Though Shakespeare escaped prison for the Richard II performance featuring the abdication scene, his friends Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and George Wilkins were not so fortunate. In the case of Ben Jonson, it seems he wanted to be sent to prison, claiming at least once to have gone voluntarily. Here this week to help us explore the subversive nature of theater and playwriting specifically in England as a propaganda machine is our guest Dr. Ian De Jong.