6J8lyzEhyAha We've done, at the least, a first look exploring run at all the Robin Hood plays, plus more for select ot...
221: The Four Cardinal Virtues - Full Cast Audio (Fragment)
July 22, 2022 06:28 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBIt's another exciting fragments episode - The Four Cardinal Virtues was written sometime between 1537-47. This is a ridiculously long episode for the length of the fragment, but we don't care; no play left behind! There will be a bonus episode doing a link up with Temperance and Humility, which feels very close to this play, soon. In The Four Cardinal Virtues by the Unknown Robert Crighton was Wilfulness, Geir Madland was Justice, Pamela Flanagan was Temperance, Liza Graham was Prudence an...
220: Discussing: Robin Hood
July 15, 2022 07:07 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBDiscussing: Robin Hood, Outlaws in Drama with special guest Dr. Liz Oakley-Brown. First of four lost discussing episodes that we should have released ages ago, but a number of reasons - plague/technical problems/inertia - led to delay after delay. But here we are. A chat about Robin Hood in all the plays. We've done, at the least, a first look exploring run at all the Robin Hood plays, plus more for select others. Full Cast Audio Adaptation on the Podcast: Robin Hood and the Sheriff/Kni...
219: The BIG Vote 2022
July 01, 2022 10:19 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBIt's that time again - tell us what plays you want to hear us produce! Also on this episode - up and coming episodes of the podcast! Anyone can vote, though not all votes are equal. Priority does go to our wonderful patrons and one off supporters, so, if you can, do vote and pledge something to keep the lights on and make new shows happen. VOTE HERE: https://forms.gle/PeUzadzTBEsYnrsB9 Join our patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare Donate a one off coffee here: https:...
218: Exploring: Wily Beguiled, part 2
June 27, 2022 09:51 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBA read through and discussion of Wily Beguiled by the Unknown (there are theories, but they don't help) printed in 1606 and could have been produced from around 1601 onwards. It's really difficult to tell who produced the play originally, the text pushes us in contradictory directions. This is a session that normally would live on the YouTube channel, but the first session was such a disaster it could only survive as audio... so this is now here. Though there is a video version, but that's ...
217: Exploring: Wily Beguiled, part 1
June 24, 2022 07:53 - 1 hour - 96.5 MBA read through and discussion of Wily Beguiled by the Unknown (there are theories, but they don't help) printed in 1606 and could have been produced from around 1601 onwards. It's really difficult to tell who produced the play originally, the text pushes us in contradictory directions. This is a session that normally would live on the YouTube channel, but there were a massive number of cock-ups which meant I had to do a LOT of editing which my video skills failed at. So... audio! Part two w...
216: Fantasy Production Meeting Ep 4: Richard the Third
June 17, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBA series of podcasts looking at plays we'd like to see, where we and guests pitch a Fantasy Production. With much merriment and chat, we explore different media, different approaches and a different play each session. Each play has been covered on our YouTube channel, or on the podcast, so you can dig deeper into the text if you'd like. Regular segments include - Cocktail Minute (a play themed cocktail), and from the Chatroom (reactions to the play in chat from our readings). Contributors i...
215: Chess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess, part 5
June 10, 2022 07:53 - 1 hour - 92.2 MBChess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton A planning session for our future productions of A Game at Chess by Middleton. We focus on the second half of the play with the scenes between the White Queen's Pawn and the Black Queen's Pawn. Here the play goes in a slightly odd direction, which opens questions of how far does adaptation go. With Gregory Musson as Black Bishop's Pawn; Liza Graham as White Queen's Pawn; Lynsey Beauchamp as Black Queen's Pawn; Tom Helsby as Black...
214: The Brome Abraham and Isaac Play (Full Cast Audio Adaptation)
June 03, 2022 09:34 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBThe Brome Abraham and Isaac Play (Full Cast Audio Adaptation) Abraham receives an order from God to sacrifice his favourite son Isaac. Will he go through with it? Content Warning: Attempted infanticide. It's HEAVY stuff. If you'd like to get a more detailed look at the text of the play and possible meanings, then go to our !Spoilers! episode - https://audioboom.com/posts/8087109-spoilers-brome-abraham-and-isaac - or one of our other many looks at similar texts (links below...) In the B...
213: Exploring: The Play of Wit and Science by John Redford
May 27, 2022 07:59 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBA read through and discussion of The Play of Wit and Science, as seen on our YouTube exploring sessions in another of our occasional cross over episodes. Performed around 1544ish. Opinions vary. Late in the reign of Henry the Eighth will do. The play is missing the first few pages, but what can you do. This is the first of three plays that riff on the same material. They have annoyingly similar but different titles. With Claire Richardson as Reason, Experience; Stephen Longstaffe as Wit;...
