209 Episodes

  1. Henry IV Part 2: ‘We Have Heard the Chimes at Midnight’

    Published: 5/12/2025
  2. The Origins of Medieval Theatre: A Conversation with Kyle Thomas

    Published: 5/5/2025
  3. Henry IV Part 1: ‘Nothing Can Seem Foul to Those Who Win’

    Published: 4/28/2025
  4. Shakespeare’s Tutor: A Conversation with Darren Freebury-Jones

    Published: 4/21/2025
  5. The Merchant of Venice: ‘The Quality of Mercy is not Strained’

    Published: 4/14/2025
  6. A Statue in Verona: The Afterlife of Romeo and Juliet

    Published: 4/7/2025
  7. Romeo and Juliet:‘These violent delights have violent ends.’

    Published: 3/31/2025
  8. Poor Naked Wretches: A Conversation with Stephen Unwin

    Published: 3/24/2025
  9. King John: ‘New Made Honour Doth Forget Men’s Names’

    Published: 3/17/2025
  10. The Theatre Couple in Early Modern Italy: A Conversation with Serena Laiena

    Published: 3/10/2025
  11. Richard II: ‘Sad Stories of the Death of Kings’

    Published: 3/3/2025
  12. Woke Shakespeare: A Conversation with Ian McCormick

    Published: 2/24/2025
  13. Trackers of Oxyrhincus: A Reprised Conversation with Jimmy Walters

    Published: 2/17/2025
  14. Boy Actors: A Conversation with Roberta Barker

    Published: 2/10/2025
  15. The Development of Roman Theatre: A Reprised Conversation with Dr Elodie Palliard

    Published: 2/3/2025
  16. Playing with Shakespeare: A Conversation with Charles Moseley

    Published: 1/27/2025
  17. A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Conversation With Rachel Aanstad

    Published: 1/20/2025
  18. A Midsummer Night’s Dream: ‘Man Is but An Ass If He Go About to Expound This Dream’

    Published: 1/13/2025
  19. A Bawdy Twelfth Night: A Conversation with Rachel Aanstad

    Published: 1/6/2025
  20. The Life of Ben Jonson Part Six: ‘Posterity Pays Every Man His Honour’

    Published: 12/30/2024

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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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