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 Nine: How Doctor Faustus would have married, and how the devil had almost killed him for it.
 
Our patrons also get an exploring session looking in detail at the text - join our chat here.

Thunder sfx thanks to zapsplat.com
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Here's the first of two special crossover episodes with Emily C A Synder of the Hamlet to Hamilton podcast. I say two, it's actually five, but these two come 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 - with the 1560's. It's a case of thinking aloud, and seeing what comes up.
Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama is an educational podcast from TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS Audio Network. Teaching how to write and perform new verse drama.  Hosted by Emily C. A. Snyder.  Edited by Colin Kovarik.
SEASON ONE: Writing Verse Drama
SEASON TWO: Arthur Through the Ages
SEASON THREE: Soliloquy
SEASON FOUR: The Origins of English Verse Drama - which is with us!
Hamlet to Hamilton website - http://www.hamlettohamilton.com/
Support H2H at their patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hamlettohamilton

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It's our full cast audio adaptation of Occupation and Idleness by the Unknown - recorded live on YouTube, and mixed for your delectation and pleasure. 
Occupation and Idleness by the Unknown
Robert Crighton - Occupation
Emma Kemp - Idleness
Liza Graham - Doctrine
. Occupation and Idleness.
Technical presentation by Robert Crighton

CW: Scenes of violence by figures in authority - specifically a beating.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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-elizabeth-cary
An exploring session on YouTube can be found here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJH6-GM7WcJ2vUef7XPaQ0a
There's also a dedicated webpage for Mariam - https://beyondshakespeare.org/the-tragedy-of-mariam-by-elizabeth-cary/

Content Warning: Details and depictions of murder, racially charged language (mostly removed for the FCAA, fully present in the !Spoilers! episodes), gun shots, death, suicide, hanging, expressions of misogyny.

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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

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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

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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

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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 Seven: How Mephostophiles came for his writing, and in what manner he appeared, and his sights he showed him: and how he caused him to keep a copy of his own writings.
 
Our patrons also get an exploring session looking in detail at the text - join our chat here.

Thunder sfx thanks to zapsplat.com
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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

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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

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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

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Chess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton
We focus on the closing scenes of the play, specifically the White Knight and Duke's attempt to infiltrate the Black House to uncover the truth about their plans.

Reading combinations shift across the session, but mostly it was: Gregory Musson as White Knight; Liza Graham as the Fat Bishop and the Black Bishop's Pawn; Lynsey Beauchamp as White Duke and Black Knight; Tom Helsby as the Black Knight's Pawn, Black Queen and others; Daniel Yabut as Black King, Black Knight, White Knight

The host was Robert Crighton, who also sometimes read the Black Knight and Black King.

Our initial First Look Exploring Session can be found on our YouTube channel - feel free to browse, like, subscribe - and all that malarky. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJWOdHzBzkdJXtRR7UkydSW
Video versions of these sessions are available to our wonderful patrons, links below.

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!Spoilers! Fragments! Which kind of episode is this? Well, it's a bit of both. This is your introduction to the slightly damaged play Lucidus and Dubius - the full cast audio adaptation will follow soon. This is one of two dialogues/plays known as The Winchester Dialogues. It's sister text, Occupation and Idleness, is coming next year.
The host is Robert Crighton, who plays Dubius, joined by Liza Graham as Lucidus.

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

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A special discussing episode with performer and producer of the upcoming series of readings of The Merry Conceited Jests of George Peele. Sarah Blake has produced a complete reading of the text, which will begin its podcast release next month - patreons have early access to the episodes about six months ahead.
Additionally there's a preview of other exclusive patreon content, which you can access now by supporting the work we do.

The Merry Conceited Jests of George Peele is read and produced by Sarah Blake of Sounds Curious Productions, with music by Tom Cowell.

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A First Look read through and discussion of the England's Joy affair. On Saturday 6th November 1602 a show appeared at the Swan Theatre - privately produced by Richard Vennar. It did not go well.
We rake through the documents of the case and ask the question - con, or cock up?

With Sarah Blake, Aliki Chapple and Alan Scott.

The host was Robert Crighton.

