Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre
Oxford UniversityThis series of six lectures introduces six plays from the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre. Once popular and now little-known, they can tell us a lot about what their first audiences enjoyed, aspired to and worried about - from immigrants in early modern London to the role of women in the household, from what religious changes might mean for attitudes to the dead to fantasies of easy money and soc... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 12 | Founded | 16 years ago |
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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 Fletcher’s particular dramaturgy.
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.
Witchcraft and bigamy. A collaborative play about witchcraft, bigamy - and a talking Dog - what more could you want?
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United Kingdom3 years ago - Love This Lecture Series
I would love to have some more. Brilliant, engaging work.
Apple Podcasts5C1d1p1United States6 years ago - An absolute must
Emma Smith is brilliant, extremely clear and such a good lecturer.
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Mexico6 years ago - Great
Emma Smith's lectures are excellent both as an introduction to unfamiliar plays and to provide different ways to think about familiar ones. Definitely not just for students, they are readily approachable for anyone with an interest in theatre. Highly recommended
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