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The Jests of George Peele - Episode 5: How he was Shaven 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 choose the plays

A discussing episode about Early Modern Music with Tamsin Lewis of Passamezzo, who we collaborated with for the reconstruction of the 1621 Lord Mayor's Show. This chat isn't quite as well structured as it could be, as we were working towards a more specific discussion of Love's Victory by Mary Wroth; deadlines being what they are, we haven't yet completed the other interviews, so that will come anon. So here we have a more general chat around early modern music and what Tamsin and Passamezzo do. Passamezzo can be found via most social media @Passamezzo Or via their website - https://passamezzo.uk/ At time of release their next gig is at HistFest - http://histfest.org/histfest-2023/ Their book of music - Here Comes My Lord Mayor - 17th century songs for the Lord Mayor's Show can be purchased via Rondo publishing - https://www.rondopublishing.co.uk/product/here-comes-my-lord-mayor/ The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go

We're beginning a new series of explorations on the podcast, a deep dive into the play Arden of Faversham by the Unknown. This prelude to the series proper is a read through and discussion of the play's source material from Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland. You can find the source in most printed editions, and it's a fairly swift google search away (other search engines are available). Next month Killing Arden will dive into the first scene of the play, asking the question of how to adapt the text for an audio adaptation. 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 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 som

More from our series of Dialogues - this is A Goodly Dialogue Between Knowledge and Simplicity, in an exploring session with Robert Crighton and Liza Graham. And Mylo. The cat. Who has much to say. This is from 1548ish, so following John Bon and Mast Parson is another evangelical work from the first years of Edward VI. A full performed recording will follow anon. More of this kind of thing, as well as more plays in performance, are on their way. With Liza Graham and Robert Crighton. Mylo appears by permission of the Catnip Theatre Company. Our patrons received this episode in April 2022 - 11 months early. They have had the full audio recording since September 2022. 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 Twi

The Jests of George Peele - Episode 4:  How George helped his friend to a Supper 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 g

This is a wide ranging discussion of mostly London Playhouses with Heather Knight of the Museum of London Archaeology. Covering what we know about theatres from archaeological digs on many playhouses, but very much on how dig at the site of the Curtain was a game changer. Our patrons received this episode four months early in November 2022. 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 Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton

A minisode discussing episode this week, with a chat with Amy Jennings of the All the World's a Stage Conference 2023, looking at adaptation of Early Modern drama. Which is something we do a lot. Hence the fact that Robert Crighton, host of this noble pod, has been asked to open the conference. So, if you want to hear more words from us in a different context, then you can book for the event on Saturday 22nd April 2023 via the link below (unless you're listening in the future, in which case it is past) and you can follow the con on twitter at @AllTheWorldConf Event link - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-the-worlds-a-stage-conference-tickets-555972838727 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, Fac

This is our full cast audio adaptation of Luke Shepherd's John Bon and Mast Parson - an evangelical dialogue to affirm the new creed against transubstantiation. As such, it is putting forward, in a satirical way, an attack on the Catholic faith and is presented here for historical purposes and not because we have an axe to grind. In John Bon and Mast Parson by Luke Shepherd, the intro/outro text was performed by Emily C A Snyder, John Bon by Robert Crighton and Master Parson by Liza Graham. This audio was recorded on location in London and mixed by Robert Crighton, with additional sound effects from zapsplat.com If you'd like to dig into this text a little deeper, go to our exploring session - https://audioboom.com/posts/8225304-exploring-john-bon-and-master-parson-by-luke-shepherd-dialogueOr, if you join our patreon, there is the RAW recording of this adaptation, which also includes a lot of discussion about what is going on - https://www.patreon.com/posts/64260104 Our patrons received this episode in Sep

The Jests of George Peele - Episode 3:  How George Peele became a Physician 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

It's another 'Lost' discussing episode, with this 2019 (ye gods! we're so sorry!) chat about The Life and Death of Jack Straw produced by Bad Quarto in 2016 by our guest Tony Tambasco. You can follow our guest on Twitter at - tony@badquarto.org More info about the production, including clips, can be found here.  http://badquarto.org/showPages/2016_jackStraw.php And, of course, here's our playlist of all the audio Jack Straw things... https://audioboom.com/playlists/4629941-the-life-and-death-of-jack-straw Plus our exploring session on YouTube - https://studio.youtube.com/video/yohgz7LhDuM/edit Our patrons received this episode in June 2022.  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 & Ins

A fragment of a history play by John Day gets the full works this week. It's a few lines from a play from the summer of 1601. For more information, listen. Hosted by Robert Crighton, with Simon Nader as the Brother. The original First Look session can be found here - https://youtu.be/jw1Vw6Y-BdY For a look at the text go to the Lost Plays Database -https://lostplays.folger.edu/History_play_including_the_death_of_Percy Our patrons received this episode in March 2022. They have had the full audio recording since September 2022. 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

Exploring: John Bon and Master Parson by Luke Shepherd (Dialogue) Welcome to the first of a semi-regular new series of works looking at Dialogues and other semi-dramatic material. We've touched on the dramatic edges of these kinds of things before, with plays that are a bit didactic, but now we're having a look at printed works never designed for performance, but which are very performable. Or hopefully are. This is an exploring session recorded in London in the spring of 2022, and there will be a full audio production to follow. Till then, enjoy John Bon and Master Parson by Luke Shepherd, a satirical writer on the Protestant side of the fence, writing to promote the new religion in the reign of Edward VI. This text is mostly concerned about the nature of the host and the feast of Corpus Christi. With Liza Graham and Robert Crighton Our patrons received this episode in March 2022. They have had the full audio recording since September 2022. The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – beco

