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It's another fragment, labelled as Part of a Play by someone, but it's not desperately play like... so... here it is. It's... not a particularly easy text to read, so many bonus thanks to Heydn McCabe for giving it a go. Part of a Play by the Unknown  The part was performed by Heydn McCabe, and the episode hosted and produced by Robert Crighton Our patrons received this episode in March 2023 - approx. 8 months early. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ The Bey

This is a VERY belated episode. It was recorded via the telephone back in the before times - in the later end of 2019. The recording is very messy (it's been tidied up, but there are still a lot of pops and bangs and other strange issues) but it is... rather good, we hope. It's a discussion of The Life and Death of Jack Straw, at the time we were finishing our full cast audio adaptation, and planning a live production (which the plague cancelled). It is released now, as we start to revive our plans to stage it again - and run low on the pre-plague audio. Increasingly, our work is all new. So, enjoy this chat with Dr Stephen Longstaffe, editor of the only modern critical edition that is (sort of) still available (you might need to sell a kidney) and host Robert Crighton. More Jack Straw on the podcast - discussions, !Spoilers! & our audio adaptation - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4629941-the-life-and-death-of-jack-straw And another run on the Tube-of-You - https://youtu.be/yohgz7LhDuM Our patrons rece

A quick reminder that we have a live streamed audio adaptation of the 1623 Lord Mayor's show on Sunday 29th October. NB: Early bird listeners to this episode would have heard a lot of random raw recordings... sorry about that, exported the file incorrectly. This is as it should be. The Lord Mayor’s Show 1623 LIVE! A live audio stream of the 1623 Lord Mayor’s Show, on Sunday 29th October at 2.30pm Full coverage of the 400 year old event, fed into our studio via the latest scrying glass link up. Join your hosts John and Joan as they commentate on all the action, with guest Professor Tracey Hill in the studio, and behind the scenes chats with Thomas Middleton and Anthony Munday in the green room. Including the water pageant, the Triumphs of the Golden Fleece by Anthony Munday, and the street pageants The Triumph of Integrity by Thomas Middleton Live streaming as audio on YouTube at 2.30pm on Sunday 29th October 2023 Bonus: Professor Tracey Hill will be running a walk through the surviving route of the Lord May

The Jests of George Peele - Episode 12: How George served his Hostess. Performed by Sarah Blake A full audiobook reading, performed by Sarah Blake of Sounds Curious Productions, released monthly - followed by an omnibus version. Our patrons have received early access to nearly all the episodes so far, and have exclusive access to our exploring sessions and discussion of the text - join us on the patreon to get more from the world of jest books. Music by Tom Cowell. Produced by Sounds Curious Productions for the Beyond Podcast. Sarah Blake discusses the project with Robert Crighton on the podcast here - https://audioboom.com/posts/8194838-discussing-the-jests-of-george-peele-with-sarah-blake The jests can be found variously online, though none of the ones we looked at were very tidy or void of errors - this is a fairly good option, but feel free to hunt. http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/peele1.html The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choo

Yes, it's finally here - the final cut of the full cast audio adaptation of The Tragedy of Antony by Robert Garnier, translated by Mary Sidney Herbert. It has been a long road to get here, using recordings from before the plague and without recourse to retakes. I hope you like it. CW: Themes and depiction of suicide, sounds of war, a culture of misogyny, violent death, general lamentation. The Tragedy of Antony by Robert Garnier, translated by Mary Sidney Herbert The Cast (in order of appearance) Antony - Heydn McCabe Philostratus - Mark Scanlon Cleopatra - Pamela Flanagan Eras - Sarah Golding Diomede - Geir Madland Charmion - Leigh McDonald Lucilius - Rob Myson Caesar - Simon Nader Agrippa - Hugh Weller-Poley Euphron - Richard Fawcett Child – Gillian Horgan General Chorus - Pamela Flanagan, Gillian Horgan, Seb Ransom, and Robert Crighton Roman Chorus - Geir Madland Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com The Tragedy of Antony was produced by Robert Crighton Our patrons received this episode in August

NB: This episode has been produced with some speed, so it's not as tidy a recording as per usual. Welcome to this pop up episode, chatting with Katie Blackwell and Anna Tolputt of Creation Theatre - who're producing Jonson's Alchemist this October - Tickets on sale now! We chat with Katie about Creation itself, and with show director Anna about the production. In Oxford now (at time of posting) till the 21st October and in London 27th-29th October - book now! https://creationtheatre.co.uk/show/the-alchemist/ Follow Creation on the socials @creationtheatre The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org You can also

