The History Of European Theatre

The History Of European Theatre

48 episodes

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.

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Podcasts

Schedule Announcement

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds

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Coda: The Life of Augustine Phillips

Published: Dec. 26, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 49 seconds

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English Renaissance Conclusions (sort of)

Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Arden of Faversham and the Domestic Tragedy

Published: Nov. 27, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 11 seconds

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The Plays the Thing: Elizabethan Acting Style and Stage Conventions

Published: Nov. 13, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 11 seconds

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The Star Players: Kemp. Alleyn and Burbage

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 15 seconds

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Thomas Dekker: London's Playwright

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 31 seconds

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Thomas Dekker: Gulls, Gallants and the London Playhouse

Published: Oct. 2, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 52 seconds

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Henslowes Diary

Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 2 seconds

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Drag: A British History - A Conversation with Jacob Bloomfield

Published: Sept. 11, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 59 seconds

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Thomas Kid and the Spanish Tragedy

Published: Sept. 4, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds

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Two Globes, a Fortune, a White Friar and Hope: The London Playhouses 1587 1642 part 2

Published: Aug. 21, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes

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Two Blackfriars, a Curtain, a Rose and a Swan: The London Playhouses 1587 1642 part 1

Published: Aug. 7, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 52 seconds

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The Elizabethan Playing Troupes

Published: July 24, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 22 seconds

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Edward 2nd & The Jew of Malta: The Rest of Marlow

Published: July 10, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes

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400 Years of the First Folio: Part 3 The Folio In The World

Published: July 3, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 21 seconds

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Dr Faustus: Wisdom, Power, and the Immortal Soul

Published: June 26, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes

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400 Years of the First Folio: Part 2 Creating the Folio

Published: June 19, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 6 seconds

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The Two parts of Tamburlaine the Great

Published: June 12, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 51 seconds

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400 Years of the First Folio: Part 1 The Folio on Display

Published: June 5, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 50 seconds

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Marlowes Mighty Line

Published: May 29, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 55 seconds

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Stage Ghosts and Haunted Theatres: A Conversation With Nick Bromley

Published: May 22, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 49 seconds

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The Short Life and Strange Death of Christopher Marlowe

Published: May 15, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 5 seconds

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The Reasonable Audience: A Conversation With Dr Kirsty Sedgman

Published: May 8, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 57 seconds

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Thomas Nashe: Satirist, Pamphleteer & Playwright

Published: May 1, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 42 seconds

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The Genius of Shakespeare with Colin David Reese

Published: April 23, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 11 seconds

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A Sextet of Tudor Playwrights

Published: April 17, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 26 seconds

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Theatre Lore: A Conversation With Nick Bromley

Published: April 10, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 9 seconds

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Gorboduc: The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex

Published: April 3, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 15 seconds

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The History Of European Theatre on Patreon

Published: March 27, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 16 seconds

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Comedy, History & Morality: Three Early Tudor Plays

Published: March 20, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 30 seconds

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From The Battlefield To the Stage: A Conversation with Professor Norman Poser

Published: March 13, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 50 seconds

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The State Vs the Theatre part 2: Elizabeth

Published: March 6, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 15 seconds

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Shakespeare Unbound: A conversation With Colin David Reese

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 36 seconds

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The State Vs the Theatre part 1: Henry, Edward, & Mary

Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 53 seconds

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Creating a Profession: The Development of the Stage-Player

Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 1 second

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Building Theatre: The Earliest Playhouses in London

Published: Jan. 23, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 53 seconds

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The Renaissance from Europe to England

Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 47 seconds

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Pantomime: A conversation with Aaron Odom - part 2

Published: Dec. 31, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 15 seconds

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Pantomime: A conversation with Aaron Odom - part 1

Published: Dec. 24, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 15 seconds

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The Oberammergau Passion Play

Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 37 seconds

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Pericles & Aspasia: A Conversation With Yvonne Korshak

Published: Nov. 28, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes

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Athens

Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 48 seconds

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The Bones Of Calderon de la Bacca

Published: Oct. 31, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 57 seconds

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Renaissance Places of Seeing: Life at the Corral Del Principe

Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 18 seconds

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European Renaissance Conclusions

Published: Oct. 3, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds

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Bernini and Others: Sculpture, Architecture and Plays

Published: Sept. 19, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 41 seconds

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Behind the Dikes: Renaissance Theatre in The Netherlands

Published: Sept. 5, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 17 seconds

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Commedia Dellarte: Players and Troupes

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 34 seconds

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Commedia Dellarte: A Selection of Scenarios

Published: Aug. 8, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 3 seconds

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Commedia Dellarte: Characters and Masks

Published: July 25, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 51 seconds

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Mountebanks, Charlatans, and the Origins of Commedia Dellarte

Published: July 11, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds

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Keeping It Real: Italian Theatre In Perspective

Published: June 27, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 44 seconds

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Entertaining Madrid: The Corral del Principe

Published: June 13, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 34 seconds

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Life Is a Dream: Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Published: May 30, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 24 seconds

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A Master At Work: The Plays of Lope de Vega

Published: May 16, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds

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The Second Anniversary Episode

Published: May 3, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 36 seconds

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Lope de Vega: The Worlds Most Prolific Playwright

Published: May 2, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

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Shakespeare: Wordsmith of the English Language

Published: April 23, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 26 seconds

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The Spanish Playhouse, its manager, his actors, and their audience

Published: April 18, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Spanish Renaissance Theatre part 2: Before the Comedia

Published: April 4, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 15 seconds

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Spanish Renaissance Theatre part 1: The Beginning of a National Drama

Published: March 21, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 58 seconds

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French Renaissance Theatre part 2: Aristotle Rules, OK?

Published: March 7, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 24 seconds

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French Renaissance Theatre part 1:The Italian Influence

Published: Feb. 21, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 56 seconds

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Germanic Renaissance Theatre

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 31 seconds

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La Pellegrina: Comedy for a Royal Renaissance Wedding

Published: Jan. 24, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 31 seconds

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The Italian Rebirth part 3

Published: Jan. 10, 2022, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 54 seconds

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The Italian Rebirth part 2

Published: Dec. 27, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 59 seconds

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Dancing Dans Christmas

Published: Dec. 24, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds

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The Italian Rebirth part 1

Published: Dec. 13, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 3 seconds

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From Medieval to the Renaissance

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 10 seconds

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Season Four Trailer: European Renaissance Theatre

Published: Nov. 22, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 46 seconds

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Medieval Places Of Seeing

Published: Nov. 15, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 50 seconds

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An Introduction to the Diary of Philip Henslowe

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 43 seconds

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Salome, Oscar Wilde and Lazarus Theatre

Published: Oct. 18, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds

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Medieval Conclusions

Published: Sept. 20, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds

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For the Money: The Medieval Commercial Theatre

Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 26 seconds

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Just For Fun: Medieval Secular Theatre

Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 11 seconds

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Everyman: Dutch Morality

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 44 seconds

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The Castle of Perseverance

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 19 seconds

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Virtues Vs Vices: The Morality Play

Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 51 seconds

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Hell Harrowed, the World Flooded

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 45 seconds

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While Shepherds Watched

Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 14 seconds

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The Home of the Cycle Plays: York, Chester, Coventry and Wakefield

Published: July 19, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 14 seconds

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Medieval Stage Effects

Published: July 12, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 12 seconds

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Medieval Performance and Rehearsal

Published: July 5, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

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Ian McKellens Hamlet: A Return to Theatre

Published: June 30, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 52 seconds

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Corpus Christi: New Feast Day, New Plays

Published: June 28, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Synods Tropes Asses and Fools

Published: June 21, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 48 seconds

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Uncomfortable Bedfellows: Theatre and Worship

Published: June 14, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 39 seconds

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From Roman to Medieval

Published: June 7, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 59 seconds

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Season Three Trailer: Medieval Theatre

Published: May 31, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds

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Lazarus Theatre: A conversation with Ricky Dukes

Published: May 24, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 1 second

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Actors of Dionysus: A conversation with Tamsin Shasha

Published: May 17, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 49 seconds

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Greek Theatre and before: A conversation with Rosie Beech

Published: May 10, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 57 seconds

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The First Birthday Episode

Published: May 3, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds

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Website Announcement

Published: April 26, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 38 seconds

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Windows On A Shakespearean Life

Published: April 23, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds

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Roman Places Of Seeing

Published: April 12, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 45 seconds

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Roman Conclusions Part 2

Published: April 5, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 1 second

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Roman Conclusions Part 1

Published: March 29, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 22 seconds

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Roman Pantomime: The Silent Art

Published: March 22, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 19 seconds

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Roman Mime: Its not what you think.

