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Lucius berates his father for killing his own son, and Titus’s brother Marcus implores him to allow them to bury Mutius in the family tomb. Titus grudgingly agrees to it and tells Marcus that he hopes to prosper by Tamora’s sudden advancement, since he was the one who brought her to Rome. Assuming that Titus orchestrated her escape with Bassianus, Saturninus publicly rejects Lavinia before leaving to marry Tamora. After the wedding, Saturninus and Bassianus strike an uneasy peace. Bassianus tells Saturninus that Titus had no part in Lavinia’s abduction. Tamora also vouches for Titus’s innocence, then pulls Saturninus aside and tells him he must pardon Titus or risk the anger of the Roman people. She promises her new husband that she will find a way to get revenge on Titus and his family. Saturninus finally absolves Marcus, Titus and his remaining sons. Tamora reassures Bassianus and Lavinia that they need not fear punishment as long as they behave. As they leave to enjoy the double wedding feast, Titus invites Saturninus to a celebratory hunt the following morning. Outside the palace, Aaron the Moor walks alone during the festivities, ruminating on his love affair with Tamora. He revels in her new status as Empress, looking forward to the power he will wield through her. He comes across Tamora’s sons, Demetrius and Chiron, who are fighting each other over who gets dibs on Lavinia. Aaron breaks it up and tells them Lavinia has just married Bassianus. When he sees that the brothers don’t care and are determined to take Lavinia for themselves regardless, he encourages them to lure Lavinia away from the hunting party the next day and rape her together.
CREDITS:
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TITUS ANDRONICUS”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by AMY FREED. All episodes were directed by DANNY SCHEIE. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
JAMES CARPTENER as TITUS ANDRONICUS
PATRICK KERR as MARCUS ANDRONICUS
CAROLYN (“CARRIE”) KOZLOWSKI as TAMORA
JORDAN BARBOUR as BASSIANUS, AEMEILIUS and QUINTUS
DANNY SCHEIE as SATURNINUS
BRUCE YOUNG as AARON THE MOOR
MARK H. DOLD as LUCIUS and YOUNG LUCIUS
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as LAVINIA and THE NURSE
JOMAR TAGATAC as DEMETRIUS, MUTIUS and OTHERS
DEAN LINNARD as CHIRON, MARTIUS and OTHERS
MICHAEL GOODFRIEND as PUBLIUS, ARBUS and OTHERS
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “TITUS ANDRONICUS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “Revenge is a dish best served cold”.
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Titus Andronicus - Episode 1 - Be Not Gauled
Season 23 · Episode 1
Monday, September 21, 2026 • Duration 31:44
In the wake of the Emperor’s death, his two sons–Saturninus (the eldest) and Bassianus (the younger, more popular)--argue over who should rule Rome, as their armed supporters clash in the streets. The Tribune Marcus Andronicus (Titus’s brother) intervenes to stop the fight. He announces that the Roman people have chosen his brother, Titus Andronicus, to be the new Emperor because of his legendary military service. Titus enters in triumph with his four surviving sons, the bodies of his dead sons in coffins, and high-profile prisoners of war–including Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and her three sons. Titus refuses the crown due to his old age and instead endorses Saturninus, who becomes the new Emperor. Titus’s son, Lucius, demands that the eldest captive Goth prince, Alarbus, be sacrificed to appease the ghosts of Titus’s fallen sons. Tamora begs for her son’s life, but Titus insists on the brutal religious rite. Alarbus is dismembered and killed. Grieved and enraged, Tamora and her surviving sons swear revenge against Titus and his family. As a reward for his loyalty, Saturninus chooses to marry Titus’s daughter, Lavinia. However, Lavinia is already legally betrothed to Saturninus's rival brother, Bassianus. Saturninus abruptly changes course and decides to marry Tamora instead, making her the new Empress of Rome. With the help of Marcus and Titus’s sons, Bassianus escapes with Lavinia. Furious at what he views as family treason and disrespect toward the emperor, Titus kills his own son, Mutius, for letting Bassianus and Lavinia get away.
