<p>Full text recording of &#39;The Pride of Life&#39; - from rehearsals of a reconstruction of the play produced in 2015. This anonymous play is one of the earliest pieces of drama in English and only partially survives. For more information about this recording go to our blog - http://beforeshakespeare.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/the-pride-of-life-reconstruction.html 
Cast:<br>
Prologue - Robert Crighton
King of Life - Ian McCabe
Queen of Life - Esme Stanway
Bishop - Robert Myson
Mirth - Clarissa Seeley
Strength - Michelle Allen
Health - Pat Curtis
Chorus - Katie Landon, Beth Norris &amp; Kate Terry
#beforeshakespeare #prideoflife #medieval #morality #drama</p>

The Fall of Lucifer - Chester Mystery Cycle

From the earliest drama in English, to the closing of the theatres in 1642, there was a hell of a lot of drama produced - and a lot of it wasn't by Shakespeare. Apart from a few noble exceptions these plays are often passed over, ignored or simply unknown. This podcast presents full audio productions of the plays, fragmentary and extant, that shaped the theatrical world that shaped our dramatic history.