Published: March 15, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 35 seconds

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Christopher Marlow on The History Of England Podcast

Published: March 8, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 8 seconds

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Senecas Phaedra: Mother Lust

Published: March 8, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 4 seconds

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Senecas Medea: Beware Pure Evil

Published: March 1, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 52 seconds

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Seneca: Bloody Tragedy

Published: Feb. 22, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 18 seconds

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The Brothers: How to Get The Best From Your Children

Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 39 seconds

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The Self Tormenter: Fathers and Sons and Lovers

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 21 seconds

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Terence: The Bloom of Youth

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds

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Plautus and Shakespeare: Two Brothers?

Published: Jan. 25, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 16 seconds

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The Menaechmus Brothers: Hand in hand, not one before the other

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 10 seconds

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Casina: The Unseen Bride

Published: Jan. 11, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 21 seconds

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Plautus: Comedy Tonight

Published: Jan. 4, 2021, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 6 seconds

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A Christmas Time

Published: Dec. 28, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 8 seconds

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Trackers of Oxyrhynchus with Jimmy Walters

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 44 seconds

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The Stage and the City with Dr Elodie Paillard

Published: Dec. 14, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 7 seconds

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The Development of Roman Theatre with Dr Elodie Paillard

Published: Dec. 7, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 54 seconds

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Stages, Scenery, Props and Politics

Published: Nov. 30, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 20 seconds

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Later Rome: Theatre Finds a Home

Published: Nov. 23, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 41 seconds

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Early Rome: Theatre Gets Mobile

Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 1 second

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From Greek to Roman Part 2

Published: Nov. 9, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds

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From Greek to Roman Part 1

Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 36 seconds

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Interval

Published: Oct. 12, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 17 seconds

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Greek Conclusions Part 2

Published: Oct. 5, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 8 seconds

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Greek Conclusions Part 1

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 15 seconds

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The Satyr Play: Just for Laughs?

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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Fragments of Menander

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 6 seconds

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The Misanthrope: Sole Survivor

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 7 seconds

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From Old to New and Menander

Published: Sept. 7, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 48 seconds

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Lysistrata: Women On Top

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 38 seconds

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The Wasps: Legal Laughter

Published: Aug. 24, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 39 seconds

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The Clouds: Serious Comedy

Published: Aug. 17, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds

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Aristophanes: Comedy, Satire, War

Published: Aug. 10, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes

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The Bacchae: Dionysus Is Coming Home

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 25 seconds

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Electra: A Touch Of Realism

Published: July 27, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 59 seconds

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Medea: Beware a Woman Scorned

Published: July 20, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds

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Euripides: An Outspoken Life

Published: July 13, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 11 seconds

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Oedipus at Colonus: Death of a Hero?

Published: July 6, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 32 seconds

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Lets Talk About Oedipus

Published: June 29, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 46 seconds

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Antigone: Nomos Vs Physis

Published: June 22, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 47 seconds

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Sophocles: That Charming Man

Published: June 15, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 44 seconds

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The Oresteia part 2

Published: June 8, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 56 seconds

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The Oresteia part 1

Published: June 1, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 22 seconds

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Aeschylus: The First Tragedies

Published: May 25, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 39 seconds

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The Place Of Seeing

Published: May 18, 2020, 6:30 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 50 seconds

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Dionysus and the beginning of Greek Theatre

Published: May 11, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds

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Trailer

Published: May 3, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 53 seconds

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Prologue and Pre History

Published: May 3, 2020, 7 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 27 seconds

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