An overview of the material we looked at can be found via the wonderful Lost Plays Database - https://lostplays.folger.edu/England's_Joy

There is also a video version, at the time of release exclusive to our wonderful patrons, to be found here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/73776346
 
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We had hoped to be running a live event to look at the 400th anniversary of the 1622 Lord Mayor's Show, but sadly it came to nought. Or at least, this year it did. We can however release this planning / Second Look session, where we had a go at decided what could be done with a text that is slightly trickier to put on in a public street - asking as it does what is happening with representations of race.

Featuring regular city chronologer Professor Tracey Hill, Gregory Musson, Lynsey Beauchamp and Tom Helsby.
The host was Robert Crighton.

For more on Lord Mayor's Shows, and civic and royal pageantry generally, here are some handy links...
Look at the texts and the map of the locations here - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/mdtPrimarySourceLibraryMayoral.htm
Exploring 1585 plus 1590 & 1590 - https://youtu.be/PUE5kD5ltcc
Lord Mayor’s Shows Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIA2ktcBFPPnb6Eqss2So5k
Civic and Royal Pageantry Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJ6XS5SaCLTFcieiL9FTMw_

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The last of our full(ish) cast series on the 16th century Lord Mayor's Show, another George Peele number, Descensus Astraea, borne before William Web.
With Gillian Horgan, Seb Ranson, Liza Graham, David Ault, Geir Madland, Pamela Flanagan, and Heydn McCabe. Trumpet by Matt Byham - it was hosted and produced by Robert Crighton. Additional sounds from zapsplat.com

Also featuring our initial exploring session, with regular city chronologer Professor Tracey Hill, Gregory Musson, Alex Scott Fairley and Liza Graham.

For more on Lord Mayor's Shows, and civic and royal pageantry generally, here are some handy links...
Look at the texts and the map of the locations here - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/mdtPrimarySourceLibraryMayoral.htm
Exploring 1585 plus 1590 & 1590 - https://youtu.be/PUE5kD5ltcc
Lord Mayor’s Shows Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIA2ktcBFPPnb6Eqss2So5k
Civic and Royal Pageantry Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJ6XS5SaCLTFcieiL9FTMw_

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
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The civic pageantry fest continues with our mini reconstruction of the 1590 Lord Mayor's Show by Thomas Nelson, who wrote the device of this pageant for the new Lord Mayor Sir John Allot. This production is less expansive than 1585, as we don't have as much material to use, so this is a more sedate walk through.
With the voices of Karim Fronfli as the figure riding the Merman; Liza Graham as the rider of the Unicorn & God's Truth;Gillian Horgan as Loyalty and Concord & Richard II; Seb Ranson as Fame, Plenty & Jack Straw; David Ault as Peace, Commonwealth & Walworth; Geir Madland as Policy, Science and Labour, Pamela Flanagan as Wisdom, Ambition & Time, and trumpet by Matt Byham. Additional sound effects from zapsplat.com
Hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
Plus our initial exploring session with regular city chronologer Professor Tracey Hill, Gregory Musson, Alex Scott Fairley and Liza Graham.

For more on Lord Mayor's Shows, and civic and royal pageantry generally, here are some handy links...
Exploring 1585 plus 1590 & 1590 - https://youtu.be/PUE5kD5ltcc
Lord Mayor’s Shows Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIA2ktcBFPPnb6Eqss2So5k
Civic and Royal Pageantry Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJ6XS5SaCLTFcieiL9FTMw_

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
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Another fragment is given a bit of love - this is based on a recording we made from a live stream, but given a tidy up and the usual Fragments treatment.
Aegio, possibly by William Alley - c.1560
With Liza Graham as Larymos – hot to trot for predestination – and Robert Crighton as Phronimos – free will is not an illusion.

Our patrons received this episode in November 2023 - approx. 7 months early.
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A full cast audio adaptation of the 1585 Lord Mayor's Show - the Device of the Pageant borne before Wolstan Dixie. Based on the pageant text and the eye witness account of Lupold von Wedel. Adapted by Robert Crighton, with additional material by Liza Graham.
NB: Some of our recordings suffered from some distortion, we have tidied these sources up as best we can.

