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 70
Catherine De Medici, her arrival in Paris for marriage to Henry, second son of Francis 1st. Her cultural influence and role as wife of the King, and mother to three successive French rulers.
The Hotel De Bourgogne, the only playhouse in Paris
Mellin de Saint-Gelais the royal librarian who penned adaptations of Italian tragedy
Etienne Jodelle was hailed as the new Sophocles after his first play, but quickly fell out of favour after his second and some intemperate praise.
The strong adherence to Aristotelian rules of theatre
Jean de La Taille continues in Jodelle’s footsteps with Greek inspired tragedy and lighter pieces.
Jean Antoine de Baif gets concerned about playwrights straying from Aristotle
Robert Garnier’s influential plays, including an adaptation of Ariosto. Including an example of how Thomas Kyd was inspired by his work.
How the monopoly on theatrical performance of the Confraternity of the Passion was broken and a description of their playhouse, the Hotel De Bourgogne. The arrival of the second playhouse and the first professional actress of the Parisian stage.
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Episode 69
The Renaissance met the Reformation in the Germanic States of Northern Europe so we start with a word on Martin Luther and his love of music and qualified approval of theatre.
Latin drama of Jacob Wimpheling and Thomas Naogeorgus.
The history of Hanswurst and Brandt's 'Ship of Fools'
'Students' by Christoph Stumble gets it's second mention on the podcast.
The versatility of Johannes Reuchlin
German biblical plays
The German plays of Henrich Julius von Braunschweig, Duke of Brunswick
The extraordinary life of Nicodemus Frischlin and his comedy 'Julius Redivivus’
The impact of the thirty years war.
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Episode 68
A detailed look at 'La Pellegrina', a play written for the wedding celebrations of Grand Duke Fernando of Sienna in 1589.
The background to the writing of the play commissioned by Cardinal Fernando Di Midici
A description of the plot of the play
Some commentary on the play, its relationship to Ancient Greek and Roman drama, the changes in stop characters since the beginning of Renaissance Italian Theatre and its legacy.
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Episode 67
In this third part of the story of theatre in the Italian Renaissance the counter reformation overshadows the work of playwrights.
We conclude the story of Giovan Maria Cecchi with a look at his later sacred drama that still managed to amuse and entertain.
The plays of Leone de'Sommi are mostly lost thanks to a library fire, but his surviving plays are of interest as we see a Jewish playwright operating both in and for the culture of his community and in the context of broader renaissance theatre.
The review concludes with the work of Giambattista della Porta, a Neapolitan playwright who was outspoken in his plays and paid and fell foul of the Italian Inquisition.
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Episode 66
Continuing from the last episode with more comedic dramatists from the Italian renaissance we meet Angelo Beolco who, under the tutorage of Ariosto, created, and became synonymous with, the character of Ruzzante.
Then on to Alessandro Piccolomini and Giovan Maria Cecchi, who both left indelible traces on the development of comedy in the sixteenth century.
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Episode 65
The development of tragedy and comedy in early Italian renaissance theatre happened on parallel paths as each struggeled to look forward rather than back.
The development of Tragedy following the rediscovery of the plays of Sophocles.
The continuing influence of Aristotle and Seneca.
Playwrights Giovani Trissino and Giovanni Giraldi (aka Cinthio)
The court at Ferrara and bloody tragedy
Other notable tragedians from the period.
The development of comedy as 'Comedy Erudite' and the continuing influence of Terence and Plautus
The court at Ferrara and a new form of comedy
Three great comic writers: Lodovico Ariosto, Niccolo Machiavelli and Pietro Aretino
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Episode 64
In the first part of season four we bridge the gap between the Medieval and Renaissance periods with a mention of the key artistic movements and historical events that can be used to mark the beginning of the period.
How theatre looked back to the rediscovered plays of Ancient Greece and Rome and the writings of Vitruvius on Theatre Architecture.
The earliest plays of the period, showing how the Renaissance got started in the late 1300s.
A word on the development of Opera and Ballet.
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Season 4 Trailer: European Renaissance Theatre
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Episode 63
In a coda to season 3 somewhere in England an acting troupe travels through a cold December at the tale end of the Medieval period, in search of an audience. A fictional account using the facts and assumptions discussed in the Medieval Theatre season of the podcast.
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In this bonus episode we get an introduction the the diary of Philip Henslowe, theatre owner and businessman during the end of the Tudor period and beginning of the Stuart period. Elements from the diary will feature on upcoming episodes for podcast supporters on Patreon.
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