Epicene: ‘Silence in a Woman is Like Speech in a Man’
The History Of European Theatre
36:08Aug 10, 2026
The History Of European Theatre
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Lighting the Indoor Theatre: A Conversation with Nic Brownlee
The History Of European Theatre
52:54Aug 3, 2026
Pericles: ‘Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss’
The History Of European Theatre
34:18Jul 27, 2026
Shakespeare and Biblical Allusion: A Conversation with Paul Fried - Part 2
The History Of European Theatre
56:50Jul 20, 2026
Shakespeare and Biblical Allusion: A Conversation with Paul Fried - Part 1
The History Of European Theatre
53:03Jul 13, 2026
Macbeth Part 2: 'What’s Done Cannot Be Undone’
The History Of European Theatre
35:07Jul 6, 2026
Macbeth Part 1: ‘Look Like the Innocent Flower, But Be the Serpent Under’t’
The History Of European Theatre
35:13Jun 29, 2026
Anthony and Cleopatra: ‘Age Cannot Wither Her, Nor Custom Stale Her Infinite Variety’
The History Of European Theatre
35:09Jun 22, 2026
Masques of Difference: A Conversation with Kristen McDermott part 2
The History Of European Theatre
46:22Jun 15, 2026
The Origins and Development of Masques: A Conversation with Kristen McDermott part 1
The History Of European Theatre
28:43Jun 8, 2026
King Lear Part 2: ‘Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise’
The History Of European Theatre
34:23Jun 1, 2026
King Lear Part 1: ‘How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth it is to Have a Thankless Child!’
The History Of European Theatre
33:41May 25, 2026
Reading Shakespeare’s Mind: A Conversation with Steve Sohmer
The History Of European Theatre
40:02May 18, 2026
Timon of Athens: ‘Nothing Emboldens Sin So Much as Mercy’
The History Of European Theatre
34:49May 11, 2026
Much Ado About Numbers: A Conversation With Rob Eastaway
The History Of European Theatre
32:59May 4, 2026
Volpone: ‘What a Rare Punishment is Avarice to Itself’
The History Of European Theatre
34:53Apr 27, 2026
Collecting Thomas Kyd: A Conversation with Darren Freebury-Jones
The History Of European Theatre
43:41Apr 20, 2026
All’s Well That Ends Well: ‘The Web of Our Life is of a Mingled Yarn’
The History Of European Theatre
33:29Apr 13, 2026
What’s in a Name? A Conversation with Susan Amussen
The History Of European Theatre
40:14Apr 6, 2026
Eastward Ho: ‘He That Rises with Ease, Alas, Falls as Easily’
The History Of European Theatre
36:39Mar 30, 2026
Consent and Other Big Questions in ‘Measure for Measure’: A Conversation with Roberta Barker
The History Of European Theatre
44:14Mar 23, 2026
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The History Of European Theatre
3:29Mar 16, 2026
Measure For Measure: ‘Some Rise by Sin, and Some by Virtue Fall’
The History Of European Theatre
35:59Mar 16, 2026
Othello part 2: ‘Farewell the Tranquil Mind, Farewell Content’
The History Of European Theatre
37:46Mar 9, 2026
Othello part 1: ‘O, Beware, my Lord, of Jealousy’
The History Of European Theatre
36:46Mar 2, 2026
Beyond Shakespeare: A Conversation with Robert Crighton
The History Of European Theatre
44:18Feb 9, 2026
Sejanus His Fall: ‘Ambition Makes More Trusty Slaves Than Need’
The History Of European Theatre
36:14Feb 2, 2026
Why did Shakespeare write ‘Troilus and Cressida’?: A Conversation with Rachel Aanstad
The History Of European Theatre
41:53Jan 26, 2026
Troilus and Cressida: ‘Men prize the thing ungained more than it is’
The History Of European Theatre
37:13Jan 19, 2026
Shakespeare and Brecht: A Conversation with Stephen Unwin
The History Of European Theatre
43:16Jan 12, 2026
Twelfth Night: ‘Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun: it shines everywhere’
The History Of European Theatre
35:40Jan 5, 2026
The Poetaster: ‘Good Ignorance, I’m Glad Thou Art Gone’
The History Of European Theatre
34:01Dec 22, 2025
Illustrated Tudors: A Conversation with Simon Sandys Winsch
The History Of European Theatre
40:27Dec 15, 2025
Cynthia’s Revels: ‘O That Joy So Soon Should Waste’
The History Of European Theatre
36:37Dec 8, 2025
Playing Polonius: A Conversation with Colin David Reese
The History Of European Theatre
33:26Nov 17, 2025
Hamlet Part 2: ‘Something is Rotten in the State of Denmark’
The History Of European Theatre
34:36Nov 10, 2025
Speaking Hamlet: A Conversation with Colin David Reese
The History Of European Theatre
56:41Nov 3, 2025
Hamlet Part 1: ‘That One May Smile and Smile and Be a Villain’
The History Of European Theatre
36:45Oct 27, 2025
Staging Julius Caesar: A Conversation with Ricky Dukes
The History Of European Theatre
33:07Oct 20, 2025
Julius Caesar: ‘It is the Bright Day That Brings Forth the Adder’
The History Of European Theatre
35:09Oct 13, 2025
Neighbourly Relationships in Early Modern Drama: A Conversation in Dr Iman Sheeha
The History Of European Theatre
40:09Oct 6, 2025
As You Like It: ‘I Can Suck Melancholy Out of a Song as a Weasel Sucks Eggs’
The History Of European Theatre
36:10Sep 29, 2025
Who is King Henry?: A Conversation with Ricky Dukes
The History Of European Theatre
34:48Sep 22, 2025
Robert Armin – Shakespeare’s Other Clown: A Conversation with Tim Fitzhigham
The History Of European Theatre
27:07Sep 15, 2025
‘The Shakespeare Ladies Club’: A Conversation with Christine and Jonathan Hainsworth
The History Of European Theatre
46:37Sep 7, 2025
‘A Trojan Woman’: A Conversation with Sara Farrington
The History Of European Theatre
32:50Sep 1, 2025
The Dream Factory: A Conversation With Daniel Swift
The History Of European Theatre
39:00Aug 25, 2025
Henry V: ‘A Valiant Flea That Dare Eat His Breakfast on The Lip of a Lion’
The History Of European Theatre
36:50Aug 18, 2025
Leicester's Men: A Conversation with Laurie Johnson
The History Of European Theatre
41:02Aug 11, 2025
Much Ado About Nothing: 'A College of Wit-Crackers Cannot Flout Me Out of My Humour'
The History Of European Theatre
36:24Aug 4, 2025