Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular Theatre

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This 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 social elevation. Each lecture outlines the play so there is no assumption you have already read it,...

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The Tamer Tam'd: John Fletcher

Nov 16th, 2015 3:33 PM

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.

Tis Pity She's a Whore: John Ford

Nov 11th, 2015 10:49 AM

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.

The Witch Of Edmonton

Nov 3rd, 2015 10:28 AM

Witchcraft and bigamy. A collaborative play about witchcraft, bigamy - and a talking Dog - what more could you want?

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside: Thomas Middleton

Oct 27th, 2015 11:33 AM

This lecture discusses comedy, fertility, and all those illegitimate children in this play about sex, economics and meat.

The Alchemist: Ben Jonson

Oct 27th, 2015 11:21 AM

Written in the context of plague in London, The Alchemist’s plot and language are deeply concerned with speed and speculation.

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