Beyond Shakespeare

Beyond Shakespeare

@beyondshakes.bsky.social

Producing every since play written in English prior to 1642, with 38 exceptions. Dropping pods and videos - beyondshakespeare.org

1,102 Followers 1,695 Following 767 Posts Joined Mar 2024
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An image of the actor Keith Hill, wearing glasses and a jumper to the right of frame, fading into black across the left. Text over the image
The Book of Sir Thomas More: Piece by Piece - 12 April 2026.
An All Day Event, taking apart and performing the full text of The Book of Sir Thomas More by Anthony Munday and other hands.
As well as a live script in hand audio recording of the play (in all its contradictions) we are hosting panel discussions and a deep dive into the play-within-a-play.
Sponsored by The Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts
Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast, top right
beyondshakespeare.org, bottom middle
White Bear Theatre logo, bottom right

🚨12 April🚨
📖The Book of Sir Thomas More:
🧩Piece by Piece🧩
A deep dive into the play written by Anthony Munday before a pile on of hands started. A full performance of the text, panels on how it came into being, and a session of Tudor Interlude Bingo! #drama
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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1 day ago
An image of the actor Keith Hill, wearing glasses and a jumper to the right of frame, fading into black across the left. Text over the image
The Book of Sir Thomas More: Piece by Piece - 12 April 2026.
An All Day Event, taking apart and performing the full text of The Book of Sir Thomas More by Anthony Munday and other hands.
As well as a live script in hand audio recording of the play (in all its contradictions) we are hosting panel discussions and a deep dive into the play-within-a-play.
Sponsored by The Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts
Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast, top right
beyondshakespeare.org, bottom middle
White Bear Theatre logo, bottom right

🚨12 April🚨
📖The Book of Sir Thomas More:
🧩Piece by Piece🧩
A deep dive into the play written by Anthony Munday before a pile on of hands started. A full performance of the text, panels on how it came into being, and a session of Tudor Interlude Bingo! #drama
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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3 days ago
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The Interlude of Youth (LIVE Archive Recording) Interlude of Youth...

🚨Latest pod release: The Interlude of Youth, an archive recording from our staging last year. More from our Entertaining Henry season will be coming out over the next couple of months. Find this and other plays by subscribing to Beyond on your podcatcher of choice audioboom.com/posts/887152...

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1 week ago
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Doctor John Faustus - Chapter 43 (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare Get more from Beyond Shakespeare on Patreon

🔊Over on the patreon, our exploring sessions continue with another chapter from Doctor John Faustus - how the Doctor feasted his students on Ash Wednesday. Lots of fowl work. 🦆
www.patreon.com/posts/doctor...

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4 days ago
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All Fools by George Chapman - YouTube

🎭Dropping this week in our Exploring Sessions - it's All Fools by George Chapman. Solid structure, some interesting set pieces, but the syntax is not pleasing the room. #GeorgeChapman #EarlyModern #Plays #Drama #Theatre www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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5 days ago
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Thomas of Woodstock (Work in Progress) | Beyond Shakespeare Get more from Beyond Shakespeare on Patreon

🔊Meanwhile, over on our patreon feed, we've released a work in progress look at Thomas of Woodstock. Woodstock was voted for production by our patrons, and is currently being slowly recorded in studio. This is a rough working file, which will be updated each month. www.patreon.com/posts/thomas...

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1 week ago
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Doctor John Faustus - Chapter 43 (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare Get more from Beyond Shakespeare on Patreon

🔊Over on the patreon, our exploring sessions continue with another chapter from Doctor John Faustus - how the Doctor feasted his students on Ash Wednesday. Lots of fowl work. 🦆
www.patreon.com/posts/doctor...

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1 week ago
White text on a blue background: The Beyond Shakespeare Company Podcast - Join In! Exploring Sessions Reading/Discussing Plays - Afternoons/Evenings Across the week

😀Team sheets for next weeks Exploring sessions have gone out, but there's always more room at the inn if you want to join us. Afternoons we're reading Bonduca by John Fletcher, and in the evening we're completing Hannibal and Scipio by Thomas Nabbes. Quite Roman this week! forms.gle/P47R4H4Z3NTZ...

