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Love’s Labour’s Lost: ‘Assist Me, Some Extemporal God of Rhyme’
Manage episode 487687526 series 2798781
Episode 172:
The dating of the play
The early publication history of the play
The sources for the play
A synopsis of the play
A play that explores language and it’s limits
The opening scene
Constable Dull
The central ‘reveal’ scene and it’s poetry
The character and behaviour of Costard
The longest word in the Shakespeare cannon
The pageant of the nine worthies
The character of Jacquenetta
Shakespeare’s parody and homage to previous literary forms
The meaning of the title of the play
The concept of ‘the academy’ and comparisons with Elizabeth’s court
The critical reception of the play
The performance history of the play
Support the podcast at:
www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
221 episodes
Manage episode 487687526 series 2798781
Episode 172:
The dating of the play
The early publication history of the play
The sources for the play
A synopsis of the play
A play that explores language and it’s limits
The opening scene
Constable Dull
The central ‘reveal’ scene and it’s poetry
The character and behaviour of Costard
The longest word in the Shakespeare cannon
The pageant of the nine worthies
The character of Jacquenetta
Shakespeare’s parody and homage to previous literary forms
The meaning of the title of the play
The concept of ‘the academy’ and comparisons with Elizabeth’s court
The critical reception of the play
The performance history of the play
Support the podcast at:
www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
221 episodes
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