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Episode 124:
A conversation with Margaret Oakes about the book 'To Gender or Not to Gender: Casting and Characters for 21st Century Shakespeare’ which explores ways in which gender is being reinterpreted by British and North American productions since the turn of the millennium. After an initial chapter outlining recent gender theory, which is very useful to a newcomer to this as an academic study, like myself, the rest of the book uses examples of recent productions to illustrate different possibilities in cross gender casting, and the questions that this approach can lead to. I found it to be an absolutely fascinating read, driven by Margaret’s enthusiasm for her subject, which you can also hear in our conversation.
Margaret J. Oakes is a Professor of English at Furman University, a liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina. She specializes in early modern British poetry and drama and detective fiction. She holds a B.A. in English and a J.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an M.A. in English from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in English and Humanities from Stanford University. She has published on George Herbert, Francis Bacon, J.K. Rowling, Sara Paretsky, and Dorothy L Sayers.
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Bonus Episode 36:
Sometimes things conspire against the podcaster, as has happened to me in the last couple of weeks, meaning that I have not been able to get the promised episode up to scratch in time. To make up for this and fill the gap I have created an episode that goes back to Greek theatre. It looks at that most mysterious of the ancient Greek forms, the satyr play and two of the men who were instrumental in vastly increasing our knowledge of these things.
The place of the satyr play in the history of Ancient Greek theatre
The satyr play as part of the Dionysia festival
The satyr play as a counterpoint to tragedy
The later history of the satyr play
‘Cyclops’ by Euripides
The discovery of ‘Trackers’ by Sophocles
The paperologists Hunt and Grenfell
The finds at Oxyrhincus
Arthur Hunt’s speech to the Egyptian Exploration Society
(including the plot of Trackers)
The Hypsipyle tragedy by Euripides, also in the Oxyrhincus finds
The Bacchae as a satyr play
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Episode 123:
The Origins of New Place
The Clopton’s of Stratford-Upon-Avon
The first house at New Place
Hugh Clopton and his support for Stratford
William Clopton
William Bott and murder at New Place (maybe)
William Underhill sells New Place to Shakespeare
William Underhill and his son Faulk (another murder)
The New Place of Shakespeare’s time
The question of how much time Shakespeare spent in New Place
The gardens of New Place
The house passes through Shakespeare’s family after his death.
New Place is rebuilt
Shakespeare and the New Place mulberry tree
Francis Gastrell’s eventful time at New Place
Jame Halliwell-Phillips purchases New Place and commences archaeological works
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is created
Further Archaeological work and the renewal of the site in the 21st century
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Episode 122:
The fourth and final part of the biography of Shakespeare.
The rise of Shakespeare as actor and playwright for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
‘The Comedy of Errors’ performed at Grey’s Inn, ‘the night of errors.’
The influence of the inns of court.
Plays for special occasions.
Francis Meres’ comments on Shakespeare.
Shakespeare’s involvement in a legal summons.
The move from The Theatre to The Globe.
The opening of The Globe.
The sharers at The Globe.
Shakespeare lodging on Silver Street and his involvement with the Mountjoy family.
Shakespeare’s interests in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
The death of Hamnet Shakespeare.
New Place – Shakespeare’s home in Stratford.
Shakespeare’s business interests in Stratford.
The accession of James 1st and the creation of the King’s Men.
The King’s Men’s record of performance at Court.
The King’s Men take on the indoor Blackfriars Theatre.
Shakespeare buys a house near the Blackfriars Theatre.
The last works with collaborators.
The burning down and rebuilding of The Globe.
The last years in Stratford.
The death of Shakespere.
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Episode 121:
For this episode I’m very pleased to welcome Katherine Sheil, Professor of English at the University of Minnesota for the second part of our conversation about Anne Hathaway, based around her book ‘Imagining Shakespeare’s Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway’.
In this part we went on to talk about the different views of Anne in fiction and non-fiction through the centuries. The breadth of views are quite astounding and we try to unpick how some of these at lease could have come about.
Katherine is a leading expert on Anne Hathaway and her legacy to history so, following on from the recent episodes about Shakespeare’s ancestry and early life in Stratford and London this was a perfect opportunity to talk to Katherine, and if you have not done so already you should probably listen to all the preceding season six episodes before returning here.
Katherine Scheil is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of several books about Shakespeare, including The Taste of the Town: Shakespearean Comedy and the Early Eighteenth-Century Theatre; Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama (with Randall Martin); She Hath Been Reading: Women and Shakespeare Clubs in America; Imagining Shakespeare’s Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway; Shakespeare & Biography (with Graham Holderness); and Shakespeare & Stratford. She is finishing a book on the history of women and Stratford-upon-Avon, and a book about Shakespeare and biofiction, called Father Shakespeare. She was one of the co-editors of the recent Annethology: Poems Re-Presenting Anne Shakespeare. Her work on the epitaph of Anne Shakespeare in Holy Trinity Church will be coming out later this year with Cambridge University Press.
