The History Of European Theatre
A podcast tracing the development of theatre from ancient Greece to the present day through the places and people who made theatre happen. More than just dates and lists of plays we'll learn about the social. political and historical context that fostered the creation of dramatic art.This podcast u...
Recent Episodes
Every Man in his Humour: ‘Learn to be Wise and Practice How to Thrive’
Shakespeare on the Radio: A Conversation with Andrea Smith
The Case is Altered: ‘It Is the Pleasure of Our Fates That We Should Thus Be Wracked on Fortunes Wheel’
Nothing Goes to Plan in Love’s Labour’s Lost: A conversation with Eleanor Conlon
Love’s Labour’s Lost: ‘Assist Me, Some Extemporal God of Rhyme’
Shakespeare in the Restoration: A Conversation with Stephen Watkins
The Merry Wives of Windsor:‘Wives May be Merry and Yet Honest Too’
Performing Medieval Theatre: A Conversation with Kyle Thomas
Henry IV Part 2: ‘We Have Heard the Chimes at Midnight’
The Origins of Medieval Theatre: A Conversation with Kyle Thomas
Henry IV Part 1: ‘Nothing Can Seem Foul to Those Who Win’
Shakespeare’s Tutor: A Conversation with Darren Freebury-Jones
Recent Blog Posts
The Peacham Drawing: Titus Andronicus
'Titus Andronicus' is notable for being the subject of the only contemporary illustration of a Shakespeare play. Known as the Peacham drawing, and currently in the Library at Longleat House in Wiltshire, the seat of the Marquis of Bath, the dr…
New Place, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Featured in episode 123: The History of New Place Here are three images to help you visualize Shakespeare’s house in Stratford-Upon-Avon, New Place. The first is a view of the site as it stands today. The side of the house you can see i…
Mystere des Trois Doms
Featured in episode 61: For the Money: The Medieval Commercial Theatre Ever wondered what a medieval play script looks like? This image is a page from the script for ‘Mystere des Trois Doms’. This play was produced in 1509 at Roma…
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