With expert testimony from Dr Annaliese Connolly and Professor Tracey Hill, our resident city chronologer.

With Heydn McCabe as Lupold von Wedel, Liza Graham as Mine Host Joan and Robert Crighton as Mine Host John.

A Speech spoken by him that rid on a luzern – Karim Kronfli
LONDON - Seb Ranson
MAGNANIMITY - Gillian Horgen
LOYALTY - Pamela Flanagan
THE COUNTRY - David Ault
THE THAMES - Seb Ranson
THE SOLDIER - Geir Madland
THE SAILOR - Pamela Flanagan 
SCIENCE - David Ault
FIRST NYMPH - Gillian Horgan
SECOND NYMPH - Seb Ranson
THIRD NYMPH - Pamela Flanagan
FOURTH NYMPH - Geir Madland 
Trumpet by Matt Byham. 
Additional sfx from zapsplat.com

In the exploring session were Gregory Musson, Alex Scott Fairley, Liza Graham and Professor Tracey Hill.

For more on Lord Mayor's Shows, and civic and royal pageantry generally, here are some handy links...
Exploring 1585 plus 1590 & 1590 - https://youtu.be/PUE5kD5ltcc
Lord Mayor’s Shows Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIA2ktcBFPPnb6Eqss2So5k
Civic and Royal Pageantry Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJ6XS5SaCLTFcieiL9FTMw_

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
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An exploration of The Funeral of Queen Mary the First - This is a surprise episode, coming about thanks to Helen Good who transcribed this text for us. We have looked at other royal pageantry, where there is a performance text to play with, so this less texty text is not completely outside our usual fare.

With Helen Good, Melita Thomas, Johanna Strong, Liza Graham, Gregory Musson, Tom Helsby and Eric Karoulla.

The host was Robert Crighton

The Funeral: Stale Papers Domestic Elizabeth Volume 1 Document Number 32
for images see http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/SP12/1_(1558)/…
for text see https://waalt.uh.edu/index.php/TNA_SP_12/1,_32…
and thanks to Michael Pearce for proofing and helpful suggestions.
Proclamation of the Accession: Stale Papers Domestic Elizabeth Volume 1 Document Number 1 -
for images see http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT7/SP12/1_(1558)/…
for text see https://waalt.uh.edu/index.php/TNA_SP12/1,_1…
For the “Presentation” see - https://www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbey/history/funeral-and-wax-effigies#i33458

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A fantasy production meeting for a play we really want to stage - this week Thomas Cromwell.

A series of podcasts looking at plays we'd like to see, where we and guests pitch a Fantasy Production. With much merriment and chat, we explore different media, different approaches and a different play each session. Each play has been covered on our YouTube channel, or on the podcast, so you can dig deeper into the text if you'd like. Regular segments include - Cocktail Minute (a play themed cocktail), and from the Chatroom (reactions to the play in chat from our readings).

With Liza Graham, Alexandra Katagida, Tamara Ritthaler & special guest Eric Karoulla - the host was Robert Crighton.

Episode Five: Thomas Cromwell - a dive into the tale of a prodigal son.

First and Second Look runs at this rather fun play can be found on this handy playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoL5eCaEwfu5RTHeunEkDS5v

Join our Patreon to listen to uncut versions of the podcast - full uncut audio (£5 tier) or watch the uncut video version plus video cocktail minute (£10 tier). This version features additional sfx and music from zapsplat.com

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
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Welcome to the Butchers play from The Chester Mystery Cycle - The Temptation and the Woman Taken in Adultery, which is play twelve in the sequence.
 
Dashingly Quirky for the Beyond Shakespeare Podcast presents…
The Temptation
A Full Cast Audio Adaptation of the Chester Mystery play of The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness, with the Woman taken in Adultery – written by the Unknown.

The Company (in order of appearance)
Satan - Robert Cudmore
Jesus - Karim Kronfli
Doctor - Méabh de Brún Maeve de Brun
Pharisee 1 - Fiona MacKinnon
Pharisee 2 - Emily C. A. Snyder
Woman - Sarah Golding

Music/Soundscape by Katie Seaton
Directed by Sarah Golding & Fiona Thraille

The Temptation was produced by Fiona Thraille and Sarah Golding and is a Dashingly Quirky Production for the Beyond Shakespeare podcast.

