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S3E55 Gods, werewolves and giants abound as Ash takes a look at the story of Lycaon in Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. 

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Intro: An American Werewolf in London (1981)

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S3E54 Today, Ash is once again joined by Amanda Golden, to discuss her book Annotating Modernism, a study of the marginalia of Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Anne Sexton and others. 

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Intro: The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)

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S3E53 'I shall never get you put together entirely,' begins 'The Colossus', which later became the title poem of Plath's collection published in 1960. Today Ash is joined by Amanda Golden, author of Annotating Modernism, to discuss the poem, and Plath's life at the time of writing. 

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Intro: The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)

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S3E52 Ash is joined once again by Mark Walker, who has written the first English verse translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin. Tune in for a conversation about the process of translation, eccentricity and the Latin Hobbit. 

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S3E51 On today's episode we return to Geoffrey of Monmouth, and look at his narrative poem, The Life of Merlin. 
Joining Ash on the podcast is Mark Walker, who has written the first English translation of the poem. 

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Intro: Excalibur (1981)

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S3E50 What did actors in Shakespeare's day sound like? To answer that question, Ash is once again joined by Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and expert in the field of original pronunciation. 

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S3E49 We have finally arrived at the end of Shakespeare's History plays, with the riotous Richard III. Joining Ash to discuss the play is Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and specialist in the field of original pronunciation, which we'll be discussing more on tomorrow's extended interview. 

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S3E48 Ash is once again joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss his biographies of Sylvia Plath, and some of the challenges facing those who write about her. Find out more about Carl's work here: 

Carl Rollyson - Works

 

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S3E47 Ash is joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss the life of one of the greatest twentieth century poets, Sylvia Plath. Find out more about Carl's work here: 

Carl Rollyson - Works

 

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S3E46 Ash is joined once again by Andrew Lycett to talk more about Arthur Conan Doyle - his spiritualism, his global politics and his round of golf with Rudyard Kipling. To find out more about Andrew's work click below: 

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S3E45 Conan Doyle's historical novel The White Company is today's subject of discussion; another of Edinburgh's most famous literary residents tackling material previously used by Shakespeare. A tale of a ragtag gang of archers in the Hundred Year's War, The White Company was once the most widely published historical novel after Ivanhoe. So why is it so rarely read today? Joining Ash to discuss The White Company is journalist and biographer Andrew Lycett, who has published two books on Conan Doyle, including a celebrated biography from 2007. Tune in next time to hear more about Andrew's work, and in the meantime check out his publications here:

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Sound Bite: Most Haunted Live

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S3E44 A fascinating conversation today that's a must-listen for all Stevenson enthusiasts. Ash talks more to Jeremy Hodges about Stevenson's time in Paris, the damaging influence of Victorian Edinburgh and the story of Katharine de Mattos. Katharine was Stevenson's cousin and fellow author, who Jeremy has written about in his latest book, Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde. 

You can read Jeremy's biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:

Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)

Purchase a copy of Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde here: 

Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde — Luath Press

Or order one from the fantastic Typewronger Books here: 

Typewronger Books - Home

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S3E43 We're taking a break from Shakespeare but not from the Wars of the Roses. Today we look at another portrait of the civil war in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow. 

Joining Ash to talk about this lesser known novel by RLS is journalist and author Jeremy Hodges. Tune in next time to hear more about Jeremy's work. You can read his biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:

Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)

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Sound Bite: The Black Arrow (1988) 

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S3E42 In the final Part of Henry VI, we see England descend fully into chaos. Today we discuss violence, ill-blowing winds and the rise of one of Shakespeare's most famous villains. 

Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
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Owen Horsley: 
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
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Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965) 

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S3E41 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Owen Horsley, about adapting Shakespeare, cutting Henry VI, and working for the RSC.

You can visit Owen's website here:
https://www.owenhorsley.com

And get a glimpse of the RSC's The Wars of the Roses here: 
https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-wars-of-the-roses-part-1

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S3E40 It's Part 2 of Henry VI and things are going from bad to worse for King and country. Tune in to hear about witchcraft, beheadings, royal adultery and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. 

Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
@hbachrach

 

Owen Horsley: 
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
@OwenHorsley

Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
@DFActing

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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965) 

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S3E39 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Hailey Bachrach, about adapting Shakespeare, diverse casting and the "protagonist vacuum" in Henry VI.

You can visit Hailey's website here:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/

Sign up to her newsletter, Dramatis Personae:
shakespeare.substack.com

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S3E38 Today, we begin an ambitious podcast trilogy on Shakespeare's earliest history plays - the three parts of Henry VI.  Picking up from where we left off, today's play opens with the funeral of Henry V. For his infant son, the first phase of his reign will be threatened by a French renaissance, and rumbles of civil war in his own country.  

Joining Ash to discuss the Wars of the Roses and Joan of Arc are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

And finally, selections from all three plays are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
@hbachrach

 

Owen Horsley: 
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
@OwenHorsley

Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
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Sound Bite: David Warner in The Wars of the Roses

 

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S3E37 John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights was published posthumously in 1976. Though unfinished, it is a fascinating record of a legendary American writer attempting to translate Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur into modern language. Tune in to learn all about Steinbeck’s process, his interpretation of Malory as a novelist and the mafia connection to King Arthur’s Knights.

Ash is joined today by special guests Caleb James and Spencer Church of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast to provide an American perspective.

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https://drunkenpenwriting.podbean.com/

https://drunkenpenwriting.com/

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Sound Bite: John Steinbeck's Nobel Acceptance Speech

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S3E36 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  is Mark Twain's rollicking attack on the Arthurian romances. Join us today as we discuss Twain, typewriters, and dynamiting wizards out of the water. 

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Sound Bite: The Simpsons. 

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S3E35 Today Ash is joined once again by special guest Aaron Sidwell to talk more about his recent performance of Henry V at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, his YouTube Series Bard from the Barn and the future of theatre in a post-Covid world. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE

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S3E34 We reach the end of Shakespeare's second cycle of English History plays with Henry V - the story of England's glorious King and his famous victories in France. Joining Ash to discuss the play is special guest Aaron Sidwell, who has recently played Henry in a production at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester. 

Watch Aaron's production here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE

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Sound Bite: Derek Jacobi in Henry V (1989).

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S3E33 Following on from our recent episode on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, today Ash talks more to Debbie Cannon about her solo show based on the poem, which premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Find out more about Debbie's play Green Knight here:

www.debbiecannon.org/

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S3E32 Following on from yesterday's episode, today's podcast is an extended interview with Sir Stanley Wells, in which he tells us more about his recent publication All the Sonnets of Shakesepare, co-authored with Paul Edmondson. 

You can buy yourself a copy here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Sonnets-Shakespeare-William/dp/1108490395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S71PL6YL4C9I&dchild=1&keywords=all+the+sonnets+of+shakespeare&qid=1612212351&sprefix=all+the+sonnets+of+shak%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

 

And a copy of Stanley's book Shakespeare & Co. here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Co-Christopher-Middleton-Fletcher/dp/0141017139/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=shakespeare+and+co&qid=1612361654&sr=8-1

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S3E31 In 1609, for the first time, all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets were published. Initially attracting little attention, in the centuries that followed they have been censored, rearranged and scrutinised by critics and cryptomaniacs alike. To discuss the reasons why, Ash is joined by a very special guest: Sir Stanley Wells, who has recently published with Paul Edmondson a new edition of the sonnets. 

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Sonnets-Shakespeare-William/dp/1108490395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S71PL6YL4C9I&dchild=1&keywords=all+the+sonnets+of+shakespeare&qid=1612212351&sprefix=all+the+sonnets+of+shak%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

Sound Bite: Star Trek (1969)

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S3E30 A new volume of foul papers featuring a newly found Ted Hughes recording, the fiendish murder of Fudge Lullaby, the return of Haggis McTouristboard and a very special mystery interviewee for Adam... 