The Jests of George Peele - Episode 2: The Jest of George and the Barber. 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 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@beyonds

A Full Cast Audio Adaptation of The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary. See below for content warnings... MARIAM, the Queen - Gillian Horgan ALEXANDRA, Mariam’s mother - Leigh McDonald SALOME, Herod’s sister - Pamela Flanagan SILLIUS, Salome’s lover - Simon Nader CONSTABARUS, husband to Salome - Heydn McCabe PHERORAS, Herod’s Brother - Robert Crighton GRAPHINA, Pheroras’ lover - Nemonee Stone DORIS, Herod’ first wife - Pollie Hall ANTIPATER, Herod’s son by Doris - Fiona Thraille First Son of BABUS - Hugh Weller-Poley Second Son of BABUS - Mark Scanlon ANNANELL, the high Priest - Andy Barrett SOHEMUS, A Counsellor/Mariam’s guardian - Rob Myson NUNTIO - Richard Fawcett HEROD - Geir Madland BUTLER - Valentina Vinci SILLIUS' Man - Alan Scott Additional voices by Liza Graham and other members of the company. Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com Produced by Robert Crighton The full Mariam playlist on the podcast can be found here -  https://audioboom.com/playlists/4631219-the-tragedy-of-mariam-by-elizabe

A read through and discussion of the second of two surviving Coventry mystery plays, the text surviving from 1534. With Gregory Musson as Simeon, Jesus; Eric Karoulla as 1st Prophet, 1st Angel, Clerk, 1st Doctor; Liza Graham as Host, Joseph; Lynsey Beauchamp as 2nd Angel, Mary, Second Doctor; Lisa Hill-Corley as 2nd Prophet, Anna, Gabriel, Third Doctor The host was Robert Crighton. The video version of this episode is also available here - https://youtu.be/1GIWFskVxYk 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://w

It's time for a ramble through 2022, as well as a few previews things for 2023. So much has been done, so much yet to come. Thank you for your support. With Robert Crighton. A video version of this also exists, with a look at some charts and stuff. https://youtu.be/TfFOCTtk7pQ 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 Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.

Merry Christmas everyone! First of a two part Christmas release, a look at the surviving Coventry Mystery plays. This play covers the Nativity through to the slaughter of the innocents. With Stephen Longstaffe as First Shepherd, Herod; Francis Cox as Second Shepherd, Second King; Eric Karoulla as Third Shepherd, Third King; Lois Potter as Gabriel, Second Woman; Liza Graham as Second Prophet, First Woman; Alan Scott as Prologue (Isaiah), Herald; Sarah Blake as Mary; Daniel Yabut as Joseph; Lynn Freitas as Angel (1st), Third Woman; Helen Good as Second Angel, Second Soldier; Valentina Vinci as First Prophet, First King, First Soldier. The host was Robert Crighton.  First released on our YouTube channel - https://youtu.be/LksJtWk0IaI 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

This Is... 1583 is a pilot for an occasional series looking at theatre history on year at a time, with a focus on plays premiering or in rep at the time, and significant events in the realm. With Helen Good, Stephen Longstaffe, Daniel Yabut and host Robert Crighton. If you'd like to hear more of this kind of thing, get in touch, suggest a year, suggest topics... though it might be a while before you hear more of this kind of thing. The plays covered in this episode, which have been explored on our YouTube channel, are... Fedele and Fortunio by Anthony Munday - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJO9HEXXT-czQMP_RSzb4a7 Campaspe by John Lyly - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJ6Gad4JC0QeGMBXzf33XfV Another confirmed play from that year includes a Latin play of Dido by William Gager Also discussed are the Queen's Men, their wider repertoire can be found on this expansive playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKW-TB_TKM1Frf3bGqzvd_n The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supp

The Jests of George Peele - Episode 1: The Merry Conceited Jests of George Peele, with four of his Companions at Brainford. Performed by Sarah Blake A full audiobook reading, performed by Sarah Blake of Sounds Curious Productions. This is the first part of the collection, released monthly for the next year - 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 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

A full cast audio adaptation of Lucidus and Dubius, a play without an ending from around 1450. Listen as two debaters get going on the important issues of theology. Like why the cross wasn't made of stone. Lucidus vs Dubius - age vs youth - master vs student. The !Spoilers! episode is available here - https://audioboom.com/posts/8198976-spoilers-lucidus-and-dubius-fragments. This is one of two dialogues/plays known as The Winchester Dialogues. It's sister text, Occupation and Idleness, is coming next year. With Liza Graham as Lucidus and Robert Crighton as Dubius. Recorded on location in London, mixed and edited by Robert Crighton. An initial exploring session can be found on the podcast here - https://audioboom.com/posts/7559944-exploring-lucidus-and-dubius-fragments An exploring session for the sister text Occupation and Idleness is also available here - https://audioboom.com/posts/7595489-exploring-occupation-and-idleness The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and