212: !Spoilers! Brome Abraham and Isaac
May 20, 2022 07:58 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBIt's the first of two episodes on the Brome Abraham and Isaac play, witnessed from somewhere in the late 15th century. This is a !Spoilers! session, working through the rough cut of the play - with the plain text recording at the end. Full cast audio edit to follow shortly! Content Warning: If you don't know the story, it's about attempted infanticide. It's HEAVY stuff. BE WARNED - If you just want to listen to the play as a play, don't listen to the spoilers episodes. Come back later, or...
211: Exploring: Godly Queen Hester
May 13, 2022 09:59 - 1 hour - 102 MBA read through and discussion of Godly Queen Hester, as seen on our YouTube exploring sessions in another of our occasional cross over episodes. Performed in the 1520's - possibly 1529. With Eric Karoulla as Third Gentleman, Hardydardy; Alan Scott as Mardocheus; Elizabeth Amisu as Pursuivant/s, Adulation, Arbona; Daniel Yabut as Aman; Lynn Freitas as First Gentleman, Ambition, First Jew; Helen Good as Prologue, Pride, Third Jew; Aliki Chapple as King; Briony Sparrow as Hester; Rachel Moles ...
210: Dame Sirith (Full Cast Audio Adaptation)
May 06, 2022 07:53 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBA Full Cast Audio Adaptation of Dame Sirith, written somewhere in the 13th century. There is a !Spoilers! episode that works through the play text in detail, and you might want to go back there before starting this on, it is a tricky text. !SPOILERS! can be found here - https://audioboom.com/posts/8075104-spoilers-dame-sirith In Dame Sirith: Mark Scanlon was the Narrator, Gillian Horgan - Margery, Seb Ranson - Wiliken, and Sarah Golding - Dame Sirith. The host is Robert Crighton, who produ...
209: !SPOILERS! Dame Sirith
April 29, 2022 08:49 - 1 hour - 108 MBIt's the first of two episodes on Dame Sirith from somewhere in the 13th century. This is a !Spoilers! session, working through the rough cut of the play - also with an Exploring session at the end. It's a massive episode, the follow up full cast audio adaptation will be a lot shorter. The cast for the plain text of Dame Sirith are - Mark Scanlon as the Narrator, Gillian Horgan as Margery, Seb Ranson as Wiliken, and Sarah Golding as Dame Sirith. The Exploring Session readers are Richard Fa...
208: Discussing: Mariam with Jasmine Silk of Cutpurse Theatre
April 19, 2022 07:43 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBA special surprise discussing episode, hot off the press - here is a discussion with Jasmine Silk of the upcoming production of Mariam from Cutpurse Theatre Company - which is super exciting. If you can support the show, go along or pop something in their kickstarter appeal. Twitter @cutpursetheatre Buy Tickets 27th to 28th April (Evenings) and 30th April to 1st May (matinees and evenings) 2022 - https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cutpursetheatre/675429 Support their kickstarter - http:/...
207: Exploring: Christ's Resurrection
April 17, 2022 06:37 - 1 hour - 108 MBA read through and discussion of Christ's Resurrection, as seen on our YouTube exploring sessions in another of our occasional cross over episodes. The play comes from the Digby manuscript - a collection of late medieval/early Tudor drama, this text dating to the first quarter of the 16th century, around 1520ish. This play is supposed to be played on Easter Day, following Christ's Burial which was performed on Good Friday - see previous episode. With the reading talents of Lynn Freitas as ...
206: Exploring: Christ's Burial
April 15, 2022 07:14 - 2 hours - 111 MBA read through and discussion of Christ's Burial, as seen on our YouTube exploring sessions in another of our occasional cross over episodes. The play comes from the Digby manuscript - a collection of late medieval/early Tudor drama, this text dating to the first quarter of the 16th century, around 1520ish. This play is supposed to be played in the afternoon of Good Friday, hence our dropping it here. It is followed by Christ's Resurrection for Easter Day. Which will also drop this weekend....
205: Chess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess, part 4
April 08, 2022 07:52 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBChess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton A planning session for our future productions of A Game at Chess by Middleton. We open with sections of Act Two, Scene Two and Act Three, Scene One - wrestling with the introduction of the Fat Bishop. There are fewer structural adaptive questions to solve in this scene, but it contains material that might help with issues we had adapting Act 1. With Gregory Musson, Liza Graham, Lynsey Beauchamp, Tom Helsby. The host was Robert Cr...
