King James has been bobbing about for a while, and the drama keeps flowing… (This page is still a work in progress…) Go back to 1603 to 1607.

1608

Time’s Complaint (The Christmas Prince) – The Christmas Prince is the title of a collection of entertainments produced at St John’s College, Oxford, during the Christmas Revels of 1607 into 1608. There’s a lot of additional material, beyond just the plays, which we intend to cover. Full season playlist below, Exploring Session for Time’s Complaint here.

The Seven Days of the Week (The Christmas Prince, see above) Exploring Session for Seven Days here.

Periander by John Sansbury (The Christmas Prince, see above) Exploring Session playlist here.

The Faithful Shepherdess by Francis Beaumont

Conspiracy of Charles, Duke of Byron by George Chapman

Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron by George Chapman

1609

A Woman is a Weathercock by Nathan Field

Epicoene or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

1609 Lord Mayor’s Show: Campbell, or The Ironmongers Fair Field – First Look Exploring Session

1610

The Revenge of Bussy D’Ambois by George Chapman

Philaster by Francis Beaumont

The Coxcomb by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher – Exploring Sessions to come – a look at the epilogue is below.

The Alchemist by Ben Jonson – First Look Exploring Session available.

The Insatiate Countess by John Marston, William Barksted and Lewis Machin – First Look Exploring Session available.

The Fair Maid of the West, Part 1 by Thomas Heywood – Exploring Session Available.

The Tamer Tamed or The Woman’s Prize by John Fletcher – a sequel role reversal take on The Taming of a Shrew. We’ve also looked at the epilogue on the pod.

The Bloody Banquet by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker – this is a bit of a favourite. We’ve only recorded the prologue thus far. One day, its time will come.

The Atheist’s Tragedy by Cyril Tourneur

The Scornful Lady by John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont

1611

Amends for Ladies by Nathan Field

The Roaring Girl by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker – no exploring session as of yet, but we have discussed the play on the podcast, below, and others have worked on it – a video of a cut down version produced by the ASC Theatre Camp can be found here.

The Golden Age by Thomas Heywood – the first of five plays working through (not unproblematic) Greek via Rome mythology. A complete playlist of plays will be built here. TW: scenes of sexual violence.

If It Be Not Good, the Devil is in It by Thomas Dekker

A Christian Turned Turk by Robert Daborne

Catiline, his Conspiracy by Ben Jonson

The Maid’s Tragedy by Francis Beaumont

A King and No King by Francis Beaumont

Greenes Tu Quoque or The City Gallant by John Cooke

The Second Maiden’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton

The Silver Age by Thomas Heywood – after the Golden Age, we have the Silver, and there’s more god / hero / human interaction which veers into the problematic (see above) A complete playlist of plays will be built here. TW: scenes featuring discussion of sexual violence.

The Brazen Age by Thomas Heywood – First Look Exploring Session available.

Preist the Barber (Short Entertainment) – this is a strange comedy sketch, which is fairly difficult to get into due to the effects of time, but it’s reckonisable as the kind of simple comedy you might get in a student revue. We’ve dug into some of the jokes in our !Spoilers! episode, and produced a full cast audio adaptation below – in fact, there are two edits below; a simple cut, and one with an obviously rubbish 1970’s style laughter track. Our First Look can be found here.

No Wit, No Help Like A Woman’s by Thomas Middleton

Thomas of Woodstock by the Unknown – Richard the Second tests the limits of his power, pushing against his protector and uncle, Thomas of Woodstock. Features an excellent scene with a horse. We’ve done a host of work on this play, and a full cast audio adaptation is in the works.

1611 Lord Mayor’s Show: Chruso-thriambos or The Triumphs of Gold by Anthony Munday.

1612

The Captain by Francis Beaumont

Love’s Cure or the Martial Maid by John Fletcher, with Massinger?

Chabot Admiral of France by George Chapman

The White Devil by John Webster

Astorildo and Carrabunculo by the Unknown (Fragment) – a very short fragment of dialogue from a play.

Gown, Hood and Cap (Short Entertainment) – another strange comedy sketch based around items of clothing having an anthropamorphic hinterland. Possibly performed at Trinity College, Cambridge, it could date from anywhere between 1610-1626. We have gone with Wiggin’s and put it here.

1612 Lord Mayor’s Show: Troia-Nova Triumphans by Thomas Dekker – Exploring Session Available

1613

The Iron Age, parts 1 and 2, by Thomas Heywood – the conclusion to the Age Plays sequence, with the most accessible plays covering the Trojan war.

Heteroclitanomalonomia – Gesundheit – Performed in an Oxbridge College. First Look Exploring Session available.

Four Plays in One by Nathan Field and John Fletcher – Exploring Sessions available,

A Chaste Maid in Cheapside by Thomas Middleton

The Honest Man’s Fortune by Field, Fletcher, Massinger, Dabourne

Caesar and Pompey by George Chapman – Exploring Sessions available.

Cynthia’s Revenge by John Stephens

Hog Hath Lost His Pearl by Robert Tailor

The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster – Exploring Sessions available. The play is commercially available elsewhere.

Wit at Several Weapons by Thomas Middleton plus others

Band, Cuff, and Ruff (Short Entertainment) – performed 1613-15 in Cambridge. First Look Available.

1613 Lord Mayor’s Show: The Triumphs of Truth by Thomas Middleton, with Anthony Munday somewhere in the mix. Exploring Session Available.

1614

Hymen’s Triumph by Samuel Daniel – First Look Exploring Session available below, plus a performance of a scene on the podcast.

Bonduca by John Fletcher

Valentinian by John Fletcher

Wit Without Money by John Fletcher

The Honest Lawyer by S.S.

Boot and Spur (Short Entertainment) – an academic entertainment from around 1614 to 1617. First Look available.

Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson

1614 Lord Mayor’s Show: Himatiapoleos – The Triumphs of Old Drapery, or the Rich Clothing of England by Anthony Munday – Exploring Session Available.

The Ghost of Richard III by Christopher Brooke (poem) – published this year.

1615

Sicelides by Phineas Fletcher

Albumazar the Astronomer by Thomas Tomkis

Thorney Abbey

The Hector of Germany by W. Smith

A Fair Quarrel, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

1615 Lord Mayor’s Show: Metropolis Coronata – The Triumphs of Ancient Drapery, or the Rich Clothing of England by Anthony Munday. Exploring Session Available.

Tenants’ Complaint against the Landlords by Jasper Garnett (Fragment) – there’s about six lines of this play surviving, which we read around 1 hour 22 minutes into the below Exploring session. More on this fragment anon.

That’s it for 1615 – go to 1616 to 1619.