Matthew Sergi's guest appearances

Matthew Sergi

The Theatre History Podcast

Robert Davis

James White

Isaac Butler

Bryan Doerries

Lorraine Hansberry

Edith Wharton

Adam Roberts

August Wilson

Howard Sherman

Jack Viertel

Charlotte Cushman

Paul Walsh

Brian Eugenio Herrera

Amy Hughes

Amy Cook

OwlTail

The phrase “morality play” often comes off as pejorative today; it’s a phrase that we use when we want to dismiss something as dull and didactic. But Dr. Matthew Sergi of the University of Toronto begs to differ. He’s been studying and, most importantly, staging these works, and he’s come to some unexpected conclusions about how these plays function and what performing them today can tell us about our own world.

<p>The phrase “morality play” often comes off as pejorative today; it’s a phrase that we use when we want to dismiss something as dull and didactic. But Dr. Matthew Sergi of the University of Toronto begs to differ. He’s been studying and, most importantly, staging these works, and he’s come to some unexpected conclusions about how these plays function and what performing them today can tell us about our own world.</p>

Episode 39: Dr. Matthew Sergi and the Surprising Truth About Morality Plays