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A podcast tracing the development of theatre from ancient Greece to the present day through the places and people who made theatre happen. More than just dates and lists of plays we'll learn about the social. political and historical context that fostered the creation of dramatic art.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

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The Case is Altered: ‘It Is the Pleasure of Our Fates That We Should Thus Be Wracked on Fortunes Wheel’ 31:51

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Episode 174: Ben Jonson's erliest play. Here we have the bricklayer’s son trying to make his way in the theatre and with the court. Until James came to the throne, he was pretty unsuccessful in the latter and as far as we can tell more of less from the off his life writing for the public theatre was controversial. I recounted the events surrounding Johnson and Nashe’s play ‘The Isle of Dogs’ as part of Jonson’s life story and ‘The Case Is Altered’ probably pre-dates those events. What we can be sure of is that by 1597, the most likely date for ‘The Case Is Altered’ Jonson was working for Pembroke’s Men and that they probably performed the play in May or June that year. The complications of the printing history of the play The origins of the title Jonson borrows from Plautus to create a romantic comedy The satire of Anthony Munday A brief summary of both strands of the plot The structural issues with the play and purely comic scenes The theory of the Humors The character of Count Ferneze The character of Jacques the miser The concealment of the gold The slight characters of the three female roles Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Nothing Goes to Plan in Love’s Labour’s Lost: A conversation with Eleanor Conlon 38:20

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Episode 173: For this guest episode it is a very welcome return for Eleanor Conlon, who you will remember discussed Titus Andronicus with me in Episode 22 of this season. Having picked over the brutal actions of that play with Eleanor I was pleased to hear that she was interested in a return visit and to discuss the very different piece that is Love’s Labour’s Lost. As you will her Eleanor has a great love of this play and brings all the enthusiasm about it to our conversation that you as might expect. If you have not already done so I would recommend listening to my previous episode on Love’s Labour’s Lost before starting on this one, which adds a lot to what I said in that episode. Eleanor Conlon is an actor, director, and award-winning writer based in Sussex. After completing her BA in English Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London, Eleanor earned her MA in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama at Kings College and Shakespeare’s Globe. While at The Globe, Eleanor worked dramaturgically on productions by Dominic Dromgoole, Matthew Dunster, and Jeremy Herrin, and with Jenny Tiramani on the Original Practices Costume Archive. As an academic, her research focused on Renaissance Magic, Gender and Culture in Early Modern London, though for more than a decade her career has been less theoretical and more practical. After achieving success with her theatre company ‘The Barefoot Players’ in the late 2000s and early 2010s, with which she produced plays including ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore’, ‘Doctor Faustus’ and ‘The Alchemist’, the latter two of which she also directed, as well as productions of several of Shakespeare’s works, plays by Ibsen, Oscar Wilde, and others. She founded her current theatre company ‘Rust & Stardust’ where working with her puppet-maker partner Katie Sommers Eleanor has written over a dozen plays rooted in English folklore and toured these shows all over the UK. In addition to all this, and as you are about to hear, in 2023 she launched the Three Ravens Podcast with her partner Martin Vaux – also a writer and actor – which explores history, legends, and diverse aspects of folk culture. Link to Three Ravens Podcast website: www.threeravenspodcast.com For the Three Ravens Folktales Book: Link to Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-Ravens-Folk-Tales-half-forgotten/dp/1803999683 Link To Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Ravens-Folk-Tales-half-forgotten-ebook/dp/B0CW1GB63M/ref=sr_1_1 Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Love’s Labour’s Lost: ‘Assist Me, Some Extemporal God of Rhyme’ 32:01

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Episode 172: The dating of the play The early publication history of the play The sources for the play A synopsis of the play A play that explores language and it’s limits The opening scene Constable Dull The central ‘reveal’ scene and it’s poetry The character and behaviour of Costard The longest word in the Shakespeare cannon The pageant of the nine worthies The character of Jacquenetta Shakespeare’s parody and homage to previous literary forms The meaning of the title of the play The concept of ‘the academy’ and comparisons with Elizabeth’s court The critical reception of the play The performance history of the play Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Shakespeare in the Restoration: A Conversation with Stephen Watkins 39:09

