Christopher Marlow on The History Of England Podcast

03/08/21 • 5 min

A short trailer for THOETP guest appearance on The History Of England Podcast with the story of the short life and death of Christopher Marlow.

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A short trailer for THOETP guest appearance on The History Of England Podcast with the story of the short life and death of Christopher Marlow.

This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Previous Episode

Seneca’s Medea: Beware Pure Evil

Episode 41

In this episode I take a detailed look at Seneca's version of Medea. The story of a woman who is a foreigner and a witch suited his form of dark tragedy perfectly.

A summary of the narrative of the play

The impact of the language used and how it becomes overblown.

An analysis of the final scene and why Seneca might have chosen to make this the only moment of visual drama in the play.

Questions about how and if the play was staged and the use of stage machinery

Medea as a witch and how that plays into Roman tropes

The character of Jason an his effect on the play

A comparison of the Euripides version to Seneca's

The legacy of Seneca's tragedy on the medieval period.

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Next Episode

Roman Mime: It’s not what you think.

Episode 43:

The history of Roman Mime, one for the two dramatic forms that dominated theatre in the Roman Imperial period.

A word on Horace and his work The Art Of Poetry, one of the most influential works of dramatic theory. His rules for the stage and where he did and didn’t agree with Aristotle

The differences between Mime and other dramatic forms

The origins of mime in Greece ad the Greek colonies in Italy

Mime in Rome and at the Ludi festivals

The limits of textual evidence for mime

Some descriptions of mime plays and titles

Moral issues with mime because of the content relating to adultery

Mime of political satire, including stories from Tiberius, Caligula, Nero and Vespasian.

Mime as part of religious festivals

Women performers in Mime

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