Play: Notes

What’s in a prop? How can one handkerchief create so much drama? And why and how would you stage a story about a Moorish General today? 

Content Warning: Discussion of intimate partner violence.

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Oh Romeo, Romeo, what did you do? Why did Juliet fall so hard for you? In the first of three episodes on Shakespeare, we get to grips with the Bard’s language.

Content Warning: Discussion of suicide and domestic violence.

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The perfect cautionary tale for why you should never receive gifts from an angry ex. In the final of our three Greek Tragedy episodes for season one, we discuss how playwright Euripides modified the story of Medea and take a quick dive into Greek mythology. 

Content Warning: Discussion of family violence and filicide.

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Was Antigone the original kick-arse woman character? She’s definitely not going down without a fight. In this episode we also take a look around some theatre architecture, the social context in which Greek tragedies were performed, and what it was like to watch a show in 442 BCE.

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Long before the invention of the combustion engine Sophocles showed us that road rage never pays. In the first of three episodes on Greek Tragedy, we meet Oedipus the King and get our brains and tongues around hamartia, hubris, and catharsis.

Content Warning: Discussion of incest and suicide.

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Meet Emily and Allison. They’re both dramaturgs. Meaning they’ve read a lot of plays. Here they tell you why and how this came to be in the preview to season one of Play: Notes.

First Episode coming August 3rd 2021

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