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Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama
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Why write like Shakespeare...when you could write like you? Exploring old verse and new, H2H seeks to provide free education to all those looking to write, perform, or teach verse drama, as we continue to make "new Shakespeare plays" for everybody Shakespeare *didn't* write for!
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S4 E8: The Most Theatrical Play Ever Written
It's time for what Rob Crighton is calling the "most theatrical play ever written!" Get ready for a second look at John Heywood's play...and let us know what you think.
Hamlet to Hamilton
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S4 E7: Emerging Print Culture with John Rastell and John Heywood
We're continuing through the beginnings of print culture with John Rastell and John Heywood. Season Four we're examining the origins of Anglophone drama, in crossover with the Beyond Shakespeare Company Podcast!
Hamlet to Hamilton
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S4 E6: Short and Shouty Skeltonics
Today we're excited to bring you the Tudor master of rhyme, John Skelton and his short and shouty Skeltonics! Thanks to Rob of the Beyond Shakespeare Company for guiding us this season through the history of English verse drama!
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Hamlet to Hamilton
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S4 E5: The Beginning of the Tudor Play Period and the Introduction of Rhyme Royal
We're back with the Beyond Shakespeare Podcast to (finally!) look at early Tudor drama. Specifically, we're looking at Rhyme Royal, which you can learn more about here!
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S4 E4: The End of the Medieval Play Era
What was the importance of manuscripts, and the impact of the printing press on late Medieval drama? This episode introduces our first named playwright, John Lydgate, and his 1465 play, "Mankind."
Rob Crighton of the Beyond Shakespeare Company continues this tour through the History of English Verse Drama, along with your hosts Emily C. A. Snyder and Colin Kovarik.
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SPECIAL: "The Harrowing of Hell" presented by the Beyond Shakespeare Company
And now for something completely different:
H2H is partnering with the Beyond Shakespeare Company, and this time we're pleased to present the BSC's full audio cast production of "The Harrowing of Hell" - one of the very first Anglophone verse dramas, from around 1250 CE.
We'll be back soon with the beginning of the Tudor period as we continue to explore the history of English drama. In the meantime, you can listen to our exploratory session with this text and other Medieval dramas in S4 E1: the Earliest English Verse Drama: http://www.hamlettohamilton.com/s4e1.html
Beyond Shakespeare: https://beyondshakespeare.org/