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EP1226 - The Oxford Book of English Verse - George Gascoigne

Today we're discussing Supposes by George Gascoigne, a translation of an Italian play produced in 1566. It's super fun and worth performing today - we know this because it has been. Robert is joined by Sam Plumb, director of a production of the play from 2017, and actor Riana White, one of the cast. They discuss the language, the production, the different performance spaces and the wonders of Gascoigne.   You can watch a recording of the production on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxmsJyvdB4  You can also watch a documentary about the show here - https://vimeo.com/282880969   Sam Plumb is co-Artistic Director of Babolin Theatre - you can go to their website here: www.babolintheatre.com and on instagram - babolintheatre Riana White is co-creator of Those People Theatre and can be found on instagram - thosepeopletheatre  For more fun with Supposes, our First Look exploring sessions are collected here - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKXoHTFUJI2CK__4Y3vOuM9  The host was Robert Crighton. 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 &amp; 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.

Today we're discussing Supposes by George Gascoigne, a translation of an Italian play produced in 1566. It's super fun and worth performing today - we know this because it has been. Robert is joined by Sam Plumb, director of a production of the play from 2017, and actor Riana White, one of the cast. They discuss the language, the production, the different performance spaces and the wonders of Gascoigne. You can watch a recording of the production on YouTube - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxmsJyvdB4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHxmsJyvdB4</a> You can also watch a documentary about the show here - <a href="https://vimeo.com/282880969" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/282880969</a> Sam Plumb is co-Artistic Director of Babolin Theatre - you can go to their website here: <a href="http://www.babolintheatre.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.babolintheatre.com</a> and on instagram - babolintheatre Riana White is co-creator of Those People Theatre and can be found on instagram - thosepeopletheatre For more fun with Supposes, our First Look exploring sessions are collected here - <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKXoHTFUJI2CK__4Y3vOuM9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKXoHTFUJI2CK__4Y3vOuM9</a> The host was Robert Crighton. 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 <a href="https://patreon.com/beyondshakespeare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare</a> - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi <a href="https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare</a> - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook &amp; Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: <a href="https://beyondshakespeare.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://beyondshakespeare.org</a> You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ</a> The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.

177: Discussing: Supposes by George Gascoigne

George Gascoigne (1535-1578)I know very little about George Gascoigne, and looking him up on line hasn’t added much to that. But I do like this poem for its combination of weary resignation and sly humour. And poems like this are the reason why good anthologies are so valuable. I found this one in Seven Centuries of Poetry in English, edited by John Leonard.  A lot can be said against anthologies, but a good one, like Seven Centuries, is a great place to start if you’re curious about poetry written in other times or want to read something by famous poet x without wading through x’s complete poems. And in a good anthology, nestled beside famous poet x’s well known poem, will be a poem by someone you’ve never heard of, which you wouldn’t have otherwise found. 

George Gascoigne (1535-1578)I know very little about George Gascoigne, and looking him up on line hasn’t added much to that. But I do like this poem for its combination of weary resignation and sly humour. And poems like this are the reason why good anthologies are so valuable. I found this one in Seven Centuries of Poetry in English, edited by John Leonard. A lot can be said against anthologies, but a good one, like Seven Centuries, is a great place to start if you’re curious about poetry written in other times or want to read something by famous poet x without wading through x’s complete poems. And in a good anthology, nestled beside famous poet x’s well known poem, will be a poem by someone you’ve never heard of, which you wouldn’t have otherwise found.

George Gascoigne's 'Gascoigne's Lullabie'