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S3E29 It's Burns Night! And to celebrate, here's an episode all about the Caledonian Bard's witch tale, Tam o' Shanter. Tune in for a discussion of Burns in Edinburgh, the folk tale origin of his story and the poem's sumptuous use of rhyme. With apologies to Scottish accents everywhere. 

Sound Bite: Burns.. The Myth & The Man (1994)

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S3E28 Ash is joined by actor and writer Debbie Cannon to discuss a classic of medieval literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tune in for a discussion of alliterative verse, the pitfalls of chivalry and the unusual agency of female characters on show in this extraordinary poem, written in the days of Chaucer and translated by the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien and Simon Armitage. 

Check back tomorrow for an extended interview with Debbie, and in the mean time you can find her work at www.debbiecannon.org

Sound Bite: Sword of the Valiant (1984)

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S3E27 Finally! After three attempts, Ash and Adam have at last recorded an episode on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Join us for a festive discussion about Victorian Christmases, ghosts, quibbling and our favourite adaptations of this classic tale.
Thank you everyone for the support in 2020 and a very happy new year to all our listeners! 

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S3E26 A rusty return to Foul Papers featuring an appalling American accent, a hardboiled poem from Irvine Welsh, a big fat quiz and an episode of Barclay and Woof. 

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S3E25 Let's have a day off the Plantagenets and King Arthur, and go fishing with Ted Hughes in a pond as deep as England.

Funnily enough, what we reel in will take us right back to Shakespeare, as we discuss everything from Williamson's Salmon to Wittgenstein's Lion. 
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Sound Bite: Ted Hughes reading Pike. 

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S3E24 Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to talk more in detail about their wonderful work: namely, casting, rehearsing and performing live on Zoom a new Shakespeare play every week! Something they've done since March, and are now close to having performed the entire Shakespeare canon. 

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO's production of Henry IV, Part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=1783s

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

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S3E23 Previously on the Plantagenets: Prince Hal, the future King Henry V had proved his royal chops by killing Hotspur at the Battle of Shrewsbury. His father lies gravely ill. Falstaff continues to entertain, but for him too, time is running out.

Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to discuss Henry IV Part 2. 

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

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Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 2 (BBC, 1979).
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S3E22 We’re back on Shakespeare's History plays, picking up a year or so after the events of Richard II. Today, Ash is joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey - co-creators of The Show Must Go Online - to discuss Henry IV, Part 1.

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=8219s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

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Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 1 (RSC, 2017), Henry IV, Part 1 (The Brussels Shakespeare Societry, 1974)
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S3E21 It's closing time in the bingo hall, as Adam and Ash have run out of both balls and patience. One last trundle from Mr. Patterson gives us more fascinating background on all the husbands in his Slop to Sling at Women #94 and some amazing lasagne. Apologies for giving up, and just apologies. 

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S3E20 Today, we have an extended interview with Tom Williams, biographer of Raymond Chandler. Check out yesterday's episode on the life of Chandler, and get Tom's fantastic book A Mysterious Something in the Light here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio

You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81

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Sound Bite: Raymond Chandler talking to Ian Fleming.
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S3E19 Today, Ash is joined by Tom Williams to talk about the life of Raymond Chandler. Tom has written a fantastic biography of Chandler called A Mysterious Something in the Light - which you can find on Amazon using the link below:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio

You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81

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Sound Bite: Raymond Chandler talking to Ian Fleming.
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S3E18 Following on from the blood, thunder and turbulent priests of yesterday's episode, today Ash is joined once again by Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T. S. Eliot Society to discuss his work as one of the editors of Eliot's Complete Prose, the release of the Emily Hale archive and the work of the Society.

