House of Revels

Theatre Through the Ages

House of Revels - Theatre Through the Ages is a podcast all about the history of British theatre from year nought to year now. Each episode we explore a different theatre style, how it originated, its defining features and legacy. We score the theatre style in four categories, before deciding whether it belongs in the House of Revels, the great and noble hall where only the best of British theatre lives.

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House of Revels

Episodes (17)

Mar 9, 2021 Cornish Mystery Plays; The Ordinalia, inverted theatre in the round and Donald Trump
Mar 2, 2021 Mystery Plays; Elaborate community theatre, product placement and a very rainy Bethlehem
Feb 24, 2021 Comic Fabliau; Bawdy Jokes, the oldest English play and the origins of Chaucer

House of Revels

Mar 9, 2021
52¼ minutes
91 MB

The origin of the Holy Cross, audience immersion and permenant outdoor theatre structures - the Middle Cornish Mystery Plays had it all! Following on from Episode 14 (English Mystery Plays) we explore the wonderful theatre style that is Cornish Mystery Plays. Three Cornish mystery plays survive and together form the Ordinalia, which would have been performed across three consectutive days across medieval Cornwall. As well as exploring the elaborate and exciting staging of these Middle Cornish plays, we dive into the context of their origin, the decline of Cornish as a language and the imposition of English culture...

House of Revels

Cornish Mystery Plays; The Ordinalia, inverted theatre in the round and Donald Trump

Theatre Through the Ages

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