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The History Of European TheatreSejanus His Fall: ‘Ambition Makes More Trusty Slaves Than Need’Episode 203: We now stay in the world of the Elizabethan interpretation of classical history and myth with Ben Jonson’s next play ‘Sejanus His Fall’. Rooted more firmly in history than myth Jonson’s play uses the story of a power struggle motivated by personal ambition to look at the nature of power, justice and politics. This was quite evidently dangerous ground for a playwright already known for his clashes with the authorities, but it was not just that commentary of contemporary politics that got Jonson into trouble with this play. A brief word on the un...
2026-02-0236 min
Beyond ShakespeareDiscussing: Sejanus by Ben Jonson
Today we're having a chat with Nathan Winkelstein of Red Bull Theater about their upcoming Revelation Reading of Sejanus by Ben Jonson. Performing in New York, but also live streaming around the world on 26th January 2026 - the recording accessible for the week following. Do support this show, or the following production (in person) of The Roaring Girl, if you can. From their mission statement: "RED BULL THEATER brings rarely seen classic plays to dynamic new life for contemporary audiences. Our work unites a respect for tradition with a modern sensibility." And we can't support that sentiment more highly.
2026-01-1627 min
Theatre or Theater for BeginnersTheater of Ben Jonson – Comedy of HumoursOn a bright morning in 1606, in a lavish chamber in Venice, a rich old man lies draped in silks on a makeshift sickbed. He groans feebly, as if at death’s door. One by one, the most eminent gentlemen of the city tiptoe into his room, each bearing extravagant gifts – gold plate, jewels, a luxuriously embroidered cap. They coo sympathetic words to the “dying” man, calling him noble Signor Volpone, praising his virtue, praying for his recovery. But as soon as each hopeful visitor departs, Volpone leaps from his bed with a spry grin. There is nothing sickly about him at a...
2025-12-3027 min
That Shakespeare Life“What Masque? What Music?” Ben Jonson & the Art of Court Spectacle"Say, what abridgement have you for this evening? What masque? what music? How shall we beguile The lazy time, if not with some delight?" — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V, Scene 1 There are over a dozen mentions of masques, masquers, and masquing in Shakespeare's plays, and when it came to masques in England for the 16-17th century, no one did them better than Ben Jonson, who was known for staging truly spectacular feats of gradeur at the court of James I. Our guest is Martin Butler, Professor of Renaiss...
2025-12-2932 min
Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors[YouTube Drop] Ben Jonson’s Deadly DuelIn 1598, playwright Ben Jonson (rival and friend of Shakespeare) faced actor Gabriel Spencer in a duel at Hoxton Fields. Spencer was killed, and Jonson landed in prison, facing execution for murder. He escaped the noose through a loophole in Tudor law known as benefit of clergy and walked free, branded but alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-09-2608 min
Shakespeare Anyone?Mini: Court Masques and How They Shaped Shakespeare's PlaysWant to support the podcast? Join our Patreon or buy us a coffee. As an independent podcast, Shakespeare Anyone? is supported by listeners like you. In this mini-episode, we explore the world of the Court Masque, a form of entertainment that flourished in the Tudor and Stuart courts. From its roots in medieval pageantry and music to its height as a vehicle for royal celebration and political display of wealth, the masque became a defining cultural event during Shakespeare's time. While Shakespeare never wrote a Court Masque, we will explore how Ben Jonson's Hymenaei may ha...
2025-08-2719 minThe History Of European TheatreEvery Man Out of his Humour: ‘Art Hath an Enemy Called Ignorance’Episode 178:Ben Jonson's humours play 'Every Man in His Humour' was a big success and Jonson chose to name his next comedy in a very similar way, just substituting ‘in’ for ‘out’, no doubt to capitalise on the success of the earlier play by letting the public know that this was going to be a play in a very similar vein, and although there are no points where the plots or characters cross over during the plays the humour and satire are similar. However, there are also some significant differences between the two plays with the latter off...
2025-07-2136 minThe History Of European TheatreThe Case is Altered: ‘It Is the Pleasure of Our Fates That We Should Thus Be Wracked on Fortunes Wheel’Episode 174:Ben Jonson's erliest play. Here we have the bricklayer’s son trying to make his way in the theatre and with the court. Until James came to the throne, he was pretty unsuccessful in the latter and as far as we can tell more of less from the off his life writing for the public theatre was controversial. I recounted the events surrounding Johnson and Nashe’s play ‘The Isle of Dogs’ as part of Jonson’s life story and ‘The Case Is Altered’ probably pre-dates those events. What we can be sure of is that by 1597, the mo...
2025-06-2331 min
A Teenager's Take on ShakespeareShakespeare in Oxford: The JCSP with Dr Peter SuttonHello listeners, and welcome back to A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare! In this episode, I open up my discussion of Shakespeare in Oxford with Dr Peter Sutton, covering Jesus College’s impressive Shakespeare Project, and learn a thing or two about directing student productions!Dr Peter Sutton is Alumni Engagement Manager of Jesus College, Oxford and Artistic Director of the Jesus College Shakespeare Project. He read English at St Hugh's College, Oxford before moving to the University of St Andrews where he completed a Master's in Shakespeare and Rena...
2025-05-131h 03
Horrorwood: True Crime in TinseltownDrama Duel: Benjamin Jonson vs. Gabriel SpencerWelcome to the life of Benjamin Jonson—widely regarded as the second-best playwright of the Elizabethan era and ALWAYS in competition with Shakespeare. Before rising to literary fame, Jonson was part of the Admiral’s Men acting troupe in London, where he found himself caught in deadly dramas on and offstage. In 1598, he killed actor Gabriel Spencer in a duel—an encounter that turned fatal with a man already known for his violent streak.
Episode Sources:
“The Revels Plays: The Alchemist” by Ben Jonson, edited by F.H. Mares, Manchester University Press, copyright F.H. Mares...
