Elizabethan True Crime

Synopsis

Podcast. Thomas Jones talks to Charles Nicholl about the craze in the 1590s for plays representing real-life murder on the London stage, from the first known example, Arden of Faversham, to the genre’s influence on Hamlet, Macbeth and, perhaps, the death of Christopher Marlowe.

Series

Lrb Podcast, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Keywords

Elizabethan drama

Online availability

URI

https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/elizabethan-true-crime

Delivery

Streamed

Related

Name

London Review of Books

Email

http://www.lrb.co.uk/contacts/form

Web

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Phone

020 7209 1141

Address

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