CREDITS:
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TITUS ANDRONICUS”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by AMY FREED. All episodes were directed by DANNY SCHEIE. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
JAMES CARPTENER as TITUS ANDRONICUS
PATRICK KERR as MARCUS ANDRONICUS
CAROLYN (“CARRIE”) KOZLOWSKI as TAMORA
JORDAN BARBOUR as BASSIANUS, AEMEILIUS and QUINTUS
DANNY SCHEIE as SATURNINUS
BRUCE YOUNG as AARON THE MOOR
MARK H. DOLD as LUCIUS and YOUNG LUCIUS
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as LAVINIA and THE NURSE
JOMAR TAGATAC as DEMETRIUS, MUTIUS and OTHERS
DEAN LINNARD as CHIRON, MARTIUS and OTHERS
MICHAEL GOODFRIEND as PUBLIUS, ARBUS and OTHERS
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “TITUS ANDRONICUS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “Revenge is a dish best served cold”.
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Introducing....Titus Andronicus
Season 23
Monday, September 14, 2026 • Duration 03:07
Next Chapter Podcasts presents Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy: a brutal revenge thriller that descends into a savage spiral of betrayal, mutilation and cannibalism, performed by an ensemble of America's most accomplished stage actors in a modern English verse translation by Amy Freed and directed by Danny Scheie. radio play by Catherine Eaton, with original sound design and composition by Lindsay Jones.
“REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD.”
CREDITS:
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TITUS ANDRONICUS”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by AMY FREED. All episodes were directed by DANNY SCHEIE. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
JAMES CARPTENER as TITUS ANDRONICUS
PATRICK KERR as MARCUS ANDRONICUS
CAROLYN (“CARRIE”) KOZLOWSKI as TAMORA
JORDAN BARBOUR as BASSIANUS, AEMEILIUS and QUINTUS
DANNY SCHEIE as SATURNINUS
BRUCE YOUNG as AARON THE MOOR
MARK H. DOLD as LUCIUS and YOUNG LUCIUS
JAMIE ANN ROMERO as LAVINIA and THE NURSE
JOMAR TAGATAC as DEMETRIUS, MUTIUS and OTHERS
DEAN LINNARD as CHIRON, MARTIUS and OTHERS
MICHAEL GOODFRIEND as PUBLIUS, ARBUS and OTHERS
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “TITUS ANDRONICUS” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “Revenge is a dish best served cold”.
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Love's Labour's Lost - Episode 1 - All Kinds of Woman
Episode 1
Monday, September 7, 2026 • Duration 30:46
On Labor Day, Play On Podcasts presents the pilot episode from our 11th series "Love's Labour's Lost". Listen to the full series and learn more here.
The King of Navarre gathers together with his best friends (Longaville, Dumaine and Berowne) in the library at Howard University where he gets them to agree that they will devote themselves entirely to their studies without dating or indulging in food, drink or sleep for three full years. Berowne protests and reminds the King that the Princess of France is going to arrive soon to plead a case on behalf of her ailing father. The King promises to handle the situation and Berowne agrees to stick with his vow despite his reservations. They decide they’ll amuse themselves during their downtime by laughing at the antics of Don Adriano de Armado, a visiting scholar from Spain who is hilariously full of himself. Almost as soon as the King’s proclamation is issued, Sir Anthony Dull delivers a letter from Armado accusing Costard, a groundskeeper at Howard, of having an affair with Jaquenetta, a young lady who lives nearby. The King punishes Costard with a week of fasting on bread and water. Meanwhile, Armado confesses privately to his young friend and confidante, a Custodial Assistant named Moth, that he is painfully in love with Jaquenetta and vows to win her affections.
The Play On Podcast series, “LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by JOSH WILDER. Each episode was directed by NELSON T. EUSEBIO the THIRD.