Links to Katherine's latest books, available from any bookshop.
www.cambridge.org/9781108404068
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/anne-thology
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Episode 120:
The lost years of Shakespeare’s early life have given space for some myths and legends to grow over the centuries, before we can trace a few facts of his early life in London.
The myth of Shakespeare and the Crab-tree.
The myth of Shakespeare the deer slayer.
Nicholas Rowe – the first editor of Shakespeare.
The Queen’s men in Stratford.
The myth of Shakespeare’s early days in London.
Was Shakespeare’s first London home in Shoreditch?
Tracing Shakespeare’s moves through London via tax records.
London in the late 15th century.
The ‘upstart Crow’ comment
Shakespeare’s growing popularity with the Henry 6th plays and others.
Shakespeare the poet: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.
Shakespeare finds a patron – The Earl of Southampton
The formation of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and Shakespeare’s part in it.
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Episode 119:
For this episode I’m very pleased to welcome Katherine Sheil, Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Katherine is Author of several books about Shakespeare, but today we particularly talk about her book about Shakespeare’s wife called ‘Imagining Shakespeare’s Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway’. It is a fascinating examination of the known facts of Anne’s life and of how her persona has been used and abused through the centuries, as a means of examining and justifying views of Shakespeare, but also about how Anne has been viewed in her own right.
Katherine is a leading expert on Anne Hathaway and her legacy to history so, following on from the last podcast episode about Shakespeare’s early life and marriage this was a perfect opportunity to talk to Katherine, who adds much nuanced thought and detail to the subject of Anne’s life, which adds to the basic facts I detailed last time, so if you have not listened to that episode yet it’s probably a good idea to do so before returning here.
Katherine Scheil is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of several books about Shakespeare, including The Taste of the Town: Shakespearean Comedy and the Early Eighteenth-Century Theatre; Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama (with Randall Martin); She Hath Been Reading: Women and Shakespeare Clubs in America; Imagining Shakespeare’s Wife: The Afterlife of Anne Hathaway; Shakespeare & Biography (with Graham Holderness); and Shakespeare & Stratford. She is finishing a book on the history of women and Stratford-upon-Avon, and a book about Shakespeare and biofiction, called Father Shakespeare. She was one of the co-editors of the recent Annethology: Poems Re-Presenting Anne Shakespeare. Her work on the epitaph of Anne Shakespeare in Holy Trinity Church will be coming out later this year with Cambridge University Press.
Links to Katherine's latest books, available from any bookshop.
www.cambridge.org/9781108404068
https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/anne-thology
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Episode 118:
Shakespeare's youth, his school days, religious life and marriage.
A couple of corrections to the last episode on John Shakespeare
The Shakespeare family's domestic set up.
Religion and the life of a child in the late 1500's
Examples of how William's education in Stratford may have looked.
Anne Hathaway and her family history.
William and Anne's marriage and the many speculations about anomalies in the records.
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Bonus Episode 35:
A conversation with Cassidy Cash, producer and host of 'That Shakespeare Life', the podcast that interviews expert historians to explore people, events, and objects that were living or happening in Shakespeare’s lifetime.
Cassidy Cash is a Shakespeare historian, historical map illustrator, and host of That Shakespeare Life, That Shakespeare Life is currently ranked the #2 Shakespeare history podcast in the world. In addition to podcasting, Cassidy creates independent films about 16-17th century history and illustrated history maps that diagram life in turn of the 17th century England. Her documentary shorts and animated films about Shakespeare's history have won international film awards for both history and animation. Cassidy is a member of the National Council on Public History, The American Historical Association, the Renaissance Society of America, the Shakespeare Association of America, and most recently she was elected Associate Fellow at the Royal Historical Society for her contributions to history. Her work and historical map ilustrations have been published in multiple academic journals and on major history platforms including History Magazine, HistoryHit, Tudor Places Magazine, and Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Connect with Cassidy and hear current episodes of That Shakespeare Life at www.cassidycash.com
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Episode 117:
‘To you your father should be as a God’.
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Act 1 Scene 1
The first of a series of episodes covering the biography of William of Stratford.