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Episode 171: For today’s guest episode it is a warm welcome to Stephen Watkins who is going to take us a little way forward in the timeline to the world of Restoration England where after fourteen years of closures theatres were again legally opened and where, as we shall hear, performance of Shakespeare plays formed a significant part of the repertoire, and this discussion does focus very much on Shakespeare in the Restoration, we will, of course, get to a look at the other playwrights and players of that period all in good time. Stephen Watkins is a writer and researcher working mainly on Shakespeare and Early Modern literature, with a particular focus on how writers and theatre makers recycle, adapt and remediate source texts to both register and resist historical and cultural change. He has published widely on Restoration adaptations of Shakespeare and the important figure of that time, William Davenant. His book ‘Shakespeare and the Restoration Repertory’, as part of the Cambridge University Press, ‘Elements in Shakespeare Performance’ series was published in February 2025. In it Stephen demonstrates how Davenant’s adaptations of Shakespeare were shaped as much by the transformed commercial and repertorial logics that came to govern the patent companies in the 1660s as they were by shifting aesthetic and political concerns in the period. Stephen has taught English at the Universities of Oxford, Nottingham, and Derby, and is currently based at the University of Greenwich. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Restoration-Repertory-Elements-Performance/dp/1009324136/ref=sr_1_1 ? https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeare-Restoration-Repertory-Elements-Performance-ebook/dp/B0F29S1NJ1/ref=sr_1_1 ? Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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The Merry Wives of Windsor: ‘Wives May be Merry and Yet Honest Too’ 35:07

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Episode 170: The dating of the play The tradition of the queen Elizabeth commission The tradition of the connection to the Garter Ceremony The Question of who played Falstaff A summary of the plot The early publication history of the play in short quarto editions The sources for the play The very specific location of the play The character of Falstaff The way the dominating prose of the play is used to define characters The change in Mistress Quickly and her use of language The stereotypical comedy of foreigners in Dr Caius and Parson Evans Was the play written for one audience, but then changed to fit another? The play as a city comedy and how Shakespeare subverts the genre The influence of Queen Elizabeth’s position as a female ruler on the play The later performance history of the play Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Performing Medieval Theatre: A Conversation with Kyle Thomas 29:50

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Episode 169 A welcome return for Kyle Thomas to the podcast where we discussed Kyle’s work on preparing three of the York Cycle plays for performance this summer in Toronto. As you will hear Kyle is part of a team that are going to perform the fifty-play cycle on the 7th June 2025 in the grounds of the University of Toronto. Link to the York Cycle Plays performed at Toronto University in June 2025: https://www.yorkplays.ca Link to Kyle’s projects: Ensemble Member: Stage Left Theatre Reviewer for ChicagoOnStage.com Chief Editor of ROMARD: Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama Featured Expert on Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (Discovery Channel) Lead Author of The Play About the Antichrist (Ludus de Antichristo): A Dramaturgical Analysis, Historical Commentary, and Latin Edition with a New English Verse Translation Link to my blog post about the Valenciennes Illustration https://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/blog/the-stage-set-from-valenciennes-1547/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Henry IV Part 2: ‘We Have Heard the Chimes at Midnight’ 35:29

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Episode 168: Although Shakespeare's completion of the events of Henry IV’s reign is very much a continuation of the story from part one it is a play with a very different vibe. The vigour of the battle scenes and the exuberance of prince Hal and Falstaff’s relationship are replaced in part two with a more sombre and elegiac tone. The effects of old age and the passing to time hang over the play and even at its ending, where the coronation of Henry V could have been treated as a big party full of hope, it is the final rejection of Falstaff that dominates as once again Shakespeare provides an ending that many would have found surprising. The dating of the play The early publishing history of the play The early performance history of the play Shakespeare’s sources for the play A Synopsis of the plot How the play functions without much dramatic action Was the play a hurriedly written sequel? Foreshadowing and references to history The presence of the king and his illness in the play The nature of the comedy in the play The final split with Falstaff Falstaff the dangerous conman The Justices Shallow and Silence Mistress Quickly and the other comic characters The Epilogue Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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The Origins of Medieval Theatre: A Conversation with Kyle Thomas 51:20

