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Beyond Shakespeare
Beyond Shakespeare episodes
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- Mors from The Castle of Perseverance
An extract from 'The Castle of Perseverance', where Mors (Death) comes for Mankind. #death #beforeshakespeare #mors #castleofperseverance
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- Mors from 'The Death of Herod' - extract 2
From 'The Death of Herod' play of the N-Town 'cycle'. Death speaks after devils have dragged Herod and his men into hell and so closes the play.
2 min - Mors from 'The Death of Herod' - extract 1
From 'The Death of Herod' play of the N-Town 'cycle'. Death comes to Herod, who is celebrating the slaughter of the innocents with his men. First speech of two.
3 min - Astrophil and Stella - 13"Phoebus was judge between Jove, Mars and Love". Verse 13 from Astrophil and Stella by Sir Philip Sidney1 min
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About Beyond Shakespeare
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From the earliest drama in English, to the closing of the theatres in 1642, there was a hell of a lot of drama produced - and a lot of it wasn't by Shakespeare. Apart from a few noble exceptions…
these plays are often passed over, ignored or simply unknown. This podcast presents full audio productions of the plays, fragmentary and extant, that shaped the theatrical world that shaped our dramatic history.