From 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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Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts A quick update about our upcoming live stream recording sessions, plus our live in-person events for the Autumn up to Christmas! All of these events will be recorded and shared on the podcast in the future, but you can catch them now by becoming a patron, or buying tickets. Autumn Live-Stream Line Up - £3+tier…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts This week we have a chat about Cue Scripts with Lizzie Conrad Hughes, founder of Shake-scene S*********e about the practice of using cues scripts to produce a show. Find out more about their work - https://www.shake-sceneshakespeare.co.uk/ Support their work - https://www.patreon.com/shakesceneshakespeare Our…
Welcome to this full cast audio of The Norwich Grocers' Play - version A from the 1530's! Version B from thirty years later will follow anon. The Story of the Creation of Eve, with the Expelling of Adam and Eve out of Paradise by Stephen Prewett With Song Marshall as Eve, Benjamin Finch as Adam, Larissa Oates Serpent, and Alison Whismore as God The text coach for the production was Liza Graham The…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus , is the book that is the source for Christopher Marlowe's play. Chapter by chapter we will wander through the twists and turns of this story. We begin the last section of the book - or: The third and last of Doctor Faustus his merry…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts Part three of our an epic (yet dinky) series looking at some fragments found in The English Treasury of Wit and Language by John Cotgrave. This is a fairly chunky opening gambit, with the preface to the book, before our usual drive by at a short bit of text. You can find a version of the text at archive.org . This…
The Witch of Edmonton by Thomas Dekker, John Ford & William Rowley Recorded live at the White Bear Theatre on Tuesday 21st October at 7.30pm CW: Below the cast list Cast: Aliki Chapple - Old Banks Robert Crighton – Justice Tobias Deacon - Sir Arthur Brian Eastty - Old Thorney Pamela Flanagan - Third Clown / Constable / First Countryman Alex Kapila - Winifred / Sawgut Emma Kemp – Susan Susan Kyd –…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts This week it's a discussing episode where I chat with Dr Shirley Bell about her book Music and Emotion on the Caroline Stage - available now! The book examines the relationship between music and emotion in the Caroline theatre. Music could be ravishing, it could be unsettling, it could be used as a way of depicting…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts Welcome to more university silliness! It's Gown, Hood and Cap – which survives in a manuscript at the Folger library. Like our recently released Band, Cuff and Ruff , this is a short skit written by students at Cambridge. Gown, Hood and Cap is less conflict driven that Work for Cutlers, or Band, Cuff and Gown, and…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus , is the book that is the source for Christopher Marlowe's play. Chapter by chapter we will wander through the twists and turns of this story. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Faustus was asked a question concerning thunder. Our patrons also get an…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts Part two of our an epic (yet dinky) series looking at some fragments found in The English Treasury of Wit and Language by John Cotgrave. This is a fairly chunky opening gambit, with the preface to the book, before our usual drive by at a short bit of text. You can find a version of the text at archive.org . It's…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts This week you're getting another university comedy! It's A Merry Dialogue between Band, Cuff and Ruff by the Unknown. It was printed in 1615 and probably performed a year or so earlier by students at Cambridge. More of this kind of thing is on the way! Band, Cuff and Ruff is about different detailing in clothing,…
Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts This month we've discussing a new book by Eleanor Rycroft and Greg Walker - Predramatic Theatre: The Radicalism of Early British Performance . It's a book that connects strongly with our practical work on early theatre, as well as engagements with ideas of the postdramatic in some of our performances. If that sounds…