The cast is as follows:
RUSSELL G. JONES as THE KING OF NAVARRE and THE FORESTER
MATTHEW ELIJAH WEBB as BEROWNE
ASHLEY BRYANT as THE PRINCESS and JAQUENETTA
TIFFANY RACHELLE STEWART as ROSALINE
TONYA PINKINS as MARIA, HOLOFERNES, and HIEMS
SHAWN RANDALL as COSTARD and DUMAINE
BRANDON JONES as DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO and LONGAVILLE
WALTER COPPAGE as MOTH, BOYET, DULL and MARCADE
SARITA COVINGTON as LADY NATHANIEL and KATHARINE
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA, and ADA KARAMANYAN.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Episode scripts were adapted and produced by CATHERINE EATON
Original Music and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES.
Sound engineering by SADAHARU YAGI.
Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH.
Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio.
Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.
The Managing Director of Business Operations and Partnerships at Next Chapter Podcasts is SALLYCADE HOLMES.
The Play On Podcast Series “THE TEMPEST” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit ncpodcasts.com for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit playonshakespeare.org for more about Play On Shakespeare. Hear more about the Play On Shakespeare Podcast series by subscribing to Play On Premium at ncpodcasts.com, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “We are such stuff as Dreams are made on”.
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Introducing...Death of an Artist
Season 23
Monday, August 31, 2026 • Duration 43:10
We’re bringing you a preview of the new season of Death of An Artist. In February 2024, celebrated children’s book author and illustrator Petra Mathers and her husband, photographer Michael Mathers, mailed letters to dozens of friends and family members to let them know they had died by suicide. Petra and Michael were by all accounts healthy, happy, and in love. Why did they choose to die together? And what did that decision do to the people left to mourn them? Journalists Leon Neyfakh and Alice Gregory set out to interview everyone who got one of Petra and Michael’s letters—as one married couple trying to understand another. Through intimate conversations with Petra and Michael’s friends and family about their own relationships to aging, grief, death, and the friends they thought they knew, Death of an Artist weaves together a portrait of a community grappling with the Mathers’ deaths and the final words they left behind. Done entirely in recordings, Death of an Artist is as much a love story as one about death. Listen to Death of An Artist wherever you get podcasts. And if you want to hear the full story right now, ad-free, you can binge the entire season with a Pushkin+ subscription—sign up on the Death of an Artist show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus.
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Full Play - Troilus and Cressida
Season 23 · Episode 8
Monday, August 24, 2026 • Duration 02:56:39
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Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, Troilus and Cressida, in its entirety.
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by LILLIAN GROAG. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN COTTON. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
BENJAMIN BONENFANT as TROILUS
AWNI ABDI-BAHRI as CRESSIDA
JAMES UDOM as ACHILLES
GEOFFREY ALLEN MURPHY as AJAX
STEVEN RATTAZZI as PANDARUS and MENELAUS
DAISUKE TSUJI as THERSITES
ANNA SUNDBERG as ALEXANDRA, CASSANDRA and HELEN
NOAH KEYISHIAN as AENEAS, MARGARELON and HELENUS
ROB NAGLE as AGAMEMNON
LISA WOLPE as ULYSSES
WAYNE T. CARR as HECTOR and CALCHAS
EDWARD GERO as NESTOR and PRIAM
EDDIE LOPEZ as PATROCLUS and PARIS
JOHNNY WU as DIOMEDES
KIM MARTIN COTTON as ANDROMOCHE
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA ” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “The proud man eats himself”.
