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Month: October 2017

Venus’s Palaces

October 4, 2017July 15, 2022 / beforeshakespeare / 6 Comments

She’s got it, Yeah baby, she’s got it ---Shocking Blue For 1570s and 1580s theatregoers, love was all around. One of the defining characteristics of the earliest surviving commercial plays is the predominance of the character Venus or her allegorical equivalent, Love. “Theaters and curtaines Venus pallaces,” reads a marginal note in Philip Stubbes’s The … Continue reading Venus’s Palaces

Attribution, agencies, and investigation

October 2, 2017July 15, 2022 / beforeshakespeare / 1 Comment

We welcome a guest post from Leah Scragg, responding to this summer's discussion of attribution on the blog (see here). *** This post joins a very interesting discussion of attribution studies somewhat late in the day but I would like to put forward a couple of ideas in relation to the question of why attribution … Continue reading Attribution, agencies, and investigation

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Galatea 101: Performing John Lyly in the 21st Century

Galatea (c.1584) enjoyed some more research and development with actors in August 2021, as it heads towards a production in collaboration with Wildworks, when director Emma Frankland gathered theatremakers at the 101 Outdoor Creation Space (thanks to their seed funding). This post brings together a series of A Bit Lit videos with performers to discuss […]

Galatea 101 #8: Emma Frankland and Subira Wahogo

Emma Frankland and Subira Wahogo look back on our two-week residency.

Galatea 101 #7: Michelle Tiwo and Mary Malone on Galatea’s two queer, trans lovers

Michelle Tiwo and Mary Malone tell us about performing the two queer, trans lovers at the heart of John Lyly’s Galatea, and working with this company that aims to centre performers and lives so often excluded from theatre.

Galatea 101 #6: Ralph Bogard and Sophie Stone on Cupid and the nymphs

The actors Ralph Bogard and Sophie Stone tell us about working through British Sign Language to explore the characters of Cupid, Rafe and the nymphs in Galatea.

Galatea 101 #5: Myriddin Pharo on Lyly and outdoor theatre design

Myriddin Pharo, artistic director of WildWorks and our company designer, tells us about his work on John Lyly’s Galatea.

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Galatea 101: Performing John Lyly in the 21st Century

Galatea 101 #8: Emma Frankland and Subira Wahogo

Galatea 101 #7: Michelle Tiwo and Mary Malone on Galatea’s two queer, trans lovers

Galatea 101 #6: Ralph Bogard and Sophie Stone on Cupid and the nymphs

Galatea 101 #5: Myriddin Pharo on Lyly and outdoor theatre design

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