We've done a lot on Chester and Temptation plays...
For the full breakdown of play 12, go to our !Spoilers! episode - https://audioboom.com/posts/8146345-spoilers-the-temptation-chester-mystery-cycle
Chester Playlist - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4623693-the-chester-mystery-cycle
There's another Temptation from the N-Town text here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDIvat2NYPQ
And there's John Bale's alternative later take on the Temptation here...  https://audioboom.com/posts/7181363-exploring-the-temptation-by-john-bale
Or, differently, on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1SXyTt9quc

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
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A Proclamation Declaring the Undoubted Right of our Sovereign Lord King James to the Crown of the Realms of England, France and Ireland, from March 1603.

A reading of the proclamation made shortly after the death of Elizabeth the First in March 1603. Performed by Robert Crighton

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
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Chess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton
A planning session for our future productions of A Game at Chess by Middleton. We focus on the big scenes of the play (Act 2.1, 3.1 & 5.3), where there are more speakers than an audio adaptation might like to have in a single sequence. Can we conflate characters? What do we need to explicate some of the business? And what noises do chess pieces make?

With Eric Karoulla as White Knight, Black King; Alan Scott as Black Bishop; Elizabeth Amisu as White King, White Bishop's Pawn, Black Jesting Pawn; Rachael Nicole as White Queen, White Duke; Helen Good as Fat Bishop, White Knight's Pawn, Black Queen's Pawn; Briony Sparrow as White Queen's Pawn, Black Duke; Lynn Freitas as White Bishop, Black Queen.

The host was Robert Crighton, who also read the Black Knight.

Our initial First Look Exploring Session can be found on our YouTube channel - feel free to browse, like, subscribe - and all that malarky. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJWOdHzBzkdJXtRR7UkydSW

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
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It's a mini double bill, with Robert wittering on about the new patreon voted play/workshop series - followed by another 'lost' discussing episode. It's a bittersweet convo with Beth Burns about Hidden Room Theatre's production of Arden of Faversham, which was supposed to come to the UK - but this was recorded pre-pandemic and... well, things didn't turn out the way everyone hoped. But, there is a good chat about early modern theatre in revival and Arden specifically, so good stuff.

The Hidden Room Theatre page on Arden of Faversham is here - http://hiddenroomtheatre.com/past/arden-of-faversham/

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
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This is our spoilerly introduction to the Chester Temptation play - with the Woman Taken in Adultery. It is play 12 of the Chester cycle, which we've danced around as a sequence a fair amount since our inception. 
The forthcoming full cast audio adaptation has been produced by the wonderful Dashingly Quirky, one of a number of upcoming works we've commissioned. The full cast audio adaptation follows in a few weeks time.
!Spoilers! is hosted by Robert Crighton, featuring the voices of...
Satan - Robert Cudmore
Jesus - Karim Kronfli
Doctor - Méabh de Brún Maeve de Brun
Pharisee 1 - Fiona MacKinnon
Pharisee 2 - Emily C. A. Snyder
Woman - Sarah Golding
Play text directed by Sarah Golding & Fiona Thraille.
The upcoming production of The Temptation was produced by Fiona Thraille and Sarah Golding and is a Dashingly Quirky Production for the Beyond Shakespeare podcast.

We've done a lot on Chester and Temptation plays...
Chester Playlist - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4623693-the-chester-mystery-cycle
There's another Temptation from the N-Town text here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDIvat2NYPQ
And there's John Bale's alternative later take on the Temptation here...  https://audioboom.com/posts/7181363-exploring-the-temptation-by-john-bale
Or, differently, on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1SXyTt9quc

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
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This is a bonus episode of interviews with the youth company of last year's Lord Mayor's Show reconstruction of The Sun in Aries by Thomas Middleton. This is pretty much the last of our material from the show - new shows to come!
Many thanks to Charlie Beer, Holly Bartlett Giles, Quinn Scott, and Sam Plumb for giving their time to this project and that interview – the interview was recorded at Chesterton Community College in November 2021.

