Stay ConnectedA 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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Episode 102:
The sources of information on the playing troupes.
The Earl of Leicester’s Men – the earliest recorded acting troupe.
How troupes operated under the patronage of their master.
The royal patent and how it changed the way troupes operated.
The sumptuary laws and protections that actors were given.
The decline of the Earl of Leicester’s Men.
Lord Strange’s Men.
The merging of Lord Strange’s Men and The Admiral’s Men
Lord Strange’s Men become touring players.
The Earl of Sussex’s Men and complications at The Rose Theatre.
The Queen’s Men at The Rose Theatre (briefly).
Lord Hudson’s Men become the Lord Chamberlin’s Men.
The Lord Chamberlin’s Men at Newington Butts.
The Lord Chamberlin’s Men move from The Theatre to The Curtain.
The leading men of The Lord Chamberlin’s Men.
The ‘sharer’ system of the Elizabethan theatre.
The Lord Chamberlin’s Men become The King’s Men’.
The Earl of Pembroke’s Men and the perils of touring.
The Earl of Pembroke’s Men and ‘The Isle of Dogs’.
The history of The Admiral’s Men – a troubled start, but with later success.
The Fortune Theatre and the insight it gives us into the profits available in theatres.
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Episode 101:
How Marlowe’s other plays differ from Tamburlaine and Dr Faustus.
The plot of ‘The Jew of Malta’.
The depiction of Barabbas the Jew and how it might have been received by the audience.
‘Edward 2nd’ as a history play rather than a tragedy.
The theme of homosexuality in Marlowe’s work.
The plot of ‘Edward 2nd’.
The slow burn of the play adding to it’s subdued nature.
The motif of the wheel of fortune.
Edward’s character and the difficulty of empathy.
The problem with the language in the play.
The character of Gaveston.
The symbolism of the manner of Edward’s death
The character of Isabella.
Mortimer the antagonist.
Comparisons between ‘Edward 2nd’ and ‘The Jew of Malta’.
A word on ‘The Massacre at Paris’.
Final thoughts on Christopher Marlowe
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As my own small contribution to the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the printing of the first folio of Shakespeare's plays in this third and final episode of a short mini-series I look at the printing and selling of the First Folio and the afterlife of some of the copies as they travelled the globe. This includes some history on the greatest collector of First Folios and the creation of the Folger Library.
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Episode 100:
Dr Faustus is one of the most influential plays of the Elizabethan period. Most commentators see this play as Marlowe’s masterpiece, and it is certainly the most performed of his plays through the centuries.
The two printed version of the play and how they may have come to be updated.
The Plot of ‘The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus’.
The source material for the play.
The effect of earning and wisdom.
Comparisons with Tamburlaine
The questioning of Christian doctrine.
The philosophical and religious debates in the play.
The impact of the comedic moments in the play.
How the scenes with the Pope would have been received
The play’s debt to medieval theatre.
Questions of the efficacy of repentance.
The ‘guest stars’ of the play.
A play for Marlowe’s time and all time.
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As my own small contribution to the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the printing of the first folio of Shakespeare's plays in this second episode of a short mini-series I look at the inspiration and motivations for the First Folio and how it was produced
What prompted the creator to produce the First Folio?
Ben Johnson’s First Folio
John Hemenge – Actor and Administrator
Henry Condell – Actor and friend of Shakespeare
Richard Burbage – Just a brief sketch
How the plays existed in print and manuscript and how they were collected
Financing the project
Edward Blunt, Bookseller and his previous work with Shakespeare’s plays
Willian Jaggard, printer and his previous work with Shakespeare’s plays and poems
Isacc Jaggard and his workshop
The printing method
Apprentices and printing errors
Decretive woodblocks
The engraved portrait
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Episode 99:
Marlowe’s ‘Tamburlaine the Great’ is a play in two parts, an early example of a writer responding to popular acclaim by giving his audience more of the same, but for all of that mercenary motivation, and the fact that the first part was conceived as a stand-alone piece, they do work well as a conjoined piece.
The history of the printed plays and the introduction by the printer Richard Jones.
A summary of the plot of part one of the play.
The relationship of the play to the historical Timor.
A summary of the plot of part two of the play.
The position and influence of God in the plays.
Marlowe’s attitude to his protagonist and how the audience might have received him.
Tamburlaine as violent and bloody theatre.
The themes of power and ambition in the plays.
Tamburlaine’s familial relationships and the psychological study of his motivations.
The mixing of the personal and the political as a focal point of the play.
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As my own small contribution to the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the printing of the first folio of Shakespeare's plays in this first episode of a short mini-series I recount a recent journey to London to see copies of the first folio that are currently on display.
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Episode 98:
Marlowe as a playwright at the beginning of the greatest period of Elizabethan creativity.
A short recap on Marlowe’s university life.
Marlowe moves to London.
The anonymity and earning power of Elizabethan playwrights.
‘Dido, Queen of Carthage’.
Thomas Nashe as co-author of ‘Dido, Queen of Carthage’.
Marlowe’s sexual preferences.
The Elizabethan attitude to sexuality.
Marlowe and religion.
The School of Atheism.
Marlowe’s use of rhetoric.
Marlowe, blank verse, and iambic pentameter.
Marlowe’s poetry.
Marlowe’s Mighty Line.
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Nick Bromley returns to discuss his book Stage Ghosts and Haunted Theatres. Stories of strange happenings in theatres abound and Nick has collected them together that takes you on a ghostly tour of London's West End and UK regional theatres.
Both of Nick's books are available through his website: www.LNPbooks.co.uk
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Episode 97:
Christopher Marlowe was one of the giants of Elizabethan theatre, but he died young in mysterious circumstances. In this episode I try to unpick the mystery of why he died. Was it just an argument about the cost of a meal, or the result of some far more sinister goings-on in the world of Elizabethan espionage and court rivalry?
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