The Life of Ben Jonson part Three: ‘There is no Greater Hell Than to be a Prisoner of Fear’

Episode 145:Continuing the story of Ben Jonson’s life from the point where just as he starts to make his mark in the theatre scene everything goes very badly wrong for him.‘The Isle of Dogs’ at the Swan TheatreThe closure of the London TheatresJonson in prisonHow the London theatres reopenedThe Swan and Pembroke’s MenSpeculation on the content of ‘The Isle of Dogs’Jonson’s other early work for the theatreJonson and the Lord Chamberlin’s MenJonson’s duel with Gabriel SpencerJonson in prison againThe conversion to CatholicismJonson’s trial and taking ‘the benefit of the clergy’Support the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.patreon.com/thoetpwww.ko-fi.com/thoetp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A podcast tracing the development of theatre from ancient Greece to the present day through the places and people who made theatre happen. More than just dates and lists of plays we'll learn about the social. political and historical context that fostered the creation of dramatic art.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.