More on this LMS, and our reconstruction of the event, can be found here - https://beyondshakespeare.org/triumph-1621-sun-in-aries-recon/

Previous podcasts on the 1621 LMS include this intro to our reconstruction - https://audioboom.com/posts/7961092-reconstructing-middleton-s-1621-lord-mayor-s-show
And this recording of the live event - https://audioboom.com/posts/8000607-triumph-1621-live-recording-of-the-sun-in-aries-recon
And this !Spoilers! episode, walking you through the whole text in detail - https://audioboom.com/posts/8137014-spoilers-the-sun-in-aries-by-thomas-middleton-1621-lord-mayor-s-show

Videos of the Triumph 1621 Reconstruction (low quality) can be found here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJnnmvfHrmUBcerTSZ3uP49
Video of the initial First Look exploring session (as per second half of this episode) can be found here - https://youtu.be/nPHTWH4GBgk
Videos of works by Thomas Middleton can be found here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKAT8ej_crYtxo6nvzB0wVi
Videos exploring the Lord Mayor's Show can be found here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIA2ktcBFPPnb6Eqss2So5k

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Welcome to this very special !Spoilers! episode, covering The Sun in Aries by Thomas Middleton - it goes through the text in the usual stop/start way, with a mix of readings from our prep for the live recon, plus the original exploring session in full. It's everything you didn't need to know under one roof. I have yet to do a final pass over the audio, so some tweaking will occur prior to final release.

With Tracey Hill, Perry Mills, Daniel Yabut, Stephen Longstaffe, Liza Graham, Gregory Musson, Eric Karoulla, Rachael Nicole and Angela McShane. Additional reading thanks to Charlie Beer, Holly Bartlett Giles, Quinn Scott, and Sam Plumb of the youth company for the reconstruction.
The episode is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton

More on this LMS, and our reconstruction of the event, can be found here - https://beyondshakespeare.org/triumph-1621-sun-in-aries-recon/

Previous podcasts on the 1621 LMS include this intro to our reconstruction - https://audioboom.com/posts/7961092-reconstructing-middleton-s-1621-lord-mayor-s-show
And this recording of the live event - https://audioboom.com/posts/8000607-triumph-1621-live-recording-of-the-sun-in-aries-recon

Videos of the Triumph 1621 Reconstruction (low quality) can be found here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJnnmvfHrmUBcerTSZ3uP49
Video of the initial First Look exploring session (as per second half of this episode) can be found here - https://youtu.be/nPHTWH4GBgk
Videos of works by Thomas Middleton can be found here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKAT8ej_crYtxo6nvzB0wVi
Videos exploring the Lord Mayor's Show can be found here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIA2ktcBFPPnb6Eqss2So5k

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
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It's the !Spoilers! episode for our full cast audio adaptation of Occupation and Idleness by the Unknown - based on the live stream session on YouTube, and mixed for your delectation and pleasure. Hosted by Robert Crighton.

Occupation and Idleness by the Unknown
Robert Crighton - Occupation
Emma Kemp - Idleness
Liza Graham - Doctrine
Technical presentation by Robert Crighton
CW: Scenes of violence by figures in authority - specifically a beating.

Our patrons received this episode in February 2024 - approx. 4 months early.
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A remixed combination of the two fragmentary play texts, Temperance and Humility and The Four Cardinal Virtues - using the material we recorded for the two separate plays. We think, whilst the match isn't quite perfect, that the similarity of the two texts means we can slot them together, and one day use these fragments to construct a longer, fuller version for performance.

In Temperance and other Virtues – Disobedience who becomes Fortitude was played by Gillian Horgan, Temperance by Pamela Flanagan, Humility by Leigh McDonald, Wilfulness by Robert Crighton, Justice by Geir Madland, and Prudence by Liza Graham.

Recording and technical presentation was by Robert Crighton

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Discussing: Look About You with Lois Potter, Ned B. Allen Professor Emerita of the University of Delaware. Yes, it's time for a nice chat with YouTube regular Lois Potter about one of our favourite plays - Look About You, or Robin Hood: The Early Years.