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Episode 167 A conversation with Kyle Thomas where we discussed the long transition period between Roman theatre and medieval theatre. As you may remember from my episodes on the medieval theatre this is a very opaque period where details are few and far between. In my episodes in season three of the podcast I mostly followed the view that medieval theatre grew out of parts of the church liturgy that became dramatized as very simple, short plays. As you will hear in our conversation Kyle puts a more nuanced perspective on that and also speaks to the role of the education system of the time in that process. Links to Kyle’s projects: Ensemble Member: Stage Left Theatre Reviewer for ChicagoOnStage.com Chief Editor of ROMARD: Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama Featured Expert on Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (Discovery Channel) Lead Author of The Play About the Antichrist (Ludus de Antichristo): A Dramaturgical Analysis, Historical Commentary, and Latin Edition with a New English Verse Translation Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Henry IV Part 1: ‘Nothing Can Seem Foul to Those Who Win’ 34:26

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Episode 166: As with 'Richard II' 'Henry IV part 1' handles some complex English history as it examines the relationships between the King, his son and the powerful Percy family. After the deposition of Richard II Henry ruled for fourteen years until his death. Having ended 'Richard II' with Henry’s accession to the throne and Richard’s death in prison Shakespeare opens this play just a few years later, but with a vision of a tired king and a country dissatisfied with his rule. The setting for the play A brief synopsis of the play The dating of the play The early performance history of the play The publication history of the play The sources for the play The balance of history and comedy The historical accuracy of the play The play as an examination of the father/son relationship The character of Hotspur as a medieval knight The portrayal of Glendower as a mystic leader The role of the aristocratic ladies Prince Hal as a new sort of leader Falstaff, ruler of his own sort of court and a king of everyman The historical figure of Sir John Oldcastle The later performance history of the play Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Shakespeare’s Tutor: A Conversation with Darren Freebury-Jones 28:48

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Episode 165 In today’s guest episode it is a very welcome return to the podcast for Darren Freebury-Jones. Darren appeared previously to discuss his book ‘Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers’ and I asked him back on this occasion because his earlier book ‘Shakespeare’s Tutor: The Influence of Thomas Kyd’ is now published in a paperback edition by Manchester University Press, making it a much more accessible resource for any enthusiast of early modern theatre. In our conversation about the book Darren mentions a few points, like the detail of verse structure and characters like Robert Greene and Thomas Nashe that we discussed in more detail in our earlier encounter. If you would like to listen to that again it is still out there on the podcast feed as episode 126, that’s season six episode thirteen. Dr Darren Freebury-Jones is author of the monographs: Reading Robert Greene: Recovering Shakespeare’s Rival, Shakespeare’s Tutor: The Influence of Thomas Kyd, and Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers. He is also Associate Editor for the first critical edition of The Collected Works of Thomas Kyd since 1901. He has investigated the boundaries of John Marston’s dramatic corpus as part of the Oxford Marston project and is General Editor for The Collected Plays of Robert Greene, also published by Edinburgh University Press. His findings on the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries have been discussed in national newspapers such as The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Observer, and The Independent as well as BBC Radio. His debut poetry collection, Rambling, was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2024. In 2023 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of his contributions to historical scholarship. Amazon UK link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeares-Tutor-Influence-Thomas-Kyd/dp/1526182610/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0 Amazon US Link: https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-tutor-influence-Thomas-Kyd/dp/1526182610/ref=sr_1_1 ? Manchester Universty Press link: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182616/ Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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The Merchant of Venice: ‘The Quality of Mercy is not Strained’ 34:30

