Episodes

  • 412: A Scene from Clyomon and Clymades (And... Scene!)

    412: A Scene from Clyomon and Clymades (And... Scene!)
    Jan 30 2026
    And Scene! This is random scene from Clyomon and Clymades by the Unknown. It was recorded live at our Winter Revels season on Saturday 16th December 2023. It is a dialogue between Clymades and Juliana – the play is a fun pastiche of romance literature, so is full of pompous adventurers looking to save damsels in rhyming 14ers.
    With Kit McGuire as Clymades, and Alexandra Katiagida as Julianna.

    For more from the play, go to our Exploring Sessions!

    Our patrons received the scene within this episode in January 2024 - 2 years early!
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
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    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
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    8 mins
  • 411: 1570 and All This - Part 3 (Hamlet to Hamilton Crossover)

    411: 1570 and All This - Part 3 (Hamlet to Hamilton Crossover)
    Jan 23 2026
    Here's the last of our two mini seasons of crossover episodes with Emily C A Synder and Colin Kovarik of the Hamlet to Hamilton podcast. It's actually the final episode of five, following on from the two part 1560 and All That which came as a mini set. We have been dancing through texts from the medieval up to the reign of Elizabeth on their podcast, and now we're doing the same over on ours - and we have finally completed the 1570's. Which didn't even have that many plays in it!
    As ever, this is a case of thinking aloud, and seeing what comes up.

    Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama is an educational podcast from TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS Audio Network. Teaching how to write and perform new verse drama. Hosted by Emily C. A. Snyder. Edited by Colin Kovarik.
    SEASON ONE: Writing Verse Drama
    SEASON TWO: Arthur Through the Ages
    SEASON THREE: Soliloquy
    SEASON FOUR: The Origins of English Verse Drama - which is with us!
    Hamlet to Hamilton website - http://www.hamlettohamilton.com/
    Support H2H at their patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hamlettohamilton

    Our patrons received the scene within this episode in May 2024 - 20 months early!
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
    You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
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    2 hrs and 37 mins
  • 416: Discussing: Sejanus by Ben Jonson

    416: Discussing: Sejanus by Ben Jonson
    Jan 16 2026

    Today we're having a chat with Nathan Winkelstein of Red Bull Theater about their upcoming Revelation Reading of Sejanus by Ben Jonson. Performing in New York, but also live streaming around the world on 26th January 2026 - the recording accessible for the week following. Do support this show, or the following production (in person) of The Roaring Girl, if you can. From their mission statement: "RED BULL THEATER brings rarely seen classic plays to dynamic new life for contemporary audiences. Our work unites a respect for tradition with a modern sensibility." And we can't support that sentiment more highly.
    Tickets available here!

    Our patrons received this episode a few days ago - most episodes are a month or twelve in advance, some are time sensitive like this one!
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
    You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.

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    27 mins
  • 409: 1570 and All This - Part 2 (Hamlet to Hamilton Crossover)

    409: 1570 and All This - Part 2 (Hamlet to Hamilton Crossover)
    Jan 9 2026

    Here's the second of two mini seasons of crossover episodes with Emily C A Synder and Colin Kovarik of the Hamlet to Hamilton podcast. It's actually the third episode of five, following on from the two part 1560 and All That which came as a mini set. We have been dancing through texts from the medieval up to the reign of Elizabeth on their podcast, and now we're doing the same over on ours - we might have finally made it into actual plays from the 1570's. Possibly. There aren't that many to play with.
    As ever, this is a case of thinking aloud, and seeing what comes up.

    Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama is an educational podcast from TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS Audio Network. Teaching how to write and perform new verse drama. Hosted by Emily C. A. Snyder. Edited by Colin Kovarik.
    SEASON ONE: Writing Verse Drama
    SEASON TWO: Arthur Through the Ages
    SEASON THREE: Soliloquy
    SEASON FOUR: The Origins of English Verse Drama - which is with us!
    Hamlet to Hamilton website - http://www.hamlettohamilton.com/
    Support H2H at their patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hamlettohamilton

    Our patrons received this episode in May 2024 - 20 months early!
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
    You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
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    2 hrs and 33 mins
  • 408: End of Year Round Up 2025

    408: End of Year Round Up 2025
    Dec 31 2025
    It's the end of another year - so much has happened! Entertaining Henry, our Wyrd Revels, so many things... and I cram them into this short episode!
    Future things links -
    Live shows, not much I can announce year but next year, we’ll be performing live at
    the Thomas Nashe and Voice conference (Friday 9th January) - doing Pierce Penniless
    It is part of a two-day conference on the writings of Thomas Nashe (1567-c.1601)– and they commissioned a staged reading of Pierce Penniless from us – recordings will of course follow. Please register for the conference at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIz0iL-BbOEXKlIFw30m7Wlou4x7ZeQYqkoTYRFS0ezyuMQQ/viewform

    And the big live show is Sunday 12th April - All Day Event, London, looking at Sir Thomas More in detail. SAVE THE DATE - priority tickets list, sign up here!

    Our patrons received this episode... well, the other day actually, but it is the end of the year round up, so whatcha gonna do? But everything else we do goes to them weeks, months - occasionally years - in advance!
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
    You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.

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    10 mins
  • 405: 1570 and All This - Part 1 (Hamlet to Hamilton Crossover)

    405: 1570 and All This - Part 1 (Hamlet to Hamilton Crossover)
    Dec 19 2025
    Here's the second of two mini seasons of crossover episodes with Emily C A Synder and Colin Kovarik of the Hamlet to Hamilton podcast. It's actually second of five, as it follows on from the two part 1560 and All That which came as a mini set. We have been dancing through texts from the medieval up to the reign of Elizabeth on their podcast, and now we're doing the same over on ours - from the end of 1560's into the wilds of the 1570's. It's a case of thinking aloud, and seeing what comes up.

    Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama is an educational podcast from TURN TO FLESH PRODUCTIONS Audio Network. Teaching how to write and perform new verse drama. Hosted by Emily C. A. Snyder. Edited by Colin Kovarik.
    SEASON ONE: Writing Verse Drama
    SEASON TWO: Arthur Through the Ages
    SEASON THREE: Soliloquy
    SEASON FOUR: The Origins of English Verse Drama - which is with us!
    Hamlet to Hamilton website - http://www.hamlettohamilton.com/
    Support H2H at their patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hamlettohamilton

    Our patrons received this episode in May 2024 - 19 months early!
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
    You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
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    2 hrs and 19 mins
  • 404: Discussing: 100 Ballads

    404: Discussing: 100 Ballads
    Dec 12 2025
    This is a very late release of a discussion we had last year about the website 100 Ballads, which features over 100 ballads from the early modern period. Go have a look, it's fabulous. https://www.100ballads.org/
    With Christopher Marsh, Angela McShane, Andy Watts and host Robert Crighton.

    Our patrons received this episode in May 2025 - 18 months early!
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
    You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
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    53 mins
  • 407: The BIG Vote RESULTS!

    407: The BIG Vote RESULTS!
    Dec 5 2025
    The votes are in, we have our winner - and a host of runners up and stats to discuss!
    Visual charts will be available on our website shortly after this episode drops.

    Our patrons received this episode a few days ago... you can't keep secrets long.
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
    You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ
    The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
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    25 mins