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Discussing: The Interlude of Youth with Dr Jeff S. Dailey Let us talk of Youth, the interlude of...

🚨Latest pod drop - it's a chat about staging The Interlude of Youth with Dr Jeff S. Dailey and @robertcrighton.bsky.social. By one of those coincidences that make life interesting, both produced the play within a few months of each other. #audio #drama #discussion audioboom.com/posts/885862...

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🎱Meanwhile, we're firing up a random number generator to pick our first Malone Society edition giveaway winner!

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Discussing: The Interlude of Youth with Dr Jeff S. Dailey Let us talk of Youth, the interlude of...

🚨Latest pod drop - it's a chat about staging The Interlude of Youth with Dr Jeff S. Dailey and @robertcrighton.bsky.social. By one of those coincidences that make life interesting, both produced the play within a few months of each other. #audio #drama #discussion audioboom.com/posts/885862...

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1 week ago

Last call for the March draw of our Malone Society edition giveaway! Subscribe or form away for entry!

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📖Our first monthly giveaway for a Malone Society edition, as donated by our wonderful sponsors, will be drawn tomorrow - subscribe for free to our patreon or sign up via a form, and you'll be entered. It's a random play or collection each month, be in it to win it! #MaloneSociety #books #plays

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Discussing: Predramatic Theatre (Early Access) | Beyond Shakespeare Get more from Beyond Shakespeare on Patreon

🔊Latest early access release for our patrons, it's a chat with @ellierycroft.bsky.social and @gregmw4.bsky.social about their new book Predramatic Theatre - championing the dynamism of early English theatre forms. Coming to the pod further down the line. #discussing www.patreon.com/posts/discus...

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Another ticket gone! Don't miss out!

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1 week ago
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Dick of Devonshire by the Unknown - YouTube

Ooops, that was the wrong link - it does have some Dick, but other stuff as well. This is your Dick only playlist. Also includes a chat about the play with the latest editor!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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First Look Exploring Sessions 2026 - YouTube

⚔️This week our exploring releases continue the deep dive into Dick of Devonshire - with the close of the play added to the playlist tonight, and on Thursday a look at one of the sources, Dick in his own words - probably. #drama #theatre #exploring #adventure
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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2 weeks ago
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Albion Knight - Full Cast Audio (Fragment) Divide and conquer and Albion cannot stand.

🔊There are days when we think Albion Knight might be one of the most important plays we work on. Not because it's amazing, or even complete, but that it shows us that the tactics of division in society and politics are not new, and must be resisted. #audio #drama audioboom.com/posts/880417...

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2 weeks ago

This week in the afternoons we will be reading some...
Shackerley Marmion!
And Thursday evening we're starting Hannibal and Scipio.
Additional readers welcome, just sign up!

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2 weeks ago
Blue ident with text: The Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast - Sponsored by the Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts - Monthly Givewaway - each month we have a copy of a Malone Society edition to give away, thanks to our wonderful sponsors - enter the giveaway by either subscribing for free to our patreon, or using the online form - https://www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare

🚨Next week we do our first monthly book giveaway thanks to our wonderful sponsors, The Malone Society. To enter either subscribe for free to our patreon feed, or sign up on a form. Details on our website. You have until the 5th March! beyondshakespeare.org/our-sponsors/

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2 weeks ago
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Wyrd Revels 2025 - BTS Rehearsal Audio (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare Get more from Beyond Shakespeare on Patreon

🔊Exclusive for our wonderful £5+ tier patrons, it's BTS rehearsal audio from The Wise-woman of Hogston by Thomas Heywood - recorded during the run up to our Wyrd Revels season last year. More next month. #drama #theatre #BehindTheScenes #audio
www.patreon.com/posts/wyrd-r...