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Episode 164 Fate, as in Romeo and Juliet, plays a large part in ‘The Merchant of Venice’, as do deep seated grudges, but these are more societal than familial. We are still in Italy, but no longer in close knit Verona, but mercantile and outward looking Venice. As Shakespeare wrote this play London was becoming orientated around increasing global trade and English trading ships were regularly making their way to Venice as a major trading hub, so perhaps it is no surprise that Venice, with its eyes on commerce and profit, was a suitably exotic setting for this tale of greed, love and a clash of cultures. The dating of the play The printed history of the play The sources of the play including earlier theatrical ‘Jew’ plays A brief outline of the plot The different views of the character of Shylock – stereotype or sympathetic The Jewish experience in Elizabethan London The comic elements of the play The character of Antonio Portia’s role in the play Portia’s ‘mercy’ speech The performance history of the play Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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A Statue in Verona: The Afterlife of Romeo and Juliet 32:04

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Episode 163 My background reading while preparing the episode on Romeo and Juliet took me to many stories about and thoughts on the afterlife of the play and its continuing influence on western culture, what follows is just a few stories and thoughts that illustrate that continuing influence. Verona and Juliet’s Statue Juliet’s tomb Cibber’s Juliet Franco Zeffirelli’s film for the ‘love generation’ West Side Story Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Romeo and Juliet:‘These violent delights have violent ends.’ 36:42

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Episode 162 In today’s episode I look at Shakespeare’s early tragedy and one of his enduringly popular plays ‘Romeo and Juliet’. The dating of the play The early printings of the play in quarto editions The origins of the story and Shakespeare’s direct sources The opening chorus Violence and the hand of fate underlying the action The opening brawl and the threat of violence to women The calming voice of women in the play Romeo as a Petrarchan hero Juliet as an innovative character who drives the plot Romeo and Juliet’s shared sonnet The motivations of Friar Lawrence and Juliet’s nurse A brief performance history of the play Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Poor Naked Wretches: A Conversation with Stephen Unwin 40:58

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Episode 161 In today’s guest episode I will be discussing Shakespeare’s characterisations of the lower classes and looking at the role they play with Stephen Unwin, who’s book ‘Poor Naked Wretches’ explores the variety of working people in Shakespeare's plays as well as a vast range of cultural sources from which they were drawn and argues that the robust realism of these characters makes them so much more than mere Comic Relief. Stephen Unwin is an award-winning British theatre and opera director. He has directed almost 100 professional productions and worked with many well-established actors and singers, as well as developing the careers of many younger ones. He studied at the University of Cambridge. In the 1980s Stephen worked at the Almeida Theatre, London, the Traverse in Edinburgh, in repertoire theatre and at the National Theatre Studio. In 1993, he founded English Touring Theatre, for whom he directed more than 30 productions of classical and new plays, many of which transferred to London. In 2008, he became Artistic Director of the new Rose Theatre in Kingston, which he ran until January 2014. He has worked extensively at the Theatre Royal Bath and has directed more than 20 operas. Ten of his productions have been seen in the West End. Stephen has taught in conservatoires and universities in Britain and America and written 10 books on theatre and drama, including ‘Poor Naked Wretches’. He has also written five original plays: ‘All Our Children’ was premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre in 2017 and staged in New York in 2019, and ‘Laughing Boy’ opened at Jermyn Street in 2024 and also played at the Theatre Royal Bath. Stephen is a campaigner for the rights and dignities of learning-disabled people and ‘Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong’, is published by Wildfire Book in June 2025. This is only a shortened version of Stephen’s achievements and I would encourage you to visit his website for much more information. You can find him at www.stephenunwin.uk https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/poor-naked-wretches Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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King John: ‘New Made Honour Doth Forget Men’s Names’ 32:44

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Episode 160 A synopsis of the play The sources and dating of the play The problems with a historical drama in verse The historical accuracy of the play King John as neither a hero nor anti-hero Philip the bastard as a central character in the play The theme of self-identity and changing fortune in the play Blanche as a representation of innocence manipulated Queen Eleanor as the power behind the throne Constance in grief and, maybe, madness, but eloquent Movement towards the personal in the second half of the play The confusion over the character of Hubert The fate of the king as a metaphor for England The performance history of the play Link to the silent film from 1899 of the death of king John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lWn99STB1o Support the podcast at: www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com www.patreon.com/thoetp www.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…