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Troilus and Cressida - Epiosde 7 - The Baking
Season 23 · Episode 7
Monday, August 17, 2026 • Duration 34:38
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Hector’s wife, Andromache, and his sister, Cassandra, beg him not to fight, sharing ominous dreams they’ve had foretelling his death. His father, King Priam, joins them, begging his son not to go into battle but Hector refuses to break his vows and is joined by his brother Troilus, who is eager for vengeance. Pandarus brings a letter from Cressida which Troilus reads and rips in fury. As the battle begins, Thersites stands on the sidelines mocking everyone in the fray until he is confronted by Hector and crumples at his feet. Troilus fights both Diomedes and Ajax and Hector fights Achilles but spares him in an act of chivalry. Patroclus is killed. Achilles, heartbroken, gathers his group of mercenary soldiers (the Myrmidons) to hunt for Hector. Thersites mocks Menelaus and Paris as they fight until he’s confronted by Margarelon and runs away. Hector sits down to rest after killing a Greek soldier for his armor when Achilles and his Myrmidons arrive and surround him before slaughtering him in cold blood. Troilus, enraged, rallies the retreating Trojans before cursing and rejecting Pandarus, who is left alone to deliver a scathing epilogue.
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by LILLIAN GROAG. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN COTTON. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
BENJAMIN BONENFANT as TROILUS
AWNI ABDI-BAHRI as CRESSIDA
JAMES UDOM as ACHILLES
GEOFFREY ALLEN MURPHY as AJAX
STEVEN RATTAZZI as PANDARUS and MENELAUS
DAISUKE TSUJI as THERSITES
ANNA SUNDBERG as ALEXANDRA, CASSANDRA and HELEN
NOAH KEYISHIAN as AENEAS, MARGARELON and HELENUS
ROB NAGLE as AGAMEMNON
LISA WOLPE as ULYSSES
WAYNE T. CARR as HECTOR and CALCHAS
EDWARD GERO as NESTOR and PRIAM
EDDIE LOPEZ as PATROCLUS and PARIS
JOHNNY WU as DIOMEDES
KIM MARTIN COTTON as ANDROMOCHE
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA ” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “The proud man eats himself”.
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Troilus and Cressida - Episode 6 - The Heating
Season 23 · Episode 6
Monday, August 10, 2026 • Duration 24:55
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Patroclus trades insults with Thersites until Achilles breaks it up with news that he will keep his oath with Queen Hecuba to make peace with the Trojans out of his love for her daughter, Polyxena. Hector, Troilus and the rest of the Trojan leaders arrive in the Greek camp to negotiate a possible truce. Diomedes leaves the gathering and Ulysses and Troilus secretly follow him to Calchas’s tent. Diomedes calls for Cressida, who comes out to meet him. Troilus and Ulysses watch as Diomedes flirts with Cressida, with Thersites mocking the whole scene from afar. Cressida tries to figure out a way to keep Diomedes satisfied without breaking her loyalty to Troilus. She offers him the bracelet Troilus gave her then tries to get it back but Diomedes won’t let her have it. She finally gives in and agrees to let Diomedes into her tent, bidding a sad farewell to Troilus, who has seen the whole thing from his hiding place. He rages in despair and disbelief as Ulysses tries to get him to leave.
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by LILLIAN GROAG. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN COTTON. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
BENJAMIN BONENFANT as TROILUS
AWNI ABDI-BAHRI as CRESSIDA
JAMES UDOM as ACHILLES
GEOFFREY ALLEN MURPHY as AJAX
STEVEN RATTAZZI as PANDARUS and MENELAUS
DAISUKE TSUJI as THERSITES
ANNA SUNDBERG as ALEXANDRA, CASSANDRA and HELEN
NOAH KEYISHIAN as AENEAS, MARGARELON and HELENUS
ROB NAGLE as AGAMEMNON
LISA WOLPE as ULYSSES
WAYNE T. CARR as HECTOR and CALCHAS
EDWARD GERO as NESTOR and PRIAM
EDDIE LOPEZ as PATROCLUS and PARIS
JOHNNY WU as DIOMEDES
KIM MARTIN COTTON as ANDROMOCHE
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA ” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “The proud man eats himself”.
