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Beyond Shakespeare

Beyond Shakespeare

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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376: !Spoilers! Dido, Queen of Carthage by...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/06/06

It's time for some !Spoilers! for Act Two of Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe (discuss attribution with footnotes, please only write on one side of the paper at a time). The play was recorded at The White Bear Theatre on Tuesday 12th December 2023.If you’d like more on this play, there are exploring sessions galore on the YouTube. All our rehearsals, dress run, and rough live mix are on the patreon feed from £5 tier or above. The full cast audio adaptation edit of

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375: Discussing: Thomas More with Dr Joanne Paul

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/05/30

As part of the run up to Entertaining Henry we have this chat about Thomas More, prompted by Dr Joanne Paul's latest book on his life - it's a Venn diagram of a discussion, between the life of More, and the theatre world around him. Recorded live on zoom - there will be another live discussion in under two weeks time, details below.Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England by Dr Joanne Paul is coming to UK bookshops this week, and the US in a couple of months (I believe) - do support your

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54:28

374: !Spoilers! Dido, Queen of Carthage by...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/05/23

It's time for some !Spoilers! for Act One of Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe (discuss, with footnotes, please only write on one side of the paper at a time). The play was recorded at The White Bear Theatre on Tuesday 12th December 2023.We know we said Robert would be doing briefer Spoilers episodes, but that clearly didn't happen... If you’d like more on this play, there are exploring sessions galore on the YouTube. All our rehearsals, dress run, and rough live mix

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3:58

373: Queen Isabella from Edward II by Christopher...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/05/16

Speech! Speech! Occasional scenes and speeches from plays, voted for by those you support our work. This is a speech from Edward II by Christopher Marlowe, recorded live at our Revels season on Tuesday 12th December 2023. With Pamela Flanagan as Isabella.Our patrons received the scene within this episode in January 2024 - 17 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

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365: Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 18)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/05/13

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 Eighteen: A question put forth by Doctor Faustus to his Spirit, concerning Astronomy. Our patrons also get an exploring session looking in detail at the text - join our chat here. Thunder sfx thanks to zapsplat.com Our patrons received this episode in April 2024 - approx. 13

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372: Discussing: York Plays 2025 with Matthew Sergi

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/05/09

This discussion is with organiser Matthew Sergi, Associate Professor of English (Medieval Drama), University of Toronto about the York Plays 2025. Performing on Saturday 7th June 2025, (8th if there is rain) starting at 6am will be 17 performance groups who will present all the York Plays, repeating their performances on replica wagon stages.As ever with these discussions, we go on a number of tangents, but they're really good tangents. Find out more at yorkplays.ca where there is a host of useful

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371: Discussing: You Can't Just Throw a Woman at It

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/05/02

Discussing: You Can't Just Throw a Woman at it: Dramaturgical Misogyny in Early Modern Drama with Dr Nora J. Williams.Nora J. Williams is the Associate Dean for Access and Participation at BIMM University. Her first book, Canonical Misogyny, is available now from Edinburgh University Press. Her interests lie in practice-as-research, staging violence and intimacy, and feminist dramaturgies. Our patrons received the scene within this episode in October 2024 - 6 months early! The Beyond Shakespeare

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362: Richard III or, The English Prophet by Samuel...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/04/25

It's an interesting double bill episode this week, as we contemplate two pieces of evidence for one or two plays on Richard III. The first element comes from the licencing of a play, the other a reported line from a play. Are they the same play? Impossible to tell, but it helps make this episode a little more substantial.You can find the source for our text here. There is also an exposition on the Rowley play at the Lost Plays Database. With Aliki Chapple as the Messenger. Our patrons received

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357: The Guise from The Massacre at Paris by...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/04/18

Welcome to this other side of our new strand, a return to a promised thing for our patrons - occasional scenes and speeches from plays, voted for by those you support our work. This is a speech from The Massacre at Paris by Christopher Marlowe, recorded live at our Revels season on Tuesday 12th December 2023. With Lynsey Beauchamp as the Guise. Our patrons received the scene within this episode in January 2024 - 12 months early! The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a

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364: Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 17)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/04/15

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. This month, we begin part 2 of the narrative... Performed by Robert Crighton Chapter Seventeen: Here followeth the second part of Doctor Faustus his life, and practises until his end. Our patrons also get an exploring session looking in detail at the text - join our chat

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370: Entertaining Henry (Season Announcement)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/04/08