We've done exploring sessions on Look About You on YouTube here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIR0raF2UFZ6J8lyzEhyAha

We've done, at the least, a first look exploring run at all the Robin Hood plays, plus more for select others. 
Full Cast Audio Adaptation on the Podcast: Robin Hood and the Sheriff/Knight - https://audioboom.com/posts/7124367-robin-hood-and-the-sheriff Robin Hood and the Friar - https://audioboom.com/posts/7114942-robin-hood-and-the-friar Robin Hood and the Potter - https://audioboom.com/posts/7120136-robin-hood-and-the-potter YouTube videos: General Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoLajx9vcZ7Vtw07YsJgY8FD

Edward I by George Peele - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoI-6hCF_T_COL-JP6mZfzye

George-a-Greene - First & Second Look videos - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoLRO4JytErVlpau9mru68Fj

Also, Fantasy Production Meeting episode - https://audioboom.com/posts/8030320-fantasy-production-meeting-ep-2-george-a-greene

Robin Hood p1 (Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIegZlY2hi9JYMxPtkjNkG0

Robin Hood p2 (Death of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIegZlY2hi9JYMxPtkjNkG0
The Sad Shepherd by Ben Jonson - https://youtu.be/jRuk3DM6NIQ

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It's another exciting fragments episode - The Four Cardinal Virtues was written sometime between 1537-47. This is a ridiculously long episode for the length of the fragment, but we don't care; no play left behind! There will be a bonus episode doing a link up with Temperance and Humility, which feels very close to this play, soon.

In The Four Cardinal Virtues by the Unknown
Robert Crighton was Wilfulness, Geir Madland was Justice, Pamela Flanagan was Temperance, Liza Graham was Prudence and Gillian Horgan was Fortitude.

Recording and technical presentation was by Robert Crighton

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Discussing: Robin Hood, Outlaws in Drama with special guest Dr. Liz Oakley-Brown.
First of four lost discussing episodes that we should have released ages ago, but a number of reasons - plague/technical problems/inertia - led to delay after delay. But here we are. A chat about Robin Hood in all the plays.

We've done, at the least, a first look exploring run at all the Robin Hood plays, plus more for select others. 
Full Cast Audio Adaptation on the Podcast: Robin Hood and the Sheriff/Knight - https://audioboom.com/posts/7124367-robin-hood-and-the-sheriff Robin Hood and the Friar - https://audioboom.com/posts/7114942-robin-hood-and-the-friar Robin Hood and the Potter - https://audioboom.com/posts/7120136-robin-hood-and-the-potter YouTube videos: General Playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoLajx9vcZ7Vtw07YsJgY8FD

Edward I by George Peele - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoI-6hCF_T_COL-JP6mZfzye

George-a-Greene - First & Second Look videos - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoLRO4JytErVlpau9mru68Fj

Also, Fantasy Production Meeting episode - https://audioboom.com/posts/8030320-fantasy-production-meeting-ep-2-george-a-greene

Robin Hood p1 (Downfall of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIegZlY2hi9JYMxPtkjNkG0

Robin Hood p2 (Death of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIegZlY2hi9JYMxPtkjNkG0

Look About You - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIR0raF2UFZ6J8lyzEhyAha

The Sad Shepherd by Ben Jonson - https://youtu.be/jRuk3DM6NIQ

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It's that time again - tell us what plays you want to hear us produce! 
Also on this episode - up and coming episodes of the podcast!
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A read through and discussion of Wily Beguiled by the Unknown (there are theories, but they don't help) printed in 1606 and could have been produced from around 1601 onwards. It's really difficult to tell who produced the play originally, the text pushes us in contradictory directions.
This is a session that normally would live on the YouTube channel, but the first session was such a disaster it could only survive as audio... so this is now here. Though there is a video version, but that's been given to our lovely patreons. https://www.patreon.com/posts/67592179

With Lynsey Beauchamp as Sophos, Plod-all, Gripe; Tom Helsby as Fortunatus; Liza Graham as Songs, Will, Churms, Robin; Somhairle Kelly as Sylvanus, Nurse, Clerk, Peg, Robin.

