Jan Grafius
Curator of the Stonyhurst collection who provides expert commentary on Catholic relics and martyrdom during the Elizabethan and Jacobean period in the episode.
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May 10, 2012 • 14min
19. The Theatres of Cruelty
Jan Grafius, curator of the Stonyhurst collection who studies Catholic relics and martyrdom, guides listeners through brutal objects from Elizabethan and Jacobean Britain. He discusses a reliquary eye, quartered bones, and how real executions shaped theatrical spectacle. Short, vivid scenes paint the link between public violence and stage gore.
