The Play Podcast
Welcome to The Play Podcast where we explore the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its plot, themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing. Visit www.theplaypodcast.com for more information, including extra Footnotes on each episode and a complete list and profiles of our guests. Visit www.patreon.com/theplaypodcast to become a Patron and enjoy additional content and generously support the podcast. Thank you.
Episodes
Episode 063: Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Josie Rourke
Welcome to The Play Podcast where we explore the greatest new and classic plays. Each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We’ll discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Brian Friel’s magical memory play Dancing at Lughnasa is set at the time...
Episode 062: Private Lives by Noël Coward
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Oliver Soden
Welcome to The Play Podcast where we explore the greatest new and classic plays. Each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We’ll discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Noël Coward’s play Private Lives is both a dazzling dramatic comedy and an exc...
The Play Podcast - 061 - Sea Creatures by Cordelia Lynn
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Cordelia Lynn
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Cordelia Lynn’s play Sea Creatures is a poetic explorat...
The Play Podcast - 060 - A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Thomas Keith
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the ...
The Play Podcast - 059 - Paradise Now! , by Margaret Perry
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Margaret Perry
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Margaret Perry’s new play Paradise Now! brings tog...
The Play Podcast - 058 - Noises Off by Michael Frayn
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Lindsay Posner
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Michael Frayn’s classic comedy Noises Off is a work of th...
The Play Podcast - 057 - Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Ivan Wise
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
G.B. Shaw’s Arms and the Man is both a sparkling r...
The Play Podcast - 056 - Good by C.P. Taylor
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Dominic Cooke
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
C.P. Taylor’s powerful, cautionary play Good charts how an ostensi...
The Play Podcast - 055 - Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Professor Karen Leeder
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Frank Wedekind’s dark, expressionist play ...
The Play Podcast - 054 - The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Dr Stephen Marino
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible recreates the terr...
The Play Podcast - 053 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Christopher Haydon
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Bertolt Brecht wrote The Caucasian C...
The Play Podcast - 052 - The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Dan Rebellato
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull was a disaster on its op...
The Play Podcast - 051 - Closer by Patrick Marber
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Clare Lizzimore
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Patrick Marber’s play Closer depicts a merry-go-round of me...
The Play Podcast - 050 - Jersualem by Jez Butterworth
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: David Ian Rabey
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Jez Butterworth’s play Jersualem is one of the landmark...
The Play Podcast - 049 - Jitney by August Wilson
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guests: Wil Johnson and Tony Marshall
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Although August Wilson’s play Jitney is set i...
The Play Podcast - 048 - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Lucy Bailey
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothi...
The Play Podcast - 047 - Middle by David Eldridge
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: David Eldridge
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
David Eldridge’s new play Middle, now playing at the Nationa...
The Play Podcast - 046 - All My Sons by Arthur Miller
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Douglas Rintoul
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Arthur Miller’s breakthrough play All My Sons is both a...
The Play Podcast - 045 - Top Girls by Caryl Churchill
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Elaine Aston
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
Caryl Churchill’s play Top Girls was a powerful critique o...
The Play Podcast - 044 - Clybourne Park
Host: Douglas Schatz
Guest: Oliver Kaderbhai
The Play Podcast is a podcast dedicated to exploring the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.
It is 1959 and Russ and Bev have sold their 3-bedroom bungalow in th...
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