204: Fantasy Production Meeting Ep 3: King Leir
April 01, 2022 07:19 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBA series of podcasts looking at plays we'd like to see, where we and guests pitch a Fantasy Production. With much merriment and chat, we explore different media, different approaches and a different play each session. Each play has been covered on our YouTube channel, or on the podcast, so you can dig deeper into the text if you'd like. Regular segments include - Cocktail Minute (a play themed cocktail), and from the Chatroom (reactions to the play in chat from our readings). Contributors i...
203: Exploring: The Conversion of St Paul
March 25, 2022 07:51 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBA read through and discussion of The Conversion of St Paul, as seen on our YouTube exploring sessions in another of our occasional cross over episodes. The play comes from the Digby manuscript - a collection of late medieval/early Tudor drama, this text dating to the first quarter of the 16th century. There's a bit of a rotation of readers as we played through the text, but it features Gregory Musson as Caiaphas, Servant, Belial; Alexandra Kataigida as Saul and Mercury; Sally Barnden as 1s...
202: Temperance and Humility - Full Cast Audio (Fragment)
March 18, 2022 09:10 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBFragments: Temperance and Humility by the Unknown - from the press of Wynkyn de Worde around the 1520's/30's. It might be linked to another fragmentary play The Four Cardinal Virtues - more on that later in the year. In the fragment known as Temperance and Humility by the Unknown - Pamela Flanagan was Temperance, Gillian Horgan - Disobedience, and Leigh McDonald - Humility. The host was Robert Crighton, who also produced this recording. Additional links and material - Exploring Session...
201: Exploring: Bosworth Field by Sir John Beaumont
March 11, 2022 09:15 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBA read through and discussion of Bosworth Field, a narrative poem by Sir John Beaumont published posthumously in 1629, telling the events of the battle of Bosworth in 1485. The poem isn't split into parts, and some of the splits are inexact, but roughly the readers were Eric Karoulla as Henry VI, Brakenbury, Ferrers, Talbot, Bourchier, Clifton; Liza Graham as Norfolk, Stanley, Richmond, Percy, Surrey, Scout, Byron, Catesby; Emma Kemp as narrator for Richard's forces; Gina Moravec as Richa...
200: Exploring: Calisto and Melebea
March 04, 2022 08:34 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBA read through and discussion of Calisto and Melebea, from the press of John Rastell Another in our occasional series of cross overs with our YouTube channel, this is a Second Look read through and discussion of Calisto and Melebea, coming from the printing press of John Rastell around 1525. It's an adaptation of a Spanish book/play Celestina, later published in English as The Spanish Bawd. This is our first take, recorded in 2021, returning to the play after a year or so, as prep for a mor...
199: Chess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess, part 3
February 25, 2022 09:05 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBChess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton A planning session for our future productions of A Game at Chess by Middleton. We open Act Two, Scene One - CW: It features an attempted sexual assault. There are fewer structural adaptive questions to solve in this scene, but it contains material that might help with issues we had adapting Act 1. With Eric Karoulla, Liza Graham, Lynsey Beauchamp and Emma Kemp. The host was Robert Crighton. Our initial First Look Exploring Sess...
198: Exploring: The Four Elements by John Rastell
February 18, 2022 11:15 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBAnother in our occasional series of cross overs with our YouTube channel, this is a Second Look read through and discussion of The Four Elements by John Rastell, a fragmentary play from around 1519. This is our first take, recorded in 2021, returning to the play after a year or so, as prep for a more detailed run - the video of which can be watched here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkGUCoxIwQ With Gregory Musson as Humanity; Eric Karoulla as Ignorance; Liza Graham as Sensual Appetite; ...
197: Fantasy Production Meeting Ep 2: George-a-Greene
February 12, 2022 16:59 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBA series of podcasts looking at plays we'd like to see, where we and guests pitch a Fantasy Production. With much merriment and chat, we explore different media, different approaches and a different play each session. Each play has been covered on our YouTube channel, or on the podcast, so you can dig deeper into the text if you'd like. Regular segments include - Cocktail Minute (a play themed cocktail), from the Chatroom (reactions to the play in chat from our readings), and Fake Movie Trai...