Richard Shakespeare – William’s grandfather
Richard Shakespeare – William’s uncle
John Shakespeare – William’s father
His move to Stratford Upon Avon
His trade as a glover
The question of the midden heap
Marriage to Mary Arden
The elder children of John and Mary Shakespeare
The question of William’s birthdate
The effect of the plague in Stratford that summer
The younger children of John and Mary Shakespeare
The business interests of John Shakespeare
The legal activates of John Shakespeare
The rise to become Mayor of Stratford
The application for a coat of arms
Accusations of usury
Financial worries
The withdrawal from the council and church
Final years and death
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Bonus Episode 34:
Guest Dr Agata Luksza discusses her book 'Polish Theatre Revisited' where she examines theatre fan culture in Warsaw in the late 19th century.
Dr Agata Luksza is an assistant professor at the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw. She graduated with honors from the University of Warsaw in cultural studies and journalism and holds a PhD from the same university in cultural studies..
You can read more about Agata on her website: https://agataluksza.com/
And find 'Polish Theatre Revisited' here (and elsewhere, of course):
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Episode 116:
As an introduction to the season on Shakespeare this episode gives a timeline of events in Shakespeare's life. The focus is on the best estimates for the dates of all his plays and the reasons for those estimates, but also includes the milestones of his life and other significant events of the time that occurred in England.
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Episode 115:
A dive back into Ancient Greek theatre with a look at 'The Frogs' by Aristophanes.
A recap on the life and plays of Aristophanes.
A summary of the plot of the play.
Analysis of the main points raised by the play.
A short word on a recent production of the play by 'Spymonkey' played at the Kiln Theatre, London in February and March 2024.
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Episode 114:
As an introduction to season six of the podcast in the first part of this episode I lay out the aims for the next season and the approach I will be taking to the monoliths of early English theatre tha tare Shakespeare and Jonson.
In the second part of the Episode I give a quick recap of Season Five to get you and I back in the zone for all the detail that will follow on Shakespeare and Jonson.
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A bonus episode where Peter Schmitz of the 'Adventures In Theatre History - Philadelphia' podcast takes us through an overview of the development of theatre in Philadelphia.
Peter Schmitz is an actor, dialect coach, and teacher of Theater History who lives in the Philadelphia area. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, he got his BA in History from Yale University, and his MFA in Acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program. Over the past 35 years, he has performed with many American regional theaters, including the Yale Rep in New Haven CT, the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis MN, the Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul MN, and the Folger Shakespeare Theatre in Washington DC. In New York City, he did everything from children's theater to Off-Broadway shows, and was a member of the Broadway company of My Fair Lady in 1994. In Philadelphia, he has appeared with the Arden Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre, the Philadelphia Theatre Company, the Lantern Theater Co., the Wilma Theater, the Act II Playhouse - and many shows at the Walnut Street Theatre. And he even had a small role in the movie Fargo, for which he leaned to speak Minnesotan. As a theatrical dialect coach in the Philadelphia region, he has worked with many of Philadelphia's theater companies, both small and large. At present, Peter is an Adjunct Professor in the Theater Department of Temple University in Philadelphia, teaching courses in writing, dramatic literature . . . and the History of theatre.
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A short New Year message and about the timing for the start of season six of the podcast.
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Episode 113:
As a coda to season 5 this episode is a potted history of the life of Augustine Phillips, player in the Lord Chamberlin's Men, with the details taken from documented records.
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Episode 112:
To close season five of the podcast I pick up three items I dropped in the previous narrative and then offer some concluding thoughts:
Thomas Watson – the life and works of the possible co-author of ‘Arden of Faversham.
Henry Chettle – the life and works of the prolific collaborator.
Thomas Heywood – the life and works of a playwright now better remembered for his commentary on others rather than for his own work.
Drawing some conclusions on:
The public playhouses
The players
The State vs. the theatre
The growth of education
Pamphlets, prose, and poetry
Christopher Marlowe
The city of London
The lesser known playwrights
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Episode 111:
The true story behind 'Arden of Faversham'
The plot outline of the play
Is the domestic tragedy really tragedy?
The main themes of the play
The domestic eating of the play
The low characters
The role of destiny in the play
Questions of authorship
Other surviving domestic tragedies -
'A Warning for Faire Women'
'Two Tragedies'
'A Yorkshire Tragedy'
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Episode 110:
The problems of the lack of evidence about conventions and acting style.
How a player learned his craft.
The rhetorical or performance style of acting.
Theatre as a poetic form.
The rhetorical style is overtaken by a more naturalistic style.
Stage sets and costume.
Thomas Hayward’s thoughts on a player’s skills.
Hayward on players as scholars.
The impact of Iambic Pentameter.
Hayward on Alleyn and Perkins playing Barabas in ‘The Jew of Malta’.
The convention of the soliloquy.
The convention of the aside.
The convention of eavesdropping.
The convention of boy players and female roles.
The convention of the play within the play.
The convention of the masque.
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