The History Of European Theatre

Episode 109:We don't know a lot about individual players of the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage, but there are three stars of the day that we have some information about. Richard Tarlton, the Queen’s favourite comic player.Will Kempe’s origins and early career.‘A Knack to Know a Knave’ and ‘Fools of Gotham’.Did Kempe fall out with Shakespeare?‘Kempe’s Jig’ and last days.Edward Alleyn’s family and early life.Touring with the Earl of Worcester’s Men.Return to London and success with the Admiral’s Men.Praise of Alleyn from Ben Johnson.Marriage and events in London while on tour.Semi-retirement from acting.Business partnership building the Fortune Playhouse and other entertainments.Alleyn’s wealth and founding of Dulwich College.Remarriage and death.Richard Burbage’s family and early life.Early career in several troupes.Leading roles with the Lord Chamberlin’s Men.Burbage as a character actor.His continuing long career and death.Mourning and praise on the death of Burbage.Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 108:The second part of the story of Thomas Dekker and his works'Old Fortunas' - Dekker's first known play‘The Honest Whore’, a good example of what was good and bad in Dekker’s work.‘The Civil Wars in France’ - three parts, an introduction and a bit of a mystery.Dekker's debt to the Lord Chamberlin's Men and rescue by Henslowe.How Henslowe's Diary shows Dekker's incredible work rate.The Play of Sir Thomas Moore - including a word on Shakespeare's contribution.'The Shoemaker's Holiday', Dekker's best surviving workThe Bishop's Ban of 1599 and a theatrical spat.Dekker's account of the failure of 'The Whore of Babylon'.Later works, the Lord Mayor's pageant and prison.Last years and death in poverty.Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 107:In the first of two episodes on Thomas Dekker I discuss his earliest life and his prose works.Dekker's early life and first forays into the playhouse.His prose work 'The Wonderful Year'The Gull's Handbook - with some extensive quotes from and explanation of his piece on behaviour in the playhouseSupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 106:We have the detail about the way a London playhouse functioned thanks, in a large part, to one document.  Theatre owner Philip Henslowe kept a record of many aspects of his enterprise at the Rose theatre from 1591 to 1609.  A large part of the diary comprises of daily records of the takings at the box office, which plays were performed, if they were new or revivals, and various other details about expenses, costumes and matters related to the running of The Rose. This episode looks at activity at The Rose for two months through the eyes of Henslowe's DiarySupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bonus Episode 31Guest Jacob Bloomfield discusses his book 'Drag: A British History', with particular reference to Arthur Lucan (AKA Old Mother Riley), the drag review shows that came out of both WW1 and WW2 concert parties and the demise of theatre censorship in the UK through the lens of drag performances.Jacob Bloomfield is Zukunftskolleg Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent. His research is situated primarily in the fields of cultural history, the history of sexuality, and gender history. He is currently working on a book about the historical reception to musician Little Richard in the United States and Europe. 'Drag: A British History' is available here in the UKhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Drag-British-History-Berkeley-Studies/dp/0520393325/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IUQICBCBTYJ8&keywords=drag+a+british+history&qid=1693586351&sprefix=drag+a+british+history%2Caps%2C230&sr=8-1Here in the UShttps://www.amazon.com/Drag-British-History-Berkeley-Studies/dp/0520393325/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1194T6PB8E6C9&keywords=drag+a+british+history&qid=1693586422&sprefix=drag+a+britiah+history%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-1and from all good bookshops.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 105:The life of Thomas Kyd, including a word on Elizabethan schooling.Thomas Nashe on Kyd.Kyd and the London playwright set.Kyd and Lord Strange.Questions over the first performances of ‘The Spanish Tragedy’.Is ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ a sequel?Cornelia, Kyd’s other surviving play.The Ur-Hamlet and other plays and collaborations.Kyd and Marlowe.The publication of the ‘The Spanish Tragedy’A synopsis of ‘The Spanish Tragedy’The power of the plotting of the story.Similarities to ‘Hamlet’.The weaknesses of Kyd’s verse.The strengths of Kyd’s visual and dramatic settings.The body strewn stage at the end of the play.Why Kyd is no Shakespeare.The significance of ghost of Andreas and the personification of Revenge.The role of Bel-Imperia and the growing impact of female characters of stage.The morality of revenge debate.Kyd as the father of ‘revenge tragedy’. Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 104:Continuing the story of the Elizabethan theatre buildings.The construction of The GlobeMaster carpenter Peter StreetThe death of The GlobeThe Fortune - Henslowe's replacement for The RoseThe Whitefriars TheatreThe Hope - Henslowe's replacement for his bear garden, almost.The second Globe PlayhouseThe Globe reimagined.Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 103:The story of the next phase of theatre building in Elizabethan London featuring the indoor and outdoor playhouses.The First Blackfriars TheatreThe CurtainPhilip HensloweThe Rose Francis LangleyThe SwanThe Second Blackfriars TheatreSupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 102:The sources of information on the playing troupes.The Earl of Leicester’s Men – the earliest recorded acting troupe.How troupes operated under the patronage of their master.The royal patent and how it changed the way troupes operated.The sumptuary laws and protections that actors were given.The decline of the Earl of Leicester’s Men.Lord Strange’s Men.The merging of Lord Strange’s Men and The Admiral’s MenLord Strange’s Men become touring players.The Earl of Sussex’s Men and complications at The Rose Theatre.The Queen’s Men at The Rose Theatre (briefly).Lord Hudson’s Men become the Lord Chamberlin’s Men.The Lord Chamberlin’s Men at Newington Butts.The Lord Chamberlin’s Men move from The Theatre to The Curtain.The leading men of The Lord Chamberlin’s Men.The ‘sharer’ system of the Elizabethan theatre.The Lord Chamberlin’s Men become The King’s Men’.The Earl of Pembroke’s Men and the perils of touring.The Earl of Pembroke’s Men and ‘The Isle of Dogs’.The history of The Admiral’s Men – a troubled start, but with later success.The Fortune Theatre and the insight it gives us into the profits available in theatres.Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 101:How Marlowe’s other plays differ from Tamburlaine and Dr Faustus.The plot of ‘The Jew of Malta’.The depiction of Barabbas the Jew and how it might have been received by the audience.‘Edward 2nd’ as a history play rather than a tragedy.The theme of homosexuality in Marlowe’s work.The plot of ‘Edward 2nd’.The slow burn of the play adding to it’s subdued nature.The motif of the wheel of fortune.Edward’s character and the difficulty of empathy.The problem with the language in the play.The character of Gaveston.The symbolism of the manner of Edward’s deathThe character of Isabella.Mortimer the antagonist.Comparisons between ‘Edward 2nd’ and ‘The Jew of Malta’.A word on ‘The Massacre at Paris’.Final thoughts on Christopher MarloweSupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.