196: Exploring: The Tragedy of Iphigeneia translated by Lady Lumley
February 04, 2022 15:12 - 1 hour - 95 MBA simultaneous release with our YouTube channel, this is a Second Look read through and discussion of The Tragedy of Iphigeneia by Jane, Lady Lumley, written about 1553. With Eric Karoulla as Achilles; Alan Scott as Menelaus; Elizabeth Amisu as Cytemnestra; Rachael Nicole as Iphigeneia; Sarah Blake as Agamemnon; Helen Good as Nuncius; Lynn Freitas as Senex. The host was Robert Crighton who also read the Chorus. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron a...
195: The Prodigal Son (Fragment)
January 29, 2022 08:27 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBFragments: The Prodigal Son by the Unknown - from the press of William Rastell, possibly around 1530. It's a return to full cast audio production this year, with this short fragment of The Prodigal Son plus introductory exposition. CW: The text plays with misogynistic ideas of the shrewish wife, and there is an unfortunate use of a word which has an alternative modern meaning to firewood. In the fragment known as The Prodigal Son, or Pater, Filius et Uxor - Uxor was played by Leigh McDon...
194: Chess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess, part 2
January 15, 2022 11:50 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBChess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton, part 2. Welcome to a series of podcasts looking at A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton, specifically asking questions as to how to produce it a. as a full cast audio adaptation and b. as a live stage show in miniature and in full. This session covers the continuing issues of exposition in the opening of the play (completing our survey of Act 1), questions of names and how to get across who anyone is. These are opening gambits tow...
193: Happy New Year Message 2022
January 01, 2022 09:32 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBHappy New Year! This is a simultaneous release on YouTube and the podcast - there are some bits that are more videoy (sorry podcast people, it wasn't supposed to be that way, Robert forgot (Robert forgets what year it is, so it's downhill all the way)). Anyway... Happy New Year! New stuff is coming, old stuff is coming, more stuff is coming. YouTube version can be found here - https://youtu.be/dBXCwTbYqAs The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and yo...
192: Exploring: Narcissus - A Twelfth Night Merriment
December 24, 2021 09:11 - 1 hour - 98.7 MBA First Look read through and discussion of Narcissus: A Twelfth Night Merriment, performed on Thursday 6th January 1602 (or new style 1603). This is a merriment performed at St John's College, Oxford, and is both incredibly self indulgent, and rather silly. Merry Christmas! This is a simultaneous release with our YouTube channel, where most First Look explorations live. With Eric Karoulla as Primus, Cephisus, Clinias; Alan Scott as Secundus, Tyresias, Cloris; Sarah Blake as Tertius, Lyri...
191: Triumph 1621: Live Recording of The Sun in Aries Recon
December 20, 2021 09:30 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBTriumph 1621: Reconstructing: The Sun in Aries by Thomas Middleton. This is mostly an uncut recording of the 12pm show, our first of the day, from various outdoor recording positions that have been edited together into one track. It was not an ideal day to record on - it had rained for most of the morning and, though this performance was dry, our equipment was still largely covered in plastic. A few sections have been taken from other parts of the day for technical reasons. There will be a ...
190: Gentleness and Nobility by John Heywood (LIVE Archive Recording)
December 12, 2021 10:02 - 24 minutes - 22 MBA reading of an edited version of Gentleness and Nobility by John Heywood and John Rastell, performed before a live audience in 2018. A Knight overhears a Merchant boasting of his nobleness, sparking an argument between the two as to what is a gentleman. They are further interrupted by a Ploughman, whose debating style is a little more… violent. With Rob Myson as the Merchant, Heydn McCabe as the Knight and Geir Madland as the Ploughman. The host is Robert Crighton We've a lot of stuff ...
189: Chess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess, part 1
November 28, 2021 11:39 - 1 hour - 85 MBChess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton, part 1. Welcome to a series of podcasts looking at A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton, specifically asking questions as to how to produce it a. as a full cast audio adaptation and b. as a live stage show in miniature and in full. This session covers the problems of exposition in the opening of the play (Induction and the opening of Act 1), questions of names and how to get across who anyone is. This is an opening gambit towards ...
188: Discussing: Robert Greene (and Alphonsus)
November 21, 2021 09:46 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBToday we discuss the playwright Robert Greene, the breadth of his output (with some focus on his play Alphonsus), with Dr Darren Freebury-Jones. How many of the surviving selection of plays from the 1580's/90's are by Greene? How can we sift the evidence? Which plays can we be sure about, and which plays are on the fuzzy border? Dr Darren Freebury-Jones is a Shakespeare lecturer in Stratford-upon-Avon. His 2016 doctoral thesis examined Thomas Kyd’s influence on Shakespeare’s early work and...