Live show this Sunday! A quick reminder that we have a live streamed audio adaptation of Occupation and Idleness on Sunday 22nd October at 2.30pm We’re recording a bunch of new stuff across the day, and then in the afternoon we’re live streaming a full run of Occupation and Idleness by the Unknown, plus a bonus mini sketch, Preist the Barber. Occupation and Idleness is the first surviving true interlude play – it’s from the middle of the fifteenth century and is mostly forgotten about – but it does everything your average Tudor interlude will do, it just does it in the medieval period. It’s a three hander about education – with a cheeky school boy who just doesn’t want to do any work, being encouraged – shall we say – to study by Occupation, a hard working farmer, and Doctrine, the figure representing religion in the play. It’s a lively, nay, a tad violent a play, with an ending that isn’t surprising as to what happens – but perhaps surprising how it happens. It was, as ever, a different age. Or is it?  I

Welcome to another fragment - known as Detraction, or An Interlude of Detraction, or Light Judgement, Verity and Justice – by the more literal of title givers. We have no idea what the title actually is. It was printed around 1550, and could date between 1533 and the break with Rome and 1553, when Edward VI popped his clogs. So 1550ish. Detraction was played by Simon Nader, Light Judgement by Rob Myson and Verity by Heydn McCabe Detraction was hosted and produced by Robert Crighton Our patrons received this episode in February 2023 - approx. 8 months early. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org You can also

More !Spoilers! from The Tragedy of Antony as translated by Mary Sidney from the play by Robert Garnier. This fifth and final !Spoilers! episode works through Act 5, followed by a plain text recording of the Act. The full cast audio adaptation will drop IN TWO WEEKS!. With Pamela Flanagan as Cleopatra, Sarah Golding as Eras, Leigh McDonald as Charmion, Richard Fawcett as Euphron and Gillian Horgan as the child. If you're interested in more plays by women writers from the period, why not dip into The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4631219-the-tragedy-of-mariam-by-elizabeth-cary There is of course a full Tragedy of Antony playlist with all our work on the podcast to date - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4630912-the-tragedy-of-antony Our patrons received this episode in June 2023 - approx. 3 months early. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare -

This is a discussion on boys companies, who popped in and out of the public consciousness in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Dr Harry R. McCarthy has written about boys companies in the period, as well as their recreation today, so was an excellent guest to chat about the trends of the boys company world. Dr Harry R. McCarthy is Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at Exeter, and has published Boy Actors in Early Modern England and Performing Early Modern Drama Beyond Shakespeare: Edward's Boys with Cambridge University Press. His research centres on early modern theatre, the body in performance, and premodern childhood. He is particularly interested in boy actors on the early modern stage (the topic of his first two books) and is currently developing a project on the intersecting concepts of whiteness and childhood in the early modern period and its literature. Our patrons received this episode in April 2023 - approx. 6 months early. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become

The Jests of George Peele - Episode 11: A Jest of George, riding to Oxford. Performed by Sarah Blake A full audiobook reading, performed by Sarah Blake of Sounds Curious Productions, released monthly - followed by an omnibus version. Our patrons have received early access to nearly all the episodes so far, and have exclusive access to our exploring sessions and discussion of the text - join us on the patreon to get more from the world of jest books. Music by Tom Cowell. Produced by Sounds Curious Productions for the Beyond Podcast. Sarah Blake discusses the project with Robert Crighton on the podcast here - https://audioboom.com/posts/8194838-discussing-the-jests-of-george-peele-with-sarah-blake The jests can be found variously online, though none of the ones we looked at were very tidy or void of errors - this is a fairly good option, but feel free to hunt. http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/peele1.html The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to

More !Spoilers! from The Tragedy of Antony as translated by Mary Sidney from the play by Robert Garnier. This fourth !Spoilers! episode, works through Act 4, followed by a plain text recording of the Act. The full cast audio adaptation will drop later in the year. With Simon Nader as Caesar, and Hugh Weller-Poley as Agrippa, Rob Myson as Dircetus/Lucilius and Geir Madland as the chorus. If you're interested in more plays by women writers from the period, why not dip into The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4631219-the-tragedy-of-mariam-by-elizabeth-cary There is of course a full Tragedy of Antony playlist with all our work on the podcast to date - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4630912-the-tragedy-of-antony Our patrons received this episode in June 2023 - approx. 3 months early. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy

It's discussing time - this week it's a chat about Every Man Out of His Humour by Ben Jonson, which is getting a production in a couple of weeks in Stratford-upon-Avon. The director is Dr Josh Caldicott, and we have a spoiler free and a spoilerific discussion of the play. The show is performing from 27th to 30th September at the Bear Pit Theatre - tickets can be purchased here - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sweet-sorrow-theatre-company/every-man-out-of-his-humour/e-xrarjk The theatre company Sweet Sorrow can be found here - https://www.sweetsorrowtc.com/our-productions Our First Look exploring sessions on the play can be found here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKz_-l-i9_Shy_AfacbQ0iC&si=roFpuw_EP-TdfQ7N The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare Or, if you'd like to, buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare Or, if you want to give us some f