2025-05-051h 04
Close ReadingsLove and Death: Elegies for children by Ben Jonson, Anne Bradstreet, Geoffrey Hill and Elizabeth BishopThis episode looks at four poems whose subject would seem to lie beyond words: the death of a child. A defining feature of elegy is the struggle between poetic eloquence and inarticulate grief, and in these works by Ben Jonson, Anne Bradstreet, Geoffrey Hill and Elizabeth Bishop we find that tension at its most acute. Mark and Seamus consider the way each poem deals with the traditional demand of the elegy for consolation, and what happens when the form and language of love poetry subverts elegiac conventions.
Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To...
2025-02-1714 min
Love and DeathElegies for children by Ben Jonson, Anne Bradstreet, Geoffrey Hill and Elizabeth BishopThis episode looks at four poems whose subject would seem to lie beyond words: the death of a child. A defining feature of elegy is the struggle between poetic eloquence and inarticulate grief, and in these works by Ben Jonson, Anne Bradstreet, Geoffrey Hill and Elizabeth Bishop we find that tension at its most acute. Mark and Seamus consider the way each poem deals with the traditional demand of the elegy for consolation, and what happens when the form and language of love poetry subverts elegiac conventions.
Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from...
2025-02-1713 minThe History Of European TheatreA Midsummer Night’s Dream: ‘Man Is but An Ass If He Go About to Expound This Dream’Episode 151Having finished with Ben Jonson’s biography we can now go back in time just a little to work through Shakespeare’s and Jonson’s plays in more detail. By the early 1590s was then the man of the theatrical moment, no longer the young upstart, but the proven playmaker and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ surely did nothing but enhance that reputation and it has been popular ever since.A brief synopsis of the playThe dating of the playSuggested settings for the play as a wedding celebr...
2025-01-1333 minThe History Of European TheatreThe Life of Ben Jonson Part Six: ‘Posterity Pays Every Man His Honour’Episode 149The life story of Ben Jonson concludes with events after the publication of his first folio to his death in 1637.‘Bartholomew Fair’, a different sort of Jonson play.The finances of the court become more problematic, and Jonson earns and spends money.The trend for ‘projectors’ and Jonson becomes involved with Sir Willian Cockayne.‘The Devil is an Ass’ satires money making projects.Jonson is honoured by Oxford and Cambridge universities.Jonson devotes a decade to poetry and scholarship.‘The tribe of Ben’ forms at...
2024-12-3033 min
Something Shakespeare This Way ComesEp 31: T.S. Eliot on Shakespeare (CORRECTED)It has come to my attention that I recently uploaded this with the wrong audio attached. Cool! It's about T.S. Eliot now, I promise.
This episode we are discussing my man T.S. Eliot, who wrote era defining poetry but also penned probably the most famous one-star review of the Hamlet that exists. What was his problem with Hamlet (the play) and Hamlet (the character), exactly?
We’ll be looking at that notorious essay and the argument that Eliot crafts in it. Then we will also consider some other factors that play into this Ha...
2024-12-1949 minThe History Of European TheatreThe Life of Ben Jonson part Five: ‘Tis the House of Fame, Sir’Episode 148:The life of Ben Jonson continues after he is released from prison after the publication of 'Eastward Ho!'Jonson’s possible involvement in the gunpowder plot and it’s aftermath.Jonson writes a masque for the marriage of Frances Howard and Robert Devereaux.Jonson defends his religious position in the face of recusancy fines.‘Volpone’ is performed at The Globe as Jonson continues to produce masques.‘Epicene or the Silent Woman’ is performed at the Whitefriars Theatre.‘The Alchemist’ is performed at Oxford in a t...
2024-12-1633 minThe History Of European TheatreThe Life of Ben Jonson part Four: The Playhouse, the Court, and ‘The Masque of Blackness’Episode 146:The banning of printed satire.‘Every Man Out of His Humour’ is produced by The Lord Chamberlin’s Men.‘Cynthia’s Revels’ is performed at court but is not well received.‘Poetester’ is performed at the Blackfriars and sparks ‘the war of the poets’ with Dekker and Marston.‘Sejanus: His Fall’ fails to impress.Jonson cultivates friendships with nobility close to the Stuart dynasty.The death of Elizabeth.Entertainments for the arrival of Queen Anne in England.Jonson’s contribution to the offici...
2024-12-0236 minThe History Of European TheatreThe 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 Chamb...
2024-11-2531 minSomething Shakespeare This Way ComesEp 29: Ben Jonson - Shakespeare's Contemporary, Part 2We’re back with more Ben Jonson! This episode we consider
Jonson’s works, his plays for public and private theater, his poetry, and his relationship with the court.
When it comes to how he conducted his career, was also look at the how he differed from Shakespeare. Not as a point of judgement, but just to give us a more complete picture about what men did with their writing and how this (ironically) makes it more unfair to try to compare them.
Ultimately, knowing more about Jonson helps us know more
about the sixteenth and...
2024-11-1555 minThe History Of European TheatreThe Life of Ben Jonson Part Two: He That is Taught Only by Himself Has a Fool for a MasterEpisode 143:The second part of the life of Ben Jonson takes him from his birth, through his years at school and onto working as a bricklayer. He then briefly joined the army before returning to become a player, a poet and a playwright.Jonson’s Scottish ancestry.His father’s loss of position under queen Mary.His Stepfather Robert Brett, bricklayer.Life for the Brett/Jonson family on Christopher LaneJonson’s education at Westminster school.Theatre at the Westminster School.The infl...
2024-11-1133 minThe History Of European TheatreThe Life of Ben Jonson Part One: It’s ComplicatedEpisode 141:In this episode I set us up for a look at the life of Ben Johnson discussing some of the sources for information about his life and how far we can trust them – it’s complicated.Jonson’s 1618 visit to Scotland and why he might have undertaken the journey on foot. His conversations with Drummond of Hawthornden.Jonson’s opinions on other writers as reported by Drummond and thoughts on their validity.Descriptions of Jonson by Aubery and Dekker.The Johnson portrait.How Johns...