Surprise! We're having a party, and you're invited! Entertaining Henry will be a pop up festival of drama from the reign of Henry the Eighth - a three day pop up festival, performing six complete plays, and a number of over excerpts from the period.More info on our website here! A co-production with The Quay Theatre and Beyond Shakespeare... Let us take you through a whistle-stop tour of the entertainment world from Henry’s reign: from his youthful days to his more fractious later life, we will

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369: Discussing: Dick of Devonshire with Kate Ellis

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/04/04

This week we have a discussion of the play Dick of Devonshire by... well, you shall hear. This is a chat with Kate Ellis, who has produced a Revels edition of the play, the first critical edition of this manuscript text. It is available to purchase now from Manchester University Press, though it's still a tad pricey.CW: We do discuss the sexual violence within the play, from about half way through the episode. Kate Ellis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. Our exploring

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356: Good Order or, Old Christmas by the Unknown...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/03/28

It's time for a rather chunky section of a damaged play. We have the end of this play, known as Good Order, or Old Christmas. Printed by William Rastell in 1533, it covers the conclusion of a play about how an excess of good cheer over Christmas can be a bad thing. Hint, hint. Yes, you. PUT THE MINCED PIE DOWN!In Old Christmas or Good Order by the Unknown Old Christmas - Aliki Chapple Good Order - Heydn McCabe Riot - Simon Nader Gluttony - Valentina Vinci Prayer - Fiona Thraille The host was

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367: Cleopatra by Samuel Daniel (Full Cast Audio...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/03/21

It's here at last, recorded live at The White Bear Theatre during our Winter Revels 2023 on Wednesday 13th December 2023, it's The Tragedy of Cleopatra by Samuel Daniel. Content warnings are below the cast list. Pamela Flanagan - Cleopatra Simon Nader - Caesar Lynsey Beauchamp - Proculeius Keith Hill - Arius Alexandra Kataigida - Philostratus Valentina Vinci - Dolabella Kit McGuire - Seleucus Karim Kronfli - Rodon Alex Kapila - Messenger Sojourner Hazelwood-Connell - Titius With Emma Kemp and

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364: Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 16)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/03/18

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.Performed by Robert Crighton Chapter Sixteen: Another question put forth by Doctor Faustus to his Spirit Mephostophiles of his own estate. Our patrons also get an exploring session looking in detail at the text - join our chat here. Thunder sfx thanks to zapsplat.com Our patrons

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28:21

361: Exploring: Beware the Cat by William Baldwin -...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/03/14

Welcome to archived live stream exploring session for Beware the Cat by William Baldwin. It was live streamed on Robert Crighton's private YouTube channel, but not officially added to the podcast, during the opening of the 2020 plague and, beyond a few minor tweaks, remains as streamed. It's a First Look, so it's rough as such things are, and obviously we've come a long way since then. This final part covers the close of the text. Following our live reading in 2023, an adaptation of the book is

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366: Discussing: The Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle 2025

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/03/07

We have a special walk and talk discussing episode, recorded around St Edmund Hall in Oxford, with Professor Henrike Lähnemann, Fellow of St Edmund Hall and Professor of Medieval German Literature and Linguistics, as our guide to The Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle. Join host Robert Crighton, with Liza Graham, as we were given a walking tour around the route of the event, coming up on Saturday 26th April 2025. We were also briefly joined by Antonia Anstatt, who is part of the team.We hope to be there

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368: Lady Rachel Fane's Household Masque (Behind the...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/03/06

Surprise pod drop! Yes, we're embedded in a production of Lady Rachel Fane's Household Masque, performing this Saturday (8th March 2025) at Boston Manor House. We're helping archive the rehearsal process and the performance, and hope to do a more detailed BTS episode further down the line. This is a quick pop up episode, recorded during the first day of rehearsals on Wednesday 5th March 2025, featuring Alison Findley, Tamsin Lewis of Passamezzo, and some of the cast.Tickets for the show available

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44:32

361: Exploring: Beware the Cat by William Baldwin -...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/02/28

Welcome to archived live stream exploring session for Beware the Cat by William Baldwin. It was live streamed on Robert Crighton's private YouTube channel, but not officially added to the podcast, during the opening of the 2020 plague and, beyond a few minor tweaks, remains as streamed. It's a First Look, so it's rough as such things are, and obviously we've come a long way since then.This fourth part takes us into the Third Oration of Master Streamer, when the cats speak! Following our live

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358: Discussing: Mucedorus with AMP Theatre Company

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/02/21

This week we have a chat with Allison and Mark Pajor of AMP Theatre Company, who recently produced a version of Mucedorus. Coming soon, a production of Galatea by John Lyly!Find out more about them and their work at https://www.amptheatrecompany.org/ Our patrons received this episode a month in advance. 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

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