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372: Discussing: York Plays 2025 with Matthew Sergi
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This discussion is with organiser Matthew Sergi, Associate Professor of English (Medieval Drama), University of Toronto about the York Plays 2025. Performing on Saturday 7th June 2025, (8th if there is rain) starting at 6am will be 17 performance groups who will present all the York Plays, repeating their performances on replica wagon stages.
As ever with these discussions, we go on a number of tangents, but they're really good tangents.
Find out more at yorkplays.ca where there is a host of useful information - and go, if you can. Seriously GO! It's going to be epic!
We mention in the episode the editor of the texts for the cycle, Christina M. Fitzgerald - who we interviewed back in 2019! https://audioboom.com/posts/7297248-discussing-the-york-corpus-christi-play
Our patrons received this episode a week early!
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at [email protected], follow us on social media @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondShakespeare
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
As ever with these discussions, we go on a number of tangents, but they're really good tangents.
Find out more at yorkplays.ca where there is a host of useful information - and go, if you can. Seriously GO! It's going to be epic!
We mention in the episode the editor of the texts for the cycle, Christina M. Fitzgerald - who we interviewed back in 2019! https://audioboom.com/posts/7297248-discussing-the-york-corpus-christi-play
Our patrons received this episode a week early!
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at [email protected], follow us on social media @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondShakespeare
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
606 episodes
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Manage episode 481619959 series 2291433
Content provided by Robert Crighton and Beyond Shakespeare. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Robert Crighton and Beyond Shakespeare or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.
This discussion is with organiser Matthew Sergi, Associate Professor of English (Medieval Drama), University of Toronto about the York Plays 2025. Performing on Saturday 7th June 2025, (8th if there is rain) starting at 6am will be 17 performance groups who will present all the York Plays, repeating their performances on replica wagon stages.
As ever with these discussions, we go on a number of tangents, but they're really good tangents.
Find out more at yorkplays.ca where there is a host of useful information - and go, if you can. Seriously GO! It's going to be epic!
We mention in the episode the editor of the texts for the cycle, Christina M. Fitzgerald - who we interviewed back in 2019! https://audioboom.com/posts/7297248-discussing-the-york-corpus-christi-play
Our patrons received this episode a week early!
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at [email protected], follow us on social media @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondShakespeare
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
As ever with these discussions, we go on a number of tangents, but they're really good tangents.
Find out more at yorkplays.ca where there is a host of useful information - and go, if you can. Seriously GO! It's going to be epic!
We mention in the episode the editor of the texts for the cycle, Christina M. Fitzgerald - who we interviewed back in 2019! https://audioboom.com/posts/7297248-discussing-the-york-corpus-christi-play
Our patrons received this episode a week early!
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at [email protected], follow us on social media @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org
You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live - https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondShakespeare
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.
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