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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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428: Unattached Fragments | Part 1 (Fragments)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/04/17

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsIt's the first of an epic (yet dinky) 18 part series looking at some fragments found in The English Treasury of Wit and Language by John Cotgrave. This is a fairly chunky opening gambit, with the preface to the book, before our usual drive by at a short bit of text.You can find a version of the text at archive.org. It's found under the section "Of Atheism, Blasphemy, Impiety, Prophaxes etc." on page 18/19. The text is

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143:18

427: Arden of Faversham (Full Cast Audio Adaptation)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/04/10

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsThis is a simpler live mix of the show, with a few edits and some additional sound effects, but without the addition of too much soundscaping. This was partly a response to the recording I had in play, but also it meant I could clear it a bit sooner. Content warnings below.Recorded live at the White Bear Theatre on Thursday 14th December 2023.Alexandra Kataigida - Alice ArdenKeith Hill - Thomas ArdenSimon Nader Mirza

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55:44

Discussing: Pre-Modern Drama on the Radio

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/04/03

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsWelcome to this chat with Dr Andrea Smith, author of Sh********e on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays, where we discuss elements of her book and dance more generally about the challenges in producing audio drama, radio drama, and adapting the early modern stage for sound. We had a lot of fun chatting, and I hope you have the same listening.(The book is rather good btw, and gives an excellent overview of the way drama

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23:09

425: Discussing: Edward II by Christopher Marlowe...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/03/27

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsThis is hot off the press this week, as it's a quick chat about an upcoming production of Edward II by Christopher Marlowe, performing at the Brockley Jack and produced by Alex Pearson Productions in association with Glass Splinters. This chat is with Natalie Harper and Alex Pearson.Tickets can be bought here! https://brockleyjack.co.uk/jackstudio-entry/edward-ii/Show info: "After the death of the King’s father,

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2:56

420: Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 24)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/03/24

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsThe 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 Twenty-Four: Of a certain comet that appeared in Germany, and how Doctor Faustus was desired by certain friends of his to know the meaning thereof. Our patrons also get an exploring session looking

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7:00

425: A Scene from James the Fourth by Robert Greene...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/03/20

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsAnd Scene! This is random scene from James the Fourth by Robert Greene, recorded live at our Revels season on Thursday 14th December 2023. Enter a Lawyer, a Merchant, and a Divine, to ask questions of current affairs – current affairs of the world of the play, and presumably of around 1590, when Greene wrote the play.With Roel Fox as the Lawyer, Emma Kemp as the Merchant, and Sojourner Hazelwood-Connell as the

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41:23

425: The Interlude of Youth (LIVE Archive Recording)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/03/13

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts Welcome to our live stage recording of The Interlude of Youth by the Unknown. It's not designed as an audio adaptation, this is simply recorded from a distance on stage. However, it is a fairly complete recording and hopefully of some use. It was recorded as part of our Entertaining Henry season on Friday 20th June 2025 at the Quay Theatre, Sudbury.With Alexandra Kataigida as Youth, Roel Fox as Charity, Simon Nader

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41:36

418: Discussing: The Interlude of Youth with Dr Jeff...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/03/06

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts This is a chat with Dr Jeff S. Dailey who produced the play The Interlude of Youth (1513) in New York in August 2025. As we also produced the play in the summer of 2025, we had a good natter about the challenges of making this play work. We're in the middle of archiving our work on the play and the rest of the Entertaining Henry season from June on our patreon feed - rehearsal audio for £5 tier, and both audio and

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5:04

410: 'Play of the Saxons' (Fragment)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/02/27

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsPlay of the Saxons by the Unknown - a fragment of probably not dialogue from a probably lost play. It is perhaps more accurately described as an heckling incident.This fragment can be found in the REED Bristol volume, and on the Lost Plays Database. If you’d like more on the Wine Street Theatre there is Callan Davies book What is a Playhouse. Additional material sourced from volume seven of Wiggin's British Drama

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5:31

419: Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 23)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/02/24

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsThe 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 was a tricky episode to record, as I had made a decision to use a specific version of the text with very odd versions of place names - I lost all ability to say these places in any comprehensible way,

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4:45

415: A Scene from Fair Em (And... Scene!)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/02/20

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsAnd Scene! This is random scene from Fair Em, the Miller’s Daughter of Manchester by the Unknown, though recently attributed to Thomas Kyd – make of that what you will. It was recorded live at our Winter Revels season on Thursday 14th December 2023. It is a dialogue between the Miller, with his daughter Fair Em, about this cruel and unforgiving world. With Roel Fox as the Miller, and Emma Kemp as Fair Em.For more from