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Troilus and Cressida - Episode 5 - The Molding
Season 23 · Episode 5
Monday, August 3, 2026 • Duration 32:58
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As dawn breaks, the lovers bid each other a tearful farewell, exchanging love tokens: Troilus gives Cressida a silver bracelet and she gives him a necklace. Diomedes arrives to take Cressida to the Greek camp as Paris, Aeneas and Deiphobus speed off to the battlefield. Meanwhile, Ajax rouses the Grecian nobles in his excitement for the single combat with Hector. They humor him until Cressida arrives. One by one, each of the commanders try to force Cressida to kiss them. She uses her wit and sarcasm to keep them at bay. Ulysses ridicules her as a loose woman until Aeneas arrives to inform them that because Ajax and Hector are cousins, their duel cannot be to the death. The two combatants go at each other but settle for a draw. Hector is invited into the Greek camp to feast. All is well until Achilles arrives and vows to kill Hector in battle the next day. Troilus pulls Ulysses aside and asks him to take him to Calchas’s tent so that he can visit Cressida.
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by LILLIAN GROAG. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN COTTON. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
BENJAMIN BONENFANT as TROILUS
AWNI ABDI-BAHRI as CRESSIDA
JAMES UDOM as ACHILLES
GEOFFREY ALLEN MURPHY as AJAX
STEVEN RATTAZZI as PANDARUS and MENELAUS
DAISUKE TSUJI as THERSITES
ANNA SUNDBERG as ALEXANDRA, CASSANDRA and HELEN
NOAH KEYISHIAN as AENEAS, MARGARELON and HELENUS
ROB NAGLE as AGAMEMNON
LISA WOLPE as ULYSSES
WAYNE T. CARR as HECTOR and CALCHAS
EDWARD GERO as NESTOR and PRIAM
EDDIE LOPEZ as PATROCLUS and PARIS
JOHNNY WU as DIOMEDES
KIM MARTIN COTTON as ANDROMOCHE
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA ” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “The proud man eats himself”.
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Troilus and Cressida - Episode 4 - The Kneading
Season 23 · Episode 4
Monday, July 27, 2026 • Duration 37:12
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Just as Troilus and Cressida finally unite, her father Calchas, a traitor who betrayed Troy to join the Greeks, petitions the Greek generals to trade for her so he can have her with him again. Agamemnon orders Diomedes to supervise the exchange. Ulysses then convinces the Greek commanders to rile up Achilles by walking past his tent without acknowledging him. When Achilles asks Ulysses what’s going on, Ulysses tells him Ajax is the new hero because he took up Hector’s challenge, but that if Achilles would break off his secret relationship with a Trojan princess and get back to fighting, his could restore his reputation. Thersites rubs it in by reporting that Ajax is strutting around the Greek camp completely full of himself. Achilles tells Thersites he wants to see Hector at his tent after the fight. Back in Troy, Diomedes arrives at Aeneas’s home to finalize the prisoner exchange for Cressida. Aeneas rushes to Troilus’s house to break the news to him. He gets there just as Pandarus is teasing the couple in their love nest. When Aeneas finally delivers the royal decree demanding that Cressida be handed over immediately, Troilus is devastated, and Cressida swears she will not leave.
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “TROILUS AND CRESSIDA”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by LILLIAN GROAG. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN COTTON. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
BENJAMIN BONENFANT as TROILUS
AWNI ABDI-BAHRI as CRESSIDA
JAMES UDOM as ACHILLES
GEOFFREY ALLEN MURPHY as AJAX
STEVEN RATTAZZI as PANDARUS and MENELAUS
DAISUKE TSUJI as THERSITES
ANNA SUNDBERG as ALEXANDRA, CASSANDRA and HELEN
NOAH KEYISHIAN as AENEAS, MARGARELON and HELENUS
ROB NAGLE as AGAMEMNON
LISA WOLPE as ULYSSES
WAYNE T. CARR as HECTOR and CALCHAS
EDWARD GERO as NESTOR and PRIAM
EDDIE LOPEZ as PATROCLUS and PARIS
JOHNNY WU as DIOMEDES
KIM MARTIN COTTON as ANDROMOCHE
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Original Music Composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
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