It’s not that we dislike Will Shakespeare, it’s that he gets plenty of stage time. His contemporaries don’t, and some of them are 🔥🔥🔥

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And if you want to perform, see https://beyondshakespeare.org

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What meat eats the Spaniard?
An anonymous #Elizabethan #theatre #song about eating too much fish!
From Blurt Master-Constable. Or The Spaniards night-walke.
[Attributed to] #Middleton and #Dekker 1602.

Emily Atkinson: #soprano
Richard de Winter: #tenor
Robin Jeffrey: #lute
Alison Kinder: bass #viol
Tamsin Lewis: #violin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVBraD9ZlOA&ab_channel=Passamezzo

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A clip from our new episode!

It's the final installment of our trilogy about the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, where as the '66-'67 season begins, there's trouble brewing for director Andre Gregory!

It's also the final episode of our second season, "Drama Is Conflict"! Join us as we wrap up our overall narrative about riots, lawsuits, disputes and #censorship in the #history of #Philly theater!
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A play about a rebellion which marches on a major city and fades away following negotiation to disband the rebel force...
The Life and Death of Jack Straw (Full Cast Audio Adaptation) https://audioboom.com/posts/7446236-the-life-and-death-of-jack-straw-full-cast-audio-adaptation #BeyondShakespeare #EarlyModern #EarlyModernDrama #TheatreHistory

A preview soundbite from our next episode - in which I share a passage from "The Empty Space" in which director Peter Brook considers the Philadelphia audience response to his "King Lear" back in 1964:
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1941 Newspaper ads by Philadelphia electric and heating oil companies, in connection with the Walnut Street Theatre's hit production of the play "Life With Father."

Dads from the 1880s would probably be a lot less grumpy if their cooks had electric stoves and their basements had modern oil furnaces.

The show, starring Louis Calhern and Lillian Gish, ran in Philadelphia from March 3rd to May 30th, 1941.

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September 4, 2022: The Philadelphia Inquirer names "Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia" one of the most notable Philly-centric podcasts!

Do you want to know why we do this show? How we put it together? How we do our research? How long we plan to keep it going? Ask any question you want in the Comments below, and we'll answer it - in our next episode!

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A preview soundbite of our next episode!

Full episode of "Theatre of the Living Arts: A Beginning" will be available starting Monday May 29th!

Look for us, wherever you get your podcasts!

www.aithpodcasts.com

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January 1965: Upper image, a pensive shot of director Andre Gregory by the photographer Betty Nettis Bennett - who documented most of his work at the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia.

Lower image, the lobby of the TLA on Philadelphia's South Street, as opening night crowds gathered for the first play produced there - Brecht's "Galileo".

Look for our new episode, releasing Monday, May 29: "The Theatre of the Living Arts: A Beginning"!
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Early Modern Drama people - vote on what plays we’re going to produce next, here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYLs-HjqyMb7GBTP6K2zRtAB2Kx7O2RGMfGaT8nytpCSJ7Ug/viewform #EarlyModern #theatre #theater #EarlyModernEngland #history #drama #theatreHistory #theaterHistory #renaissance #Elizabethan #Jacobean #Literature #englishlit #BeyondShakespeare

Early Modern Drama people - vote on what plays we’re going to produce next, here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfYLs-HjqyMb7GBTP6K2zRtAB2Kx7O2RGMfGaT8nytpCSJ7Ug/viewform #EarlyModern #theatre #theater #EarlyModernEngland #history #drama #theatreHistory #theaterHistory #renaissance #Elizabethan #Jacobean

April 22, 1923: The company of the Moscow Art Theatre, led by the director Constantin Stanislavsky, arrives in Philadelphia and a photo of them standing together in the old Broad Street Station is printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Producer Morris Gest, who was also in the photo, had brought the company to America, booked them into the Lyric Theatre at the corner of Broad and Cherry Streets north of City Hall.

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A role I’ve always wanted to play for me in this one. Our work is entirely supported by patrons, and it’s not too late to sign up for access to Saturday’s livestream https://www.patreon.com/posts/81400353 #audioProduction #EarlyModern #tragedy #GreekTragedy #TheaterHistory #TheatreHistory

January 3, 1965: A photo is printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, showing a rehearsal for "Galileo" at the first professional theater company to be established in Philadelphia for many years - The Theatre of the Living Arts. Andre Gregory directed.

In the photo was actor David Hurst, who was playing the title role, and actress Lois Smith, who was playing his daughter. Also shown was young Adam Gopnik, the future author and New Yorker Magazine staff writer.

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Another sound clip from our most recent episode - "Banned in Philadelpha" - together with slightly naughty photo of the Philadelphia-born comedienne Imogene Coca.

Find "Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your pods on! Listen and enjoy!

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It’s been a while since I mentioned that I’m part of a group that reads plays online. We are working our way through every British performance text written before 1642 (except the ones by that balding guy with the goatee). You should check out our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OUJh86dfwo #plays #theatre #theater #theatreHistory #TheaterHistory #EarlyModern #drama

In honor of the 125th anniversary of the great man's birth, here is a photo of Paul Robeson as Othello and Uta Hagen as Desdemona, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 3, 1943.

Our episode about Paul Robeson in Philadelphia, which we released last summer, is one of our most popular ever!
https://www.aithpodcast.com/the-paul-robeson-house/

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It's Our Podcast's Two-Year Anniversary!

Fifty episodes of Theater History - in One Amazing City.

Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify - or on whatever app you use to get your pods on!

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Another soundbite from our brand new episode, "Bernhardt and the Playboy"!

Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever you get your pods on!

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A sample clip from our new episode! Listen to it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast - or wherever you get your pods on!

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