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98:30

414: Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/02/13

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsIt's finally here, the full cast audio adaptation of Dido, Queen of Carthage by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe* It was recorded live, so there are some technical issues, but otherwise it has mixed reasonably well. There are some minor cuts, but we have endeavoured to retain most of the text.Sojourner Hazelwood-Connell – DidoKit McGuire – AeneasKarim Kronfli - IarbusAlex Kapila - AnnaPamela Flanagan -

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47:21

413: Discussing: A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/02/06

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original textsBecause we thought you just didn't have enough on A Game at Chess from this podcast, here's a chat about a staged reading of A Game at Chess with Annie Charlton and Elizabeth Elsworth of York S********** Project.You can find out more about their work at https://www.yorkshakespeareproject.org/For anyone interested in forthcoming events, but also in opportunities for acting, directing or backstaging, sign up to their

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11:19

417: Announcement: Our New Sponsor + Sir Thomas More

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/02/03

Two announcements today, our new sponsor, and a little bit more detail about our Sir Thomas More event - tickets for which are now on general sale!Beyond Shakespeare is proud to announce our sponsor for the coming year is the Malone Society, whose works help keep alive the plays we work on. The Malone Society regularly publishes volumes of early plays which otherwise might not be available, and so aligns with our core belief that no play should be left behind and should have an outlet – from the

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8:22

412: A Scene from Clyomon and Clymades (And... Scene!)

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/01/30

And Scene! This is random scene from Clyomon and Clymades by the Unknown. It was recorded live at our Winter Revels season on Saturday 16th December 2023. It is a dialogue between Clymades and Juliana – the play is a fun pastiche of romance literature, so is full of pompous adventurers looking to save damsels in rhyming 14ers.With Kit McGuire as Clymades, and Alexandra Katiagida as Julianna.For more from the play, go to our Exploring Sessions! Our patrons received the scene within this episode in

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156:49

411: 1570 and All This - Part 3 (Hamlet to Hamilton...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/01/23

Here's the last of our two mini seasons of crossover episodes with Emily C A Synder and Colin Kovarik of the Hamlet to Hamilton podcast. It's actually the final episode of five, following on from the two part 1560 and All That which came as a mini set. We have been dancing through texts from the medieval up to the reign of Elizabeth on their podcast, and now we're doing the same over on ours - and we have finally completed the 1570's. Which didn't even have that many plays in it!As ever, this is a

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416: Discussing: Sejanus by Ben Jonson

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/01/16

Today we're having a chat with Nathan Winkelstein of Red Bull Theater about their upcoming Revelation Reading of Sejanus by Ben Jonson. Performing in New York, but also live streaming around the world on 26th January 2026 - the recording accessible for the week following. Do support this show, or the following production (in person) of The Roaring Girl, if you can. From their mission statement: "RED BULL THEATER brings rarely seen classic plays to dynamic new life for contemporary audiences. Our

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152:34

409: 1570 and All This - Part 2 (Hamlet to Hamilton...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2026/01/09

Here's the second of two mini seasons of crossover episodes with Emily C A Synder and Colin Kovarik of the Hamlet to Hamilton podcast. It's actually the third episode of five, following on from the two part 1560 and All That which came as a mini set. We have been dancing through texts from the medieval up to the reign of Elizabeth on their podcast, and now we're doing the same over on ours - we might have finally made it into actual plays from the 1570's. Possibly. There aren't that many to play

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9:59

408: End of Year Round Up 2025

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/12/31

It's the end of another year - so much has happened! Entertaining Henry, our Wyrd Revels, so many things... and I cram them into this short episode!Future things links - Live shows, not much I can announce year but next year, we’ll be performing live at the Thomas Nashe and Voice conference (Friday 9th January) - doing Pierce Penniless It is part of a two-day conference on the writings of Thomas Nashe (1567-c.1601)– and they commissioned a staged reading of Pierce Penniless from us – recordings

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138:33

405: 1570 and All This - Part 1 (Hamlet to Hamilton...

Beyond Shakespeare ·

2025/12/19

Here's the second of two mini seasons of crossover episodes with Emily C A Synder and Colin Kovarik of the Hamlet to Hamilton podcast. It's actually second of five, as it follows on from the two part 1560 and All That which came as a mini set. We have been dancing through texts from the medieval up to the reign of Elizabeth on their podcast, and now we're doing the same over on ours - from the end of 1560's into the wilds of the 1570's. It's a case of thinking aloud, and seeing what comes

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