The History Of European Theatre

Philip Rowe

A podcast tracing the development of theatre from ancient Greece to the present day through the places and people who made theatre happen. More than just dates and lists of plays we'll learn about the social. political and historical context that fostered the creation of dramatic art.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The History Of European Theatre

Episodes (243)

Mon Feb 9th Beyond Shakespeare: A Conversation with Robert Crighton
Mon Feb 2nd Sejanus His Fall: ‘Ambition Makes More Trusty Slaves Than Need’
Jan 26th Why did Shakespeare write ‘Troilus and Cressida’?: A Conversation with Rachel Aanstad

The History Of European Theatre

Feb 9, 2026
44¼ minutes
43 MB

Episode 204: For today’s guest episode we welcome Robert Crighton to the podcast. Robert is the guiding light behind ‘Beyond Shakespeare’ a project that aims to shine a light on very early theatre through to Early Modern theatre. As the name ‘Beyond Shakespeare’ suggests Robert is keen to look at plays not written by Shakespeare and indeed, as you will hear, much of Robert’s work looks at works written long before Shakespeare was around. I first came across ‘Beyond Shakespeare’ through the online readings of early modern plays that Robert has produced as a means of working towards ful...

The History Of European Theatre

Beyond Shakespeare: A Conversation with Robert Crighton

Philip Rowe

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