2024-10-2831 minSomething Shakespeare This Way ComesEp 28: Ben Jonson - Shakespeare's Contemporary, Part 1Welcome back, gentle listeners, to season 2 and the long-awaited discussion of Ben Jonson! Shakespeare’s colleague, friend, maybe sometimes frenemy, it’s up to us to decide. But definitely someone who knew him and admired (perhaps somewhat begrudgingly) his work.
After diving into the world of biography and various survey and companion type books, I now have a more complete picture of Ben Jonson the guy, and am delighted to inform everything that there is the same amount of nerdy minutia to dive into as there for Shakespeare.
In this episode, we’ll talk about Ben Jo...
2024-10-2655 min
Speaking of ShakespeareSoS # 64 | Tanya Pollard: Ben Jonson and Shakespeare's Tragic WomenThis is a talk with Tanya Pollard of Brooklyn College, City University of New York about Ben Jonson and about her other work on women in Shakespeare and early modern drama.00:00:00 - Intro00:01:34 - Ben Jonson’s ‘The Alchemist’.00:15:12 - Greek tragic women, drama, research methods00:40:15 - Work with theaters in New York City00:52:27 - What brought Tanya to NYC, CUNY00:57:27 - Tanya’s aerial work, the silks01:08:17 - Closing remarks
2024-09-071h 09
The Daily PoemBen Jonson's "Though I be young"Today’s poem is a song from Ben Jonson’s final play, The Sad Shepherd (1641). Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
2024-07-1508 min
Poems for the Speed of LifeS3, E6: "On my First Son" by Ben JonsonWelcome to this episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner, poetry advocate and poet.
This is the sixth episode of this series of the show on the theme of "Fatherhood”.
Today's poem is "On my First Son" by Ben Jonson.
You can read today’s poem here
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For a detailed outline of the mission and purpose behind this podcast, please check out Episode 100, "Why Poems for the Speed of Life?", and Episode 200, "A New Era for Poems for the Speed of Life", in your podcast player.
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2024-06-2807 min
The Classic English Literature Podcast"A Pretty Kind of Game": Ben Jonson's Volpone and The AlchemistSend us a textWe'll finish our look at Ben Jonson's comedies today with perhaps his most well-regarded efforts: Volpone, or The Fox and The Alchemist.Additional music: "In Town Tonight" by Eric Coates, perf. Reginald Dixon. From the Internet Archive.mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring Jewish...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!
2024-06-1734 minThe Classic English Literature PodcastHumorous Humors: Ben Jonson's Early ComediesSend us a textToday, I look askance at two plays by Ben Jonson, whom many see (not me, though) as the greatest English playwright bar Shakespeare: Every Man In His Humour and Every Man Out of His Humour. These have become the paradigmatic examples of the 17th century "comedy of humours."Thank you to the Internet Archive for providing public domain recordings of The Benny Hill Show and Fawlty Towers theme songs.mosaic: Exploring Jewish Issuesmosaic is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's news magazine show, exploring Jewish...Listen on: Ap...
2024-06-0231 min
Get Lit PodcastGet Lit Episode 269: Ben JonsonSend us a textThis week, we examine Shakespeare's contemporary and friend and rival? Ben Jonson! Jonson was a poet, playwright, and general scallywag who bounced back and forth between success and failure. His works are largely considered to be some of the best of the age, and while his stories may not be as well known as Shakespeare, his legacy is one worth hearing about... if anything, for the prison stories!
2024-05-2241 min
The Inklings Variety HourPoetry Thursday: "Surprised by Joy," by William WordsworthThis poetry Thursday, we're taking on "Surprised by Joy," the sonnet by William Wordsworth that gave Lewis' 1955 memoir its title. But beyond a title, does the poem have any connection to Lewis' ideas about joy, grief, and love?
Probably, yes.
Thanks again to Sørina Higgins for selecting and reading this week's (and last week's) poem!
Here's the poem, by the way: Surprised by Joy by William Wordsworth | Poetry Foundation
And here's Ben Jonson's "On My First Son," which is a real tear-jerker: On my First Son by Ben Jon...
2024-04-2506 minShakespeare Anyone?Mini: Ben Jonson, Shakespeare's Colleague and CompetitorIn today's episode, we are exploring the life and works of one of Shakespeare's contemporaries: Ben Jonson. Often called "Shakespeare's rival," Ben Jonson was an early modern actor turned playwright who came from humble beginnings to achieve success on the London stages. We'll dive into the parallels between Shakespeare and Jonson's lives, and we'll discuss how Jonson may be the person who we should thank for Shakespeare's First Folio. Shakespeare Anyone? is created and produced by Kourtney Smith and Elyse Sharp. Music is "Neverending Minute" by Sounds Like Sander. Follow us on...
2024-04-1026 min
On SatireBen Jonson's 'Volpone'What did English satirists do after the archbishop of Canterbury banned the printing of satires in June 1599? They turned to the stage. Within months of the crackdown, the same satirical tricks Elizabethans had read in verse could be enjoyed in theatres. At the heart of the scene was Ben Jonson, who for many centuries has maintained a reputation as the refined, classical alternative to Shakespeare, with his diligent observance of the rules extracted from Roman comedy. In this episode, Colin and Clare argue that this reputation is almost entirely false, that Jonson was as embroiled in the volatile and...
2024-03-0411 min
Close ReadingsOn Satire: Ben Jonson's 'Volpone'What did English satirists do after the archbishop of Canterbury banned the printing of satires in June 1599? They turned to the stage. Within months of the crackdown, the same satirical tricks Elizabethans had read in verse could be enjoyed in theatres. At the heart of the scene was Ben Jonson, who for many centuries has maintained a reputation as the refined, classical alternative to Shakespeare, with his diligent observance of the rules extracted from Roman comedy. In this episode, Colin and Clare argue that this reputation is almost entirely false, that Jonson was as embroiled in the volatile and...
2024-03-0412 min
The Daily PoemBen Jonson's "Song to Celia"Today’s poem from Ben Jonson (also know by its first line, “Drink to me only with thine eyes”) has been arranged and set to music numerous times, and become so familiar that it is often recognizable even to those who no longer associate it with Jonson himself. Jonson’s circle of admirers and friends, who called themselves the “Tribe of Ben,” met regularly at the Mermaid Tavern and later at the Devil’s Head. Among his followers were nobles such as the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle, as well as writers, including Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Sir John Suckl...
2024-02-1506 min
Drinking the Blue Kool-Aid (A Detroit Lions Podcast)Ep. 278 - Is Ben Johnson Overrated?The Blue Kool-Aid krew of Big Z, UJ, and Ruddog recap the Lions 28-13 loss to the Chicago Bears. They discuss the team's continuing 3rd quarter struggles, the offense playing poorly, Ben Jonson's questionable playcalling, and more!Instagram: @drinkingthebluekoolaidTwitter/X: @drinkinglionsYouTube: drinkingthebluekoolaidEmail us your thoughts or record a question/reaction that could be used in the show to drinkingthebluekoolaid@gmail.com.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2023-12-111h 01
Beyond ShakespeareDiscussing: The Alchemist by Ben Jonson with Creation TheatreNB: This episode has been produced with some speed, so it's not as tidy a recording as per usual.Welcome to this pop up episode, chatting with Katie Blackwell and Anna Tolputt of Creation Theatre - who're producing Jonson's Alchemist this October - Tickets on sale now!We chat with Katie about Creation itself, and with show director Anna about the production. In Oxford now (at time of posting) till the 21st October and in London 27th-29th October - book now! https://creationtheatre.co.uk/show/the-alchemist/ Follow Creation on the socials @creationtheatre...
2023-10-1824 min
Beyond ShakespeareDiscussing: Jonson's Every Man Out of His HumourIt's discussing time - this week it's a chat about Every Man Out of His Humour by Ben Jonson, which is getting a production in a couple of weeks in Stratford-upon-Avon. The director is Dr Josh Caldicott, and we have a spoiler free and a spoilerific discussion of the play.
The show is performing from 27th to 30th September at the Bear Pit Theatre - tickets can be purchased here - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sweet-sorrow-theatre-company/every-man-out-of-his-humour/e-xrarjk
The theatre company Sweet Sorrow can be found here - https://www.sweetsorrowtc.com/our-productions
Our...
2023-09-1535 min
Beyond ShakespeareDiscussing: John Fletcher's Roman PlaysIt's time for a discussion of John Fletcher's Roman plays, with Domenico Lovascio, Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Genoa, who has written two books in this area. John Fletcher's Rome and a new edition of The False One, a play by Fletcher and Massinger.
They are both excellent texts - and I wasn't paid to say that, though I did get freebies for this episode so I might be biased. Both books are available via the below links. Manchester University Press have a mailing list, and if you join that, there are discounts available I...
2023-09-0148 min
The Story of WritingStory of Writing June 11, 2023One of the most searing days for civil rights in the 20th Century: Thích Quảng Đức, George Wallace, Vivian Malone, James Hood, President John F. Kennedy, and Medgar Evers. It's the birthday of dramatist and poet Ben Jonson and the birthday of actor Gene Wilder. Today's reading is Jonson's "Song: to Celia."
2023-06-1104 min
The Cultured BumpkinBen Jonson | TruthHere's a short poem by English playwright and poet Ben Jonson (1572-1637) on Truth....To Support The Cultured Bumpkin, check out:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jakephillips116(if you go to the “Extras” tab you can find eBooks and recordings for a few paltry dollars)To hear my commercial demos or book me to read your original work, check out:My Commercial Demos(Just clicking this link is helpful as its an algorithm based site. Do it! Do it!)
2023-04-2700 min
Citation NeededBen JonsonBenjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637)[2] was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour[3] (1598), Volpone, or The Fox (c. 1606), The Alchemist (1610) and Bartholomew Fair (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. "He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I." Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a per episode basis, you...
2023-03-1541 min
Awesome AudiobooksThe Devil is an Ass by Ben JonsonThe Devil is an Ass by Ben JonsonBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/awesome-audiobooks--4788468/support.
2023-01-193h 22
Poetry For AllEpisode 45: Ben Jonson, On My First SonIn this episode, we look at Ben Jonson's elegy for his son who died of the plague at the age of 7. This poem is so brief, and yet, it manages to cross a lot of emotional terrain as Jonson struggles to understand the profundity of his loss.
Here is the poem:
On my First Son
Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy.
Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay,
Exacted by thy fate, on...
2022-03-2321 min
A Year with Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf of BooksEpisode 5: Darwin and the Beagle (the boat, not the dog), Sophocles, Cervantes, Malory, Shakespeare, Jonson, and CarlyleIn Episode 5, I explore Darwin at the extremities of the earth, Sophocles with the aftermath of Oedipus the King, Don Quixote's joust with the windmill, the kickoff of the quest for the Holy Grail, Ben Jonson's house full of conmen and prostitutes, and Carlyle's characteristics of human genius.
About “A Year With”: a weekly podcast where we will learn more about great ideas from our common history – good ideas and bad ideas – by reading together for an entire year. For 2022, we will explore the Harvard Classics, also known as Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf of Books, a world li...
2022-02-0525 min
Harvard ClassicsIntroductory Note: Ben JonsonIntroductory note on Ben Jonson (Volume 47, Harvard classics)
2022-02-0301 minHarvard ClassicsThe Alchemist (Act I), by Ben JonsonWhile the cat's away the mice will play. Boisterous and ludicrous happenings occur in a house left in charge of a servant. But in midst of merriment the master returns. (Volume 47, Harvard Classics)Ben Jonson receives life pension from James 1, Feb. 3, 1619.
2022-02-0322 min
The Bicks PodEpisode 65 - Shakespeare ScholarshipWe are not Shakespeare scholars. We have neither the education, resources, or frankly the intelligence to engage with Shakespeare’s work the way anyone who’s actually published a paper about Shakespeare does.
We are amateurs.
But none of the names we’re talking about today are amateurs. All of them have left some sort of important imprint on the study of Shakespeare. And we've rounded up the highlights and put our own Bicks-ified spin on it for your listening pleasure. We hope you'll enjoy!
Links:
A decent history summary (via Encyclopedia Britan...
2021-10-191h 30
That Shakespeare LifeEp 161: The Mermaid Tavern with Michelle O'CallaghanIn Elizabethan England on the corner of Friday Street and Bread Street was a fine dining and drinking establishment called the Mermaid Tavern. The building itself burned down in the Great Fire of London in 1666, but the legend of this storied tavern lives on through the records of people like Ben Jonson and 17th century travel writer Thomas Coryat, who wrote about the Mermaid Tavern in the early 1600s, when Shakespeare was in his late 40s to early 50s, describing it as the meeting place of Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a drinking club that met on the first Friday...
2021-05-1739 min
Critical ReadingsCR Episode 77: Ben Jonson’s Critical EyeThe panel discusses Ben Jonson's role as critic and author of the Elizabethan age, and reads four of his poems, including several of his Epigrams, before concluding with his rhapsodic ode written in memory of his friend, William Shakespeare.Continue reading
2021-05-101h 02
2021-04-2600 min
Saturday Morning Words + CoffeeTo Celia - Ben JonsonReading and talking about To Celia (aka: Drink to me only with thine eyes) by Ben Jonson. A love poem that has been put to music countless times down through the centuries.
2021-04-2407 min
A Bit LitDerek Dunne, Tom Harrison and Paul Salzman discuss Ben Jonson’s The AlchemistDerek Dunne, Tom Harrison and Paul Salzman discuss Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-04-1625 min
United DailyLowdown on Real Sociedad & Ole Hints At Defence Overhaul! United Daily (with Special Guest La Liga reporter Alexandra Jonson)La Liga reporter Alexandra Jonson gives us the lowdown on Real Sociedad. United fans Neil and Barry also join Ben to look ahead to today's game against Real Sociedad in the Europa League. United recently have struggled defensively. Ole hinted in his press conference about changes. We will discuss the BIGGEST talking points ahead of tonight's match.
Lowdown on Real Sociedad & Ole Hints At Defence Overhaul! United Daily (with Special Guest La Liga reporter Alexandra Jonson)
2021-02-2152 min
Beyond ShakespeareDiscussing: The Devil is an Ass by Ben JonsonToday we're discussing The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson, that has just received the full cast audio adaptation treatment by The Lords of Misrule, an amateur dramatics society based at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. Forced by lockdown to go online, their live performances have gone digital. Robert is joined by Nic Peard, co-director and editor of the production, and producer Ross McIntire, to discuss the play, the production, and future plans for more shows. You can listen to the play on YouTube here - https://youtu.be/EDfy-R_cHoY...
2021-02-0442 min
Sushma SaysIt is not growing like a tree- Ben JonsonThe famous poem It Is Not Growing Like A Tree is written by a well -known poet Ben Jonson who is a great poet of English literature. A reformer whose aim is to guide mankind by a moral message about the ways of life. Sushma Says, the poem deals with the perfect life. Listen and Enjoy.
2021-02-0304 min
Beyond ShakespeareExploring: Christmas Bits! (Old Christmas/His Masque)First of our Christmas specials - a return to Old Christmas, a fragment we've already looked at with another room, and Christmas, His Masque by Ben Jonson - our first masque, and our first complete work by Jonson. Which is nice.
The Beyond Shakespeare Irregulars this episode were Eric Karoulla as Gluttony, New Year; Liza Graham as Riot, Gambol, Offer; Emma Kemp as Good Order, Carol, Cupid; Sarah Blake as Prayer, Venus.
The host was Robert Crighton.
The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we wo...
2020-12-071h 20
Ceramic ChickensThe Attorney Part 1Meet Billy Blasser, one of Mikey's dearest friends and confidant. Billy's gotten Mikey out of jam after jam with no end in sight. Get insight from one of the best people we know who also happens to sound like a cross between a Casey and Ben Affleck❤
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2020-12-0554 min
Turned On#327: Bonobo, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Mathew Jonson, Tilman, LxuryMusic from Shall Not Fade, Balkan Vinyl, Cynosure, Night People NYC…
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2020-09-281h 00
Step Inside A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Best-Selling.15 Minutes of Love Poems - Volume 6 by Ben Jonson, Edward Lear, Ralph Waldo EmersonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/220664to listen full audiobooks.
Title: 15 Minutes of Love Poems - Volume 6
Series: 15 Minutes of Love Poems, Book 6
Author: Ben Jonson, Edward Lear, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Narrator: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
Format: mp3
Length: 15 mins
Release date: 09-03-20
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Love
Publisher's Summary:
Here, in this volume history’s greatest poets convey thoughts, feelings and sentiments of love to you in quick (or bite-size) conversations of verse that can slip into your day and your partner's heart.
2020-09-0315 min
Ask a MedievalistAsk a MedievalistSummary:
Em and Jesse discuss the inspiration behind the podcast and try to answer a few questions: What are the Middle Ages? How are they different from the Dark Age? Where did the name “Middle Ages” come from? Why study the Middle Ages? Also, Jesse makes controversial claims about Christopher Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus.
Notes, Corrections, and Citations:
1/ This is the comic referenced.
2/ Neil Gaiman (esp. Sandman) / Reading Rainbow. This was a Twitter Thing (actual tweets can be seen here)…here’s an older podcast LeVar Burton did reading a Neil Gaiman...
2020-04-1657 min
The Well-Read Catholic6. Hopkins, Jonson, & How Not to Memorize PoetryAnnie and Patrick reconnect after our February hiatus.
Annie recites Fr. Hopkins' God's Grandeur. Patrick recounts reciting it in a thunderstorm atop Mt. Quandary in CO.
Patrick recites Ben Jonson's To Celia, a favorite of the IHP. And Annie recalls the perils of what we try to memorize late in the semester.
Annie talks about her hiatus from Signs of Life during the period of social distancing and how we can support independent bookstores and coffee shops.
Incidentally, Annie calls out Patrick for being pretentious and Patrick cowers behind David Hume's...
2020-03-2029 min
Elite Literary Book Group Presents Poetry FocusPoetry Focus #21: The Elegy and Ben Jonson's "On My First Son"We continue to explore the poetic firm of the elegy. Ben Jonson's "On My First Son" makes use of the apostrophe to draw the reader into communion with the speaker's grief. Find a copy of the poem and other resources at eliteliterarybookgroup.com.
2020-03-1302 min
Embark On A Unforgettable Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Counterplot by Dai GeorgePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/149897to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Counterplot
Author: Dai George
Narrator: Harry Myers
Format: mp3
Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
Release date: 12-23-19
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Renaissance
Publisher's Summary:
It’s 1605 in London, and Ben Jonson, a contemporary of Shakespeare, is finding life a struggle. With his career waning and his patron, Lord D’Aubigny, growing tired of him, he throws caution to the wind and writes a satirical play, Eastward Ho! But its laughs at the expense of the monarch cost Jonson dearly, and he lands in jail with his repu...
2019-12-233h 21
Lectures in Intellectual HistoryBlair Worden - Ben Jonson and LibertyProfessor Blair Worden is an expert on early modern European history and the English Civil War period in particular. He has written numerous books, the principal of which are The Rump Parliament, 1648-1653 (1974), The Sound of Virtue: Philip Sidney's 'Arcadia' and Elizabethan Politics (1996), Roundhead Reputations: The English Civil Wars and the Passions of Posterity (2001), Literature and Politics in Cromwellian England: John Milton, Andrew Marvell, Marchamont Nedham (2007), The English Civil Wars 1640-1660 (2009) and God's Instruments: Political Conduct in the England of Oliver Cromwell (2012). In this lecture, Blair Worden explores Ben Jonson's conception of liberty in relation to the writing of history.
2019-11-0756 min
Beyond ShakespeareDiscussing: Volpone by Ben JonsonDiscussing: Volpone by Ben Jonson
Host Robert Crighton discusses with Charlie Day of Fresh Life Theatre Company their production of Ben Jonson's play Volpone. The show is coming to Bath in October 2019, and there is a kickstarter campaign to help get it on - support them and their work via the links below. And if you'd like to listen to the prologue to the play - it can be heard here.
Support this podcast by going to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare, or follow us @BeyondShakes on Twitter, or visit our website www.beyondshakespeare.org
You can find Fresh Life...
2019-09-2017 min
Such Stuff: The Shakespeare's Globe PodcastThe fun of the fairFor centuries, Bartholomew Fair was held on the 24 August in the heart of London, and people flocked to the notorious streets of Smithfield for the fair, famous for its lawlessness, depravity and general merriment. Ben Jonson’s play Bartholomew Fair brings a cast of characters from across London together in a snapshot of London life. But the raucous comedy has a dark side, and its exploration of class, social standing and just deserts has as much to say now as it did then. It’s about to land in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, brought up to date for 2019. We went behi...
2019-08-2323 min
Beyond ShakespeareThe Malcontent (Epilogue)The Malcontent by John Marston (Epilogue) - Epic Epilogues
Performances of the epilogue to The Malcontent by John Marston - an act of fascinating arse licking to a one time enemy, Ben Jonson. This epilogue is best heard with the War of the Theatres in mind - because it is related to an earlier public spat with Jonson and others. Other epilogues to listen to are Cynthia's Revels and The Poetaster - they're rather fun - though brief extracts are included here.
The epilogue is performed by Fiona Thraille - a British voice actor, narrator and audio producer...
2019-08-0411 min
Beyond ShakespeareThe Poetaster by Ben Jonson (Prologue)The Poetaster by Ben Jonson (Prologue) - What's Past Is Prologue
A performance of the pre-show material to The Poetaster by Ben Jonson. It's a fun start which is very much caught up in attacking Jonson's rivals. We;'re only slightly joking when we suggest you watch this video at the same time as the introduction to the podcast - https://youtu.be/3tmd-ClpJxA
- because there is a relationship between what this prologue is trying to do, and the public feuds that we see in modern media. And they both have snakes.
If you'd like to...
2019-07-0311 min
Beyond ShakespeareCynthia's Revels (Prologue)Cynthia's Revels, or the Fountain of Self Love by Ben Jonson (Prologue) - What's Past Is Prologue
A performance of the prologue to Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson - the opening of the play is fairly complex, with an induction prior to this prologue. And yes, the subtitle is a bit unfortunate, but that's just because you have a filthy mind.
If you'd like to make us to do a full audio production of this play, join us on patreon and choose this play at the next vote. www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare or you can...
2019-05-1801 min
Beyond ShakespeareMortimer, His Fall by Ben JonsonMortimer, His Fall – a tragedy by Ben Jonson (Fragment)
Ben Jonson started writing his play about Mortimer, Earl of March - who was de facto ruler of England after bumping off Edward II - but sadly, he died before finishing it. All that survives is an outline, and this short opening scene between Mortimer and the Queen Mother, Isabell - which we have dutifully recreated for you here. Enjoy.
Mortimer, Earl of March was played by Geir Madland, Isabell, the Queen Mother, by Gillian Horgan, and Ben Jonson’s Arguments by Heydn McCabe. The Beyond Shakes...
2019-03-0709 min
Beyond ShakespeareEpicene (Prologue 1)Epicene by Ben Jonson (Prologue 1) - What's Past Is Prologue
A performance of the first prologue (we have two!) to Epicene or The Silent Woman (c.1609) by Ben Jonson - recorded to frustrate everyone who wants to hear a full production, and as a sitting accusation to the world for not (necessarily) supplying one. NB: Yes, it should be spelled with an OE, but it's annoying to put online, so we went simple.
If you'd like to make us to do a full audio production of this play, join us on patreon and choose this...
2019-01-1702 min
Run it Red with Ben SimsBen Sims 'Run It Red' 047Ben Sims Presents Run It Red 047(tracklist below) A special 3hr edition for Soundcloud/podcast listeners to close out 2018. Killer cuts from the likes of BNJMN, Spencer Parker, Matthew Jonson, Jeroen Search, Neville Watson, Fjaak and many more. Much love to everyone who has contributed music or tuned in this year, see you in 2019 at midnight on Jan 5th! You can also sign up to the podcast via iTunes, Acast or whenever you get your podcasts as well as subscribing to the Spotify playlist of tracks via this link > bit.ly/RUNITREDSPOTIFY please...
2018-12-183h 00
英语有声·短篇故事集William Shakespeare 11更多英文有声读物中英对照同步视频请加V信公众号：yyxxzlk11 The last yearsWill did write another play, of course. That was Henry VIII and he wrote it because the King’s daughter, Princess Elizabeth, was getting married. The King’s Men had to have a new play for a special day like that.We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe, and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June, 1613. I remember the date well.It happened soon after the play began. Richard Burbage was on stage and he suddenly looked up and stopped in the middle of...
2018-07-0304 min英语有声·短篇故事集William Shakespeare 09（附文稿）更多英文有声读物中英对照同步视频请加V信公众号：yyxxzlk9 The Mermaid TavernDuring the next few years the plague was always with us. Some years it was bad, other years not so bad. When the theatres in London closed, we went on tour. Well, the King’s Men did. Will and I were mostly at home in Stratford in the summers. Will was usually writing, and I did bits of business for him when I could.Susanna married Dr John Hall in June, 1607, and Will’s granddaughter Elizabeth was born in February the next year. We had a very cold winter that year. The river Tha...
2018-06-2906 min
2017-08-0300 min
Corso di inglese, Grammatica inglese gratisTraduzione, Every Man and His Humour – Prologue – Ben JohnsonL'articolo proviene da www.englishforitalians.com
Every Man and His Humour – Prologue – Ben Jonson
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2017-04-2100 minEnglish for ItaliansTraduzione, Every Man and His Humour – Prologue – Ben JohnsonL'articolo proviene da www.englishforitalians.com
Every Man and His Humour – Prologue – Ben Jonson
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2017-04-2100 min
Ben Jonson, 1616–2016Jonson and the Friends of LibertyTom Lockwood from University of Birmingham delivers a talk titled “Jonson and the Friends of Liberty.” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson’s Later Reception and Influence.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1700 minBen Jonson, 1616–201620th Century Ben JonsonMartin Butler from University of Leeds delivers a talk titled “20th Century Ben Jonson.” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson and Urban Comedy.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1700 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016Jonson and the Urban SensoriumJean Howard from Columbia University delivers a talk titled “Jonson and the Urban Sensorium.” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson and Urban Comedy.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1700 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016Jonson’s Ghost: Creating an Afterlife from Tonson to BeardsleyStephen Orgel from Stanford University delivers a talk titled “Jonson’s Ghost: Creating an Afterlife from Tonson to Beardsley” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson’s Later Reception and Influence.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1700 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016The Material World of Ben Jonson’s Theater: Staging Windows and Doors in the Comedies of the 1616 FolioHelen Ostovich from McMaster University delivers a talk titled “The Material World of Ben Jonson’s Theater: Staging Windows and Doors in the Comedies of the 1616 Folio” This talk was included in the session titled “Reading and Staging Jonson in the 21st Century.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1700 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016‘Speak that I may see thee’: Performing Jonson in the 21st CenturyMichael Cordner from University of York delivers a talk titled “‘Speak that I may see thee’: Performing Jonson in the 21st Century” This talk was included in the session titled “Reading and Staging Jonson in the 21st Century.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1700 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016London, 1616: Reading ‘The Devil is an Ass’ in the Blackfriars and BeyondLucy Munro from King’s College London delivers a talk titled “London, 1616: Reading ‘The Devil is an Ass’ in the Blackfriars and Beyond.” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson and His Intertextual Relations.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1600 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016Ben Jonson, Competitive FreelancerSuzanne Gossett from Loyola University Chicago delivers a talk titled “Ben Jonson, Competitive Freelancer.” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson and His Intertextual Relations.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1600 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016The Trials of Ovid: Ben Jonson’s ‘Poetaster, or the Arraignment’Heather James from University of Southern California delivers a talk titled “The Trials of Ovid: Ben Jonson’s ‘Poetaster, or the Arraignment.’” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson, Learning, and the Enemies of Learning.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1600 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016Pedantic Ben JonsonAdam Zucker from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, delivers a talk titled “Pedantic Ben Jonson.” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson, Learning, and the Enemies of Learning.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1600 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016Anecdotal JonsonPaul Menzer from Mary Baldwin University delivers a talk titled “Anecdotal Jonson.” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson and Celebrity.”
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1600 minBen Jonson, 1616–2016Ben Jonson’s Literary CelebrityJames Loxley from University of Edinburgh delivers a talk titled “Ben Jonson’s Literary Celebrity.” This talk was included in the session titled “Jonson and Celebrity.” This is a recording of the second half of the delivered talk.
Part of “Ben Jonson, 1616–2016,” a conference held at The Huntington Sept. 16–17, 2016.
2016-09-1600 min
Turned OnTurned On 110: Joey Negro, Jessy Lanza, Fold, Midnight Operator, Leonid.Tasters from Joey Negro’s ‘Made With Love Vol.2’ compilation, Mathew Jonson donning his Midnight Operator guise and the first track taken from Jessy Lanza’s upcoming second LP. Bookings: contact@dprtment.com Image via http://pantyhoez.bigcartel.com Subscribe via iTunes / Podcasts app http://bit.ly/turnedonpodcast Follow … Continue reading →
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2016-02-1559 min
amimetobiosIntroduction to Literary Studies - 1: Carroll, Jonson, YeatsThis is a course on a lot of different topics, genres, periods, and authors in English Language Literature, and on a few theoretical or critical texts that are relevant. Like all introductory courses, we attempt to dive deep very, very quickly. This is the first time I'm teaching it, which I hope will be a plus as well. Some of the works we'll cover I've done in other podcasts (King Lear, Paradise Lost, but those are always different in different contexts and classes. And context, or the suppression of context, turns out from the first class to be partly what the...
2016-01-1326 min
Sheldrake on ShakespeareShort SoS – Sheldrake on Jonsonhttps://sheldrakeonshakespeare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/short-sos-sheldrake-on-jonson.mp3
Ben Jonson. Rival or friend of Shakespeare? Grumpy old bore or stout moralist? In a typical cop-out, Sheldrake thinks both caricatures are true. Jonson is an awkward playwright at the best of times, but his plays are well worth the seeing. Sheldrake gives you his personal top three.
Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm
2015-04-0600 minSheldrake on ShakespeareShort SoS – Sheldrake on Jonsonhttps://sheldrakeonshakespeare.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/short-sos-sheldrake-on-jonson.mp3
Ben Jonson. Rival or friend of Shakespeare? Grumpy old bore or stout moralist? In a typical cop-out, Sheldrake thinks both caricatures are true. Jonson is an awkward playwright at the best of times, but his plays are well worth the seeing. Sheldrake gives you his personal top three.
Also available on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/ndhzfxm
2015-04-0600 minamimetobios16. 17th c poetry, mainly Jonson's Cary-Morrison Ode
Last class on Ben Jonson: a little time on his Weston-Stuart Epithalamion, and then most of the case on the Cary-Morrison Ode, with special attention, in both poems, to Jonson's stunning formal brilliance.
2014-03-261h 20amimetobios15, 17th Century Poetry: Ben Jonson, mainly "The Hourglass"A little bit about Jonson's urbanity, and his different voices, then a reading mainly of "The Hourglass," and a comparison with Herbert's "Church Monuments." The hourglass as symbol of vanity, but the dust also the literal remains of the dead, so that it's both the sign of time and its result (like the skull). And then a brief look at "Inviting a Friend to Supper" (and some discussion of the nature of rhyme), and "To Penshurst."
2014-03-121h 17amimetobios14. 17th C Poetry: Ben Jonson's songs
Mainly a close reading of the unutterably subtle effects of the Song to Celia "Drink to me only with thine eyes."
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss but in the cup,
And I’ll not look for wine.
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove’s nectar sup,
I would not change for thine.
I sent thee late a ro...
2014-03-091h 17amimetobios13. 17th C Poetry: Trinity and then Ben JonsonI thought this class went pretty well: first a discussion of the Trinity based on a really fine letter to the TLS by someone named Neville Martin Gwynne (hello! if you're Googling yourself: that was a great letter!). Then a brief intro to Jonson and a close reading of Jonson's beautiful epigram/epitaph "On My First Daughter," here:
Here lies, to each her parents’ ruth,Mary, the daughter of their youth;Yet all heaven’s gifts being heaven’s due,It makes the father less to rue.At six months’ end she parted henceWith safety of her innocence;Whose soul heav...
2014-03-051h 15The University of Edinburgh: The University of EdinburghInaugural lecture: Prof. James LoxleyProfessor James Loxley, Professor of Early Modern Literature, delivers his inaugural lecture entitled, "Ben Jonson’s Road North"In July 1618, the poet and playwright Ben Jonson embarked on an enterprise that had been at least a year in the planning - an epic walk all the way from London to Edinburgh.In this lecture, Professor Loxley will look at what his companion’s account can tell us about the motivations and meanings of Jonson’s long walk to the north, and offer some reflections on what this new information on the journey can tell us about the cu...
2014-03-0400 min
Podcast RadioteatroVolpone, de Ben JonsonRadioteatro del ciclo Las Dos Caratulas, de Radio Nacional Argentina, Volpone, o El zorro es una comedia teatral de Ben Jonson. Fue producida en 1606 y contiene elementos descriptivos de la vida en Londres, comedia negra y fábula. Se trata de una sátira mordaz sobre la avaricia y la lujuria. Ha permanecido, hasta la fecha, como la obra de Jonson que más veces ha sido llevada a la escena, siendo una de las más importantes obras de la época jacobina.
2013-11-191h 21amimetobiosBen Jonson[renaissance poetry] A class on Ben Jonson: his lyrics, his country house poem "To Penshurst," his songs.
2012-03-221h 18
BardCast: The Shakespeare PodcastBen JonsonA new month, and a new episode of BardCast! <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/BenJonson/CombinedJonsoncast.mp3">This one is about Ben Jonson</a>, he was a pretty cool guy, if rather stuck-up. Please respond to our newest poll, while you're here!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/jonson/benbib.htm">This</a> is one of the better sources of Jonson's works. <br /><br />Things I forgot to mention this episode:<br /><ul><li...
2011-08-0359 min