Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre Podcast
1) The Tamer Tam'd: John Fletcher
A riposte to Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew Fletcher’s play is a riposte to Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew: in this lecture I discuss their interconnectedness as a way to identify Fletch...Show More
2) Tis Pity She's a Whore: John Ford
Reboot of Romeo and Juliet and other Elizabethan plays This lecture discusses the play’s reboot of Romeo and Juliet and other Elizabethan plays, its sensationalism, and its connections to anatomy. Cre...Show More
3) The Witch Of Edmonton
Witchcraft and bigamy. A collaborative play about witchcraft, bigamy - and a talking Dog - what more could you want? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; ht...Show More
4) A Chaste Maid in Cheapside: Thomas Middleton
This lecture discusses comedy, fertility, and all those illegitimate children in this play about sex, economics and meat. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wal...Show More
5) The Alchemist: Ben Jonson
Written in the context of plague in London, The Alchemist’s plot and language are deeply concerned with speed and speculation. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England ...Show More
6) Dr Faustus: Christopher Marlowe
My lecture on this infernal play discusses Elizabethan religion, the revisions to the play, and whether we should think about James Bond in its final minutes. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commerc...Show More
7) The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster
In dramatizing a woman's sexual choices in a notably sympathetic manner, this tragedy articulates perennial questions about female autonomy and class distinction. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Com...Show More
8) The Roaring Girl: Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker
Based on a contemporary scandal of a woman who dressed in male clothing, this play of topsy-turvy genders has fun with some very modern ideas about sexuality, identity and whether we are what we wear....Show More
9) The Revenger's Tragedy: Thomas Middleton
A blackly camp tragedy - Hamlet without the narcissism - set in a court corrupted by lust and self-interest, this play is both fascinated and repelled by its own depravity. Creative Commons Attributi...Show More
10) The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thomas Dekker
Like a Busby Berkeley depression-era musical, Dekker's comedy is a feel-good antidote to a context of shortages, political malaise and general pessimism, but real life in the shape of war, class antag...Show More