More !Spoilers! from The Tragedy of Antony as translated by Mary Sidney from the play by Robert Garnier. This third !Spoilers! episode, works through Act 3, followed by a plain text recording of the Act. The full cast audio adaptation will drop later in the year. With Heydn McCabe as Mark Antony, Rob Myson as Lucilius, plus Robert Crighton and Gillian Horgan as the chorus. If you're interested in more plays by women writers from the period, why not dip into The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4631219-the-tragedy-of-mariam-by-elizabeth-cary There is of course a full Tragedy of Antony playlist with all our work on the podcast to date - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4630912-the-tragedy-of-antony Our patrons received this episode in May 2023 - approx. 3 months early. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at

It's time for a discussion of John Fletcher's Roman plays, with Domenico Lovascio, Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Genoa, who has written two books in this area. John Fletcher's Rome and a new edition of The False One, a play by Fletcher and Massinger. They are both excellent texts - and I wasn't paid to say that, though I did get freebies for this episode so I might be biased. Both books are available via the below links. Manchester University Press have a mailing list, and if you join that, there are discounts available I believe. https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526151636/the-false-one/ https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526157386/john-fletchers-rome/ Domenico Lovascio is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Genoa, and he is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of John Fletcher’s Rome: Questioning the Classics for the Revels Plays Companion Library and the editor of Fletcher and Massinger’s The False One for

The Jests of George Peele - Episode 10: How George Peele served half a score Citizens. Performed by Sarah Blake A full audiobook reading, performed by Sarah Blake of Sounds Curious Productions, released monthly - followed by an omnibus version. Our patrons have received early access to nearly all the episodes so far, and have exclusive access to our exploring sessions and discussion of the text - join us on the patreon to get more from the world of jest books. Music by Tom Cowell. Produced by Sounds Curious Productions for the Beyond Podcast. Sarah Blake discusses the project with Robert Crighton on the podcast here - https://audioboom.com/posts/8194838-discussing-the-jests-of-george-peele-with-sarah-blake The jests can be found variously online, though none of the ones we looked at were very tidy or void of errors - this is a fairly good option, but feel free to hunt. http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/peele1.html The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and

A quick round up of the shows we have coming up - with early bird discount tickets for our Winter Revels now online - book now to avoid disappointment. Book your Early Bird Season Tickets here! The Beyond Shakespeare Winter Revels 2023 A Season of Tragedy, History, True Crime, Literature & Comedy Tuesday: Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe – a tragedy Wednesday: Cleopatra by Samuel Daniel – a history play Thursday: Arden of Faversham by the Unknown – a true crime thriller Friday: Beware the Cat by William Baldwin - a Gothic horror story of talking cats Saturday: The Old Wives' Tale by George Peele - the original shaggy dog story for a winter's night. Performing 12th to 16th December 2023 at The White Bear Theatre, Kennington 138 Kennington Park Rd, London SE11 4DJ Book your Early Bird Season Tickets here! Or there are two free events coming up...

More !Spoilers! from The Tragedy of Antony as translated by Mary Sidney from the play by Robert Garnier. This second !Spoilers! episode, works through the rest of Act 2 (Cleopatra's first scene), followed by a plain text recording of scenes. The full cast audio adaptation will drop later in the year. With Pamela Flanagan as Cleopatra, Sarah Golding as Eras, Leigh McDonald as Charmion, Geir Madland as Diomede and Robert Crighton and Gillian Horgan as the chorus. If you're interested in more plays by women writers from the period, why not dip into The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4631219-the-tragedy-of-mariam-by-elizabeth-cary There is of course a full Tragedy of Antony playlist with all our work on the podcast to date - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4630912-the-tragedy-of-antony Our patrons received this episode in May 2023 - approx. 3 months early. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work

We continue our series of explorations on the podcast with a deep dive into the play Arden of Faversham by the Unknown. We're looking at the final scenes, asking the question of how to adapt the text for an audio production. Which is coming to the stage for a live recording at the end of the year! The host was Robert Crighton, with Gregory Musson, Liza Graham, Desna Mackenzie, Tom Helsby and Sarah Blake. There's a First Look Exploring session of the play available on our YouTube channel, with more to come later in the year - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKNs8EPvSfIj1dqslTdwZdi Our patrons received this episode in April 2023, four months earlier than this release. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org,

The first !Spoilers! episode of The Tragedy of Antony as translated by Mary Sidney from the play by Robert Garnier. This first !Spoilers! episode, works through Act 1 and the opening of Act 2, followed by a plain text recording of the opening of the play. The full cast audio adaptation will drop later in the year. With Heydn McCabe as Mark Antony, Mark Scanlon as Philostratus, and Robert Crighton, Pamela Flanagan and Seb Ranson as voices in the chorus. The host was Robert Crighton If you're interested in more plays by women writers from the period, why not dip into The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4631219-the-tragedy-of-mariam-by-elizabeth-cary Our patrons received this episode in April 2023 - approx. 4 months early. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - o