# John Lyly
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john lyly (Lilly or Lylie; ; c. 1553 or 1554 – November 1606) was an English writer, poet, dramatist, and courtier, best known during his lifetime for his books Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578) and Euphues and His England (1580), and perhaps best remembered now for his plays. Lyly's mannered literary style, originating in his first books, is known as euphuism.
Mini: Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers with Darren Freebury-Jones
In today's episode, we are joined by Shakespeare scholar, Darren Freebury-Jones, to discuss his soon-to-be-released book, Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers, which explores how Shakespeare was influenced by his fellow contemporary dramatists like John Lyly, Ben Johnson, and Christopher Marlowe, and ho…
339: Discussing: Borrowed Feathers with Darren Freebury-Jones
This week it's another chat with Dr Darren Freebury-Jones about... a lot of playwrights. This chat most stays within the Elizabethan world of dramatists, inspired by Dr Jones book Sxxxxxxxxx's Borrowed Feathers, which will be available in October 2024. So there's a lot about Marlowe, Lyly, Kyd, Gre…
Midsummer Nights Dream: are true love and sexual attraction magic tricks?
“The course of true love never did run smooth.”
It certainly did not in Shakespeare’s psychedelic fantasy about cross-dressing, polyamory, speaking truth to power and tik-tok – centuries before the internet. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is endlessly adapted and readapted. At its heart, it’s a play ab…
The Deep Dive: Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers with Dr Darren Freebury-Jones
Hello, listeners, and welcome to Season 5, Episode 3 of A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare!
In this episode, I talk with Dr Darren Freebury-Jones about his monograph ’Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers’, spanning Thomas Kyd, John Lyly, John Fletcher, and, of course, the great Bard himself.
Dr Darren F…
Shakespeare and his contemporaries, with Darren Freebury-Jones
What does it mean to be called an “upstart crow”? In 1592, a pamphlet titled Greene’s groats-worth of witte described William Shakespeare, in the first allusion to him as a playwright, with this phrase, calling him “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.” This phrase sparked centuries of sp…
358: Discussing: Mucedorus with AMP Theatre Company
This week we have a chat with Allison and Mark Pajor of AMP Theatre Company, who recently produced a version of Mucedorus. Coming soon, a production of Galatea by John Lyly!Find out more about them and their work at https://www.amptheatrecompany.org/Our patrons received this episode a month in adva…
Episode 316 - Practical Magic in Tudor England with Dr Tabitha Stanmore
Host Natalie Grueninger interviews Dr Tabitha Stanmore about cunning folk in Tudor and early modern England — the everyday practitioners of practical magic who offered healing, fortune-telling, love spells and buried-treasure rituals.
They discuss how cunning folk differed from accused witches, th…
Episode #23 - Kat Harrison
In this episode of Glasgow Sessions, Richard sits down with actor, writer, director, voice‑over artist and acting coach Kat Harrison – the working‑class creative force behind Chaos Collective and Break A Leg Academy (BALA).
They talk about Kat’s journey from youth theatre in Cumbernauld to foundin…
As You Like It: Women and Boys on Shakespeare's Stage
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In this episode, we look at the women and boys whose performances shaped the depiction of women on Shakespeare's stage. We start in Italy, discussing…
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