The Castle of Perseverance

Episode 58The Castle of Perseverance is a great example of how difficult it can be to discuss the form of a play separately from the content and in this case we have an illustration that shows how the play might have been presentedA summary of the plot of the playDetails from the manuscript about dating the playThe illustration contained in the manuscript reviewed in detailThe problems with the way the audience might have been positioned and the play presentedThe role of the 'Stytlery'The ditch and how it might have been used.To see the illustration discussed in this episode go to the websitewww.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comTo support the podcast go to:www.patreon.com/thoetpwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.