187: Reconstructing Middleton's 1621 Lord Mayor's Show
October 15, 2021 13:45 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBA special discussing episode with Professor Tracey Hill, covering our upcoming reconstruction of Thomas Middleton's 1621 Lord Mayor's Show - The Sun in Aries. We discuss civic pageantry in general, the 1621 show specifically, and throw a little light onto what's to come. With on site rehearsal recordings of the cast and crew as we tested acoustics and generally walked through the show - including Liza Graham, Aliki Chapple and Alexandra Kataigida. Possibly some others, but they're really qu...
186: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 41 to 42 (Assumption of Mary & Judgement)
September 26, 2021 10:45 - 1 hour - 109 MBExploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible. The journey ends with plays forty one and two - covering the Assumption of Mary and the last Judgement. It's the end of a long process, but we will be returning for planning of ...
185: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 35 to 40 (Harrowing to Pentecost)
September 12, 2021 09:30 - 1 hour - 107 MBExploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible. The journey continues with plays thirty five to forty - returning to a selection of individual plays that may have been part of a cycle, though we can't be sure about how the ed...
184: Discussing: Staging N-Town (Mary and Passion Plays)
August 30, 2021 14:09 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBFollowing our spurt of N-Town releases, here's a discussion about staging some of the plays within the N-Town manuscript with special guest Elisabeth Dutton, Professor of Medieval English at the University of Fribourg. In 2009 and 2010, Elisabeth Dutton produced the Mary play and the two Passion plays from N-Town in Oxford - this discussion covers the nature of those plays, the practical questions of staging them and the issues involved. We've covered all these plays as read throughs on the...
183: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 31 to 34 (Passion Play 2)
August 17, 2021 09:21 - 1 hour - 108 MBExploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible. The journey continues with plays thirty one to thirty four - looking at the untidy close to the second Passion play as it is cut into by other material. The Beyond Shakespeare ...
182: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 28 to 30 (Passion Play 1 into 2)
July 31, 2021 12:17 - 1 hour - 108 MBExploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible. The journey continues with plays twenty-eight to thirty - looking at the continuing Passion sequence, from the close Passion Play 1 to the opening of 2. The Beyond Shakespeare ...
181: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 26 to 27 (Passion Play 1)
July 11, 2021 09:16 - 1 hour - 107 MBExploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible. The journey continues with plays twenty-six to twenty-seven - looking at the opening of the Passion sequence, or the opening of Passion Play 1. The Beyond Shakespeare Irregular...
180: Discussing: Digital Marlowe - Doctor Faustus
June 13, 2021 11:44 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBToday we're discussing upcoming digital performances of plays by Christopher Marlowe - today we're looking at Doctor Faustus (and briefly Dido), co-directed by Emily Ingram and Fergus Rattigan, who joins us to talk about their production for The Show Must Go Online. In the opening of the episode we mention our recon of a Lord Mayor's Show - you can sign up for that here - https://forms.gle/dtWgrfTj3RPzpMqs5 - more info to come! Emily Ingram is the artistic director of touring literary thea...
179: Discussing: Digital Marlowe - Edward II
June 02, 2021 09:16 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBToday we're discussing upcoming digital performances of plays by Christopher Marlowe - today we're looking at Edward the Second, directed by Kevin V. Smith, who joins us to talk about his production for The Show Must Go Online. In the opening of the episode we mention our recon of a Lord Mayor's Show - you can sign up for that here - https://forms.gle/dtWgrfTj3RPzpMqs5 - more info to come! Kevin V. Smith can be found online at www.kevinvsmith.com or he can be followed on Instagram or Twitt...
178: Exploring: N-Town, Plays 24 to 25 (Adultery, Lazarus)
May 29, 2021 13:15 - 1 hour - 102 MBExploring: The N-Town Play, a slow burn look at a medieval Mystery (sort of) cycle. The N-Town Play comes to us as a single manuscript, but it's a compilation of various different sources - including elements from what looks like a cycle and various other large scale productions focusing on episodes from the Bible. The journey continues with plays twenty-four to twenty-five - looking at the episodes featuring the Woman taken in Adultery, and Lazarus. The Beyond Shakespeare Irregulars this...
177: Discussing: Supposes by George Gascoigne
May 15, 2021 15:08 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBToday we're discussing Supposes by George Gascoigne, a translation of an Italian play produced in 1566. It's super fun and worth performing today - we know this because it has been. Robert is joined by Sam Plumb, director of a production of the play from 2017, and actor Riana White, one of the cast. They discuss the language, the production, the different performance spaces and the wonders of Gascoigne. You can watch a recording of the production on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...