International T. S. Eliot Society:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/

 

Back issues of the Society newsletter, Time Present:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/newsletter.htm

 

David E. Chinitz's T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide (U Chicago, 2003)

https://www.amazon.com/T-S-Eliot-Cultural-Divide/dp/0226104478/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=David+E.+Chinitz%27s+T.+S.+Eliot+and+the+Cultural+Divide&qid=1599674228&sr=8-1

 

Ronald Schuchard's Eliot's Dark Angel (Oxford UP, 1999)

https://www.amazon.com/Eliots-Dark-Angel-Intersections-Life-dp-019510417X/dp/019510417X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599674253

 

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Sound Bite: TS Eliot reading "The Hollow Men". All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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S3E17 Ash is joined today by special guest, Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T.S. Eliot Society, to discuss the poet's 1935 play, Murder in the Cathedral.  To find out more about the society, check the links below to visit their website and see some of the work written by their members. 

International T. S. Eliot Society:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/

 

Back issues of the Society newsletter, Time Present:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/newsletter.htm

 

David E. Chinitz's T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide (U Chicago, 2003)

https://www.amazon.com/T-S-Eliot-Cultural-Divide/dp/0226104478/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=David+E.+Chinitz%27s+T.+S.+Eliot+and+the+Cultural+Divide&qid=1599674228&sr=8-1

 

Ronald Schuchard's Eliot's Dark Angel (Oxford UP, 1999)

https://www.amazon.com/Eliots-Dark-Angel-Intersections-Life-dp-019510417X/dp/019510417X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599674253

 

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S3E16 Today we discuss the delightful first entry in T.H. White's Arthurian epic The Once and Future King. A novel "unique in it's creation of a childhood for King Arthur" (here nicknamed the Wart), The Sword in the Stone shows the future King of England receiving tuition from Merlyn. Join us for talk about favourite childhood reads, missing cannibals and tyrant pike.

 

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S3E15 Following on from our episode on Richard II, Ash is joined once again by Gregory Gudgeon, to talk about his fabulous production of the play, as well as the art of verse speaking, puppetry and much more. 

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S3E14 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Gregory Gudgeon to talk about Richard II, Shakespeare’s most lyrical history play. Gregory has recently performed the role in the fantastic production Puppet King Richard II, which you can hear more about in tomorrow’s extended interview.

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S3E13 Enjoy today's installment of Lady Crime - which is heavy on airports, men and nothing happening, but was excitingly recorded in an all new bingo-hall. 

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S3E12 A contentious episode today as Ash and Adam discuss Edward III, a play about the medieval King, which might have been written by William Shakespeare. 
We're going to say it was for today, in order to better place it among our other episodes on Shakespeare's History plays. Because as we'll see, Edward looms large over the Plantagenets to come. 

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S3E11 *ERIC. I mean ERIC Weinstein throughout. Pls don't suicide me. 

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S3E10 Following on from yesterday's chat with Michael Smith about the alliterative Morte Arthur, today we have an extended interview in which Ash asks Michael about the process of translating from Middle English, his lino-cut prints, and where he got started with medieval literature. His book recommendation is Richard II by Nigel Saul from the Yale English Monarchs Series. To pledge towards Michael's upcoming translation of the Morte Arthure, or to purchase any of his prints, or a signed edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, visit: 

www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

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S3E9 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Michael Smith to talk about the alliterative Morte Arthur, a long poem composed in the 14^th century. Michael is completing a new tranlsation of the poem, and so we’re very lucky to have him share some insights into the Alliterative’s Arthur’s provenance, it’s original readership, the joy of alliterative verse and its connections to other medieval Arthurian works such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Join us tomorrow for an extended chat about Michael’s work and in the meantime visit his website to pre-order a copy of his new translation:

www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

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S3E8 And so we march on through the bingo hall of death and dullness. This week features talk about James Patterson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, an overly elaborate DUI and a whole lot of zero, zip, nada. 

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S3E7 Today, Christopher Marlowe takes us back to Elizabethan theatre! We’re going to be spending quite a lot of time with the Plantagenet Kings of England, and today we meet our first family member, Edward II. Tune in to find out about the real Edward, Marlowe’s inspiration and sources, and how the play has been received critically over the centuries.

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S3E6 The James Patterson Bingo experiment continues and the horror is setting in. 

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