The host was Robert Crighton, who also read Peter, Midnight.

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A read through and discussion of Wily Beguiled by the Unknown (there are theories, but they don't help) printed in 1606 and could have been produced from around 1601 onwards. It's really difficult to tell who produced the play originally, the text pushes us in contradictory directions.
This is a session that normally would live on the YouTube channel, but there were a massive number of cock-ups which meant I had to do a LOT of editing which my video skills failed at. So... audio! Part two will follow soon...

With Eric Karoulla as Player, Plodall, Peg; Tom Helsby as Lelia, Robin; Angela McShane as Juggler, Will, Sophos, occasional Churms; Desna Mackenzie as Prologue, Old Man, Nurse, occasional Churms; Liza Graham as initial host, Gripe, Peter, Fortunatus, Midnight.

The eventual host was Robert Crighton.

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
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A series of podcasts looking at plays we'd like to see, where we and guests pitch a Fantasy Production. With much merriment and chat, we explore different media, different approaches and a different play each session. Each play has been covered on our YouTube channel, or on the podcast, so you can dig deeper into the text if you'd like. Regular segments include - Cocktail Minute (a play themed cocktail), and from the Chatroom (reactions to the play in chat from our readings).

Contributors include: Liza Graham, Alexandra Katagida and Robert Crighton, plus special guest Tamara Ritthaler.

Episode Four: Richard III - a dive into the usurpation of a kingdom.

Catch up with our First and Second Look Explorings of the play via this handy playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoLqof8eUWJU5EEJXr93e56y

Contribute to our work specifically via Richard III paypal. There will one day be some merchandise - coming soon!

Join our Patreon to listen to uncut versions of the podcast - full uncut audio (£5 tier) or watch the uncut video version plus video cocktail minute (£10 tier). This version features additional sfx and music from zapsplat.com

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Chess Pieces: Exploring A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton
A planning session for our future productions of A Game at Chess by Middleton. We focus on the second half of the play with the scenes between the White Queen's Pawn and the Black Queen's Pawn. Here the play goes in a slightly odd direction, which opens questions of how far does adaptation go.

With Gregory Musson as Black Bishop's Pawn; Liza Graham as White Queen's Pawn; Lynsey Beauchamp as Black Queen's Pawn; Tom Helsby as Black Knight's Pawn, White Bishop's Pawn.

The host was Robert Crighton, who also read the White Queen.

Our initial First Look Exploring Session can be found on our YouTube channel - feel free to browse, like, subscribe - and all that malarky. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoJWOdHzBzkdJXtRR7UkydSW

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The Brome Abraham and Isaac Play (Full Cast Audio Adaptation)
Abraham receives an order from God to sacrifice his favourite son Isaac. Will he go through with it?  Content Warning: Attempted infanticide. It's HEAVY stuff. 
If you'd like to get a more detailed look at the text of the play and possible meanings, then go to our !Spoilers! episode - https://audioboom.com/posts/8087109-spoilers-brome-abraham-and-isaac - or one of our other many looks at similar texts (links below...)

In the Brome play of Abraham and Isaac are Geir Madland as Abraham, Leigh McDonald as Isaac, Rob Myson as God and Pamela Flanagan as the Angel and the Doctor.
The play was recorded and produced Robert Crighton.
With additional sfx from zapsplat.com

Want more versions of the Abraham and Isaac story? Really? You sure? It's dark out there man! Oh well, you have been warned... Podcast Links -
Exploring Session on the Brome Play - https://audioboom.com/posts/7148855-exploring-the-brome-abraham-and-isaac
Exploring Sessions on the Chester version - https://audioboom.com/posts/2776335-chester-plays-4-2-abraham
https://audioboom.com/posts/2776410-chester-plays-4-3-abraham
N-Town Version - https://audioboom.com/posts/7612799-exploring-n-town-play-5-abraham-and-isaac
YouTube Links -
Northampton Abraham - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MNLepAOv8
Abraham's Sacrifice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU6WVqa2dYI
Towneley Play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1nC8faKew
York Play - https://youtu.be/f5DrWcmehwM

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
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A discussion with Professor Elizabeth Schafer about The Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary, and other plays. This, as you may have noticed by now, is part of a sequence of discussions about female playwrights, and might be leading up to something special further down the line. Or not. We're working on it.
The host was Robert Crighton

A full cast audio adaptation of Mariam, discussions of Mariam, and everything else we have on women writing in the pre-modern world can heard in full on our Dramatic Women playlist.

