Beyond Shakespeare: A Conversation with Robert Crighton
The History Of European Theatre
44:18Feb 9, 2026
The History Of European Theatre
243 episodes
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
Jonson’s World View: A Conversation with Kay Daly
The History Of European Theatre
28:33Jul 28, 2025
Every Man Out of his Humour: ‘Art Hath an Enemy Called Ignorance’
The History Of European Theatre
36:08Jul 21, 2025
Shakespeare’s World View: A Conversation with Kay Daly
The History Of European Theatre
33:19Jul 14, 2025
Every Man in his Humour: ‘Learn to be Wise and Practice How to Thrive’
The History Of European Theatre
36:30Jul 7, 2025
Shakespeare on the Radio: A Conversation with Andrea Smith
The History Of European Theatre
51:30Jun 30, 2025
The Case is Altered: ‘It Is the Pleasure of Our Fates That We Should Thus Be Wracked on Fortunes Wheel’
The History Of European Theatre
31:51Jun 23, 2025
Nothing Goes to Plan in Love’s Labour’s Lost: A conversation with Eleanor Conlon
The History Of European Theatre
38:20Jun 16, 2025
Love’s Labour’s Lost: ‘Assist Me, Some Extemporal God of Rhyme’
The History Of European Theatre
32:01Jun 9, 2025
Shakespeare in the Restoration: A Conversation with Stephen Watkins
The History Of European Theatre
39:09Jun 2, 2025
The Merry Wives of Windsor: ‘Wives May be Merry and Yet Honest Too’
The History Of European Theatre
35:07May 26, 2025
Performing Medieval Theatre: A Conversation with Kyle Thomas
The History Of European Theatre
29:50May 19, 2025
Henry IV Part 2: ‘We Have Heard the Chimes at Midnight’
The History Of European Theatre
35:29May 12, 2025
The Origins of Medieval Theatre: A Conversation with Kyle Thomas
The History Of European Theatre
51:20May 5, 2025
Henry IV Part 1: ‘Nothing Can Seem Foul to Those Who Win’
The History Of European Theatre
34:26Apr 28, 2025
Shakespeare’s Tutor: A Conversation with Darren Freebury-Jones
The History Of European Theatre
28:48Apr 21, 2025
The Merchant of Venice: ‘The Quality of Mercy is not Strained’
The History Of European Theatre
34:30Apr 14, 2025
A Statue in Verona: The Afterlife of Romeo and Juliet
The History Of European Theatre
32:04Apr 7, 2025
Romeo and Juliet:‘These violent delights have violent ends.’
The History Of European Theatre
36:42Mar 31, 2025
Poor Naked Wretches: A Conversation with Stephen Unwin
The History Of European Theatre
40:58Mar 24, 2025
King John: ‘New Made Honour Doth Forget Men’s Names’
The History Of European Theatre
32:44Mar 17, 2025
The Theatre Couple in Early Modern Italy: A Conversation with Serena Laiena
The History Of European Theatre
44:33Mar 10, 2025
Richard II: ‘Sad Stories of the Death of Kings’
The History Of European Theatre
35:52Mar 3, 2025
Woke Shakespeare: A Conversation with Ian McCormick
The History Of European Theatre
38:22Feb 24, 2025
Trackers of Oxyrhincus: A Reprised Conversation with Jimmy Walters
The History Of European Theatre
40:01Feb 17, 2025
Boy Actors: A Conversation with Roberta Barker
The History Of European Theatre
40:55Feb 10, 2025