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2 weeks ago
An image of the actor Keith Hill, wearing glasses and a jumper to the right of frame, fading into black across the left. Text over the image
The Book of Sir Thomas More: Piece by Piece - 12 April 2026.
An All Day Event, taking apart and performing the full text of The Book of Sir Thomas More by Anthony Munday and other hands.
As well as a live script in hand audio recording of the play (in all its contradictions) we are hosting panel discussions and a deep dive into the play-within-a-play.
Sponsored by The Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts
Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast, top right
beyondshakespeare.org, bottom middle
White Bear Theatre logo, bottom right

🚨12 April🚨
📖The Book of Sir Thomas More:
🧩Piece by Piece🧩
A deep dive into the play written by Anthony Munday before a pile on of hands started. A full performance of the text, panels on how it came into being, and a session of Tudor Interlude Bingo! #drama
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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2 weeks ago
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Get more from Beyond Shakespeare on Patreon creating Podcasts

Subscribe here - www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...
Or use the form here - forms.gle/Ag1EPRyXhq8S...
We will draw the giveaway on Friday 6th, and endeavour to send the book within a week or so.

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2 weeks ago
Blue ident with text: The Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast - Sponsored by the Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts - Monthly Givewaway - each month we have a copy of a Malone Society edition to give away, thanks to our wonderful sponsors - enter the giveaway by either subscribing for free to our patreon, or using the online form - https://www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare

🚨Next week we do our first monthly book giveaway thanks to our wonderful sponsors, The Malone Society. To enter either subscribe for free to our patreon feed, or sign up on a form. Details on our website. You have until the 5th March! beyondshakespeare.org/our-sponsors/

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2 weeks ago
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Albion Knight - Full Cast Audio (Fragment) Divide and conquer and Albion cannot stand.

🔊There are days when we think Albion Knight might be one of the most important plays we work on. Not because it's amazing, or even complete, but that it shows us that the tactics of division in society and politics are not new, and must be resisted. #audio #drama audioboom.com/posts/880417...

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2 weeks ago
An image of the actor Keith Hill, wearing glasses and a jumper to the right of frame, fading into black across the left. Text over the image
The Book of Sir Thomas More: Piece by Piece - 12 April 2026.
An All Day Event, taking apart and performing the full text of The Book of Sir Thomas More by Anthony Munday and other hands.
As well as a live script in hand audio recording of the play (in all its contradictions) we are hosting panel discussions and a deep dive into the play-within-a-play.
Sponsored by The Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts
Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast, top right
beyondshakespeare.org, bottom middle
White Bear Theatre logo, bottom right

🚨12 April🚨
📖The Book of Sir Thomas More:
🧩Piece by Piece🧩
A deep dive into the play written by Anthony Munday before a pile on of hands started. A full performance of the text, panels on how it came into being, and a session of Tudor Interlude Bingo! #drama
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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2 weeks ago
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'Play of the Saxons' (Fragment) A thing that happened on a stage once.

🔊It's fragment time! And this time it's more of a fragment of time, of a moment, rather than a scripted element of drama. It's a thing that happened in a play which mentions some Saxons at some point that led to some heckling... #drama #audio #fragments audioboom.com/posts/882200...

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🚨And we're back - yes, next week we return to the exploring session zoom room for a dance to the music of early modern drama. Reading plays across several sessions: with discussion, chat, drama, and more. Come and join in - open to all.
#joinUs #JoinIn #Explorings
forms.gle/vTGxSy33C7zD...

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2 weeks ago
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🚨And we're back - yes, next week we return to the exploring session zoom room for a dance to the music of early modern drama. Reading plays across several sessions: with discussion, chat, drama, and more. Come and join in - open to all.
#joinUs #JoinIn #Explorings
forms.gle/vTGxSy33C7zD...

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2 weeks ago
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⚔️Meanwhile, over in the realm of videos, we have our latest exploring session releases. This week it's Dick of Devonshire - which is a slightly harder text to enjoy than we wanted (do read the CW) but is fascinating as a work based on a first person account of events.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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