Our patrons received this episode in January 2024 - approx. 6 months early.
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A read through and discussion of The Play of Wit and Science, as seen on our YouTube exploring sessions in another of our occasional cross over episodes. Performed around 1544ish. Opinions vary. Late in the reign of Henry the Eighth will do.
The play is missing the first few pages, but what can you do.
This is the first of three plays that riff on the same material. They have annoyingly similar but different titles. 

With Claire Richardson as Reason, Experience; Stephen Longstaffe as Wit; Gregory Musson as Instruction, Idleness, Science; Alex Scott Fairley as Confidence, Tediousness, Ignorancy, Riches; Nuno Meireles as Diligence, Fame; Liza Graham as Study, Honest Recreation, Favour.
 
The host was Robert Crighton who also read Worship.  

You can go to the video version of this episode here. If you want. It's pretty much exactly the same, just you can see our lips move - https://youtu.be/a55FYFxkrEQ 
There is also a series of workshop videos where we break the text down further, plus looks at the other variations on a theme, catch them on this handy playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoIyBWRPzwx1osWZhTP6EU_h

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It's the first of two episodes on the Brome Abraham and Isaac play, witnessed from somewhere in the late 15th century. This is a !Spoilers! session, working through the rough cut of the play - with the plain text recording at the end. Full cast audio edit to follow shortly! Content Warning: If you don't know the story, it's about attempted infanticide. It's HEAVY stuff. 
BE WARNED - If you just want to listen to the play as a play, don't listen to the spoilers episodes. Come back later, or don't listen. However, if you find early drama hard to follow, then you will get a good grounding in the action here - especially as we may make changes or cuts for our final version! The plain text version is rough in hew, it will change and we produce it in part to hunt out errors.

In the plain text recording of the Brome play of Abraham and Isaac are Geir Madland as Abraham, Leigh McDonald as Isaac, Rob Myson as God and Pamela Flanagan as the Angel and the Doctor.
If you want to skip to the plain text, it starts after 46 minutes in.
The play was recorded and produced Robert Crighton.

Want more versions of the Abraham and Isaac story? Really? You sure? It's dark out there man! Oh well, you have been warned... Podcast Links -
Exploring Session on the Brome Play - https://audioboom.com/posts/7148855-exploring-the-brome-abraham-and-isaac
Exploring Sessions on the Chester version - https://audioboom.com/posts/2776335-chester-plays-4-2-abraham
https://audioboom.com/posts/2776410-chester-plays-4-3-abraham
N-Town Version - https://audioboom.com/posts/7612799-exploring-n-town-play-5-abraham-and-isaac
YouTube Links -
Northampton Abraham - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MNLepAOv8
Abraham's Sacrifice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU6WVqa2dYI
Towneley Play - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1nC8faKew
York Play - https://youtu.be/f5DrWcmehwM

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
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A read through and discussion of Godly Queen Hester, as seen on our YouTube exploring sessions in another of our occasional cross over episodes. Performed in the 1520's - possibly 1529.

With Eric Karoulla as Third Gentleman, Hardydardy; Alan Scott as Mardocheus; Elizabeth Amisu as Pursuivant/s, Adulation, Arbona; Daniel Yabut as Aman; Lynn Freitas as First Gentleman, Ambition, First Jew; Helen Good as Prologue, Pride, Third Jew; Aliki Chapple as King; Briony Sparrow as Hester; Rachel Moles as Second Gentleman, Second Jew, Scribe.
The host was Robert Crighton. 

You can go to the video version of this episode here. If you want. It's pretty much exactly the same, just you can see our lips move - https://youtu.be/cic7SNFxNKw

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
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