Brome — Podcast Episodes — The Hurly Burly Shakespeare Show!

Podcast Episodes

What happens when two bawdy, Early Modern word-nerds sit down to talk about all things Shakespeare? You get "The Hurly Burly Shakespeare Show!": an irreverent mix of entertainment and scholarly content suitable for novices and hard-core “Bardolaters” alike. Jess (The Scholar) and Aubrey (The Practitioner) discuss the plays of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries, as well as other fascinating aspects of the Early Modern period’s lively theatre and print culture. “The Hurly Burly Shakespeare Show!” features the latest “Shakes-bubble” gossip, Burbage Breaks, nerdy games, hot takes and absolute havoc as Jess and Aubrey attempt to summarize each play in five minutes or less. Or not. We do what we want! Come for the Hurly, stay for the Burly: we guarantee you’ll learn something new with every episode.

The characters in Richard Brome’s play A Jovial Crew do exactly what most of us cannot in this ‘Rona Age: they go cavorting about in large groups! In Public! So we use this play to get out a little cabin fever of our own. We invite you to Meet the Contemporary, Richard Brome, about whom the only thing we really know for sure is that he was Ben Jonson’s #1 Fanboy; we play a new game - BYO Crew - to help us think about our own “Jovial Crew”; and we have tons of fresh ShakesBubble Gossip. We hope the Merry Beggars of A Jovial Crew brighten your day. #stayhome #washyourhands

Here are the links from this week’s ShakesBubble Gossip:

Hidden Room’s “German Puppet Hamlet” Der Berstrafte Brudermord
The article about Shakespeare’s newly-revealed collaborator, Thomas Watson.
What Shakespeare Actually Did During the Plague (New Yorker article)