Ranked #1
Dr Faustus: Christopher Marlowe
Dr Faustus: Christopher Marlowe
My lecture on this infernal play discusses Elizabethan religion, the revisions to the play, and whether we should think ... Read more
26 Oct 2015
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49mins
Ranked #2
The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster
The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster
In dramatizing a woman's sexual choices in a notably sympathetic manner, this tragedy articulates perennial questions ab... Read more
24 Nov 2009
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37mins
Ranked #3
The Revenger's Tragedy: Thomas Middleton
The Revenger's Tragedy: Thomas Middleton
A blackly camp tragedy - Hamlet without the narcissism - set in a court corrupted by lust and self-interest, this play i... Read more
6 Nov 2009
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45mins
Ranked #4
The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thomas Dekker
The Shoemaker's Holiday: Thomas Dekker
Like a Busby Berkeley depression-era musical, Dekker's comedy is a feel-good antidote to a context of shortages, politic... Read more
6 Nov 2009
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45mins
Ranked #5
The Roaring Girl: Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker
The Roaring Girl: Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker
Based on a contemporary scandal of a woman who dressed in male clothing, this play of topsy-turvy genders has fun with s... Read more
13 Nov 2009
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48mins