Have you ever wondered what might be hiding between the lines of a play? Writ in the Margins investigates dramaturgical mysteries from early modern (and early modern adjacent) plays. Season 1 focused on The Witch of Edmonton, FuenteOvejuna, Convent of Pleasure, and House of Desires. In Season 2, we turn to El muerto disimulado or Presumed Dead by Ângela de Azevedo, The Antipodes by Richard Brome, The Island Princess by John Fletcher, Loa to the Divine Narcissus by Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz, and Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. As we embark on Season 3, we're tackling Iphigenia at Aulis by Lady Jane Lumly, Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary, The Phantom Lady by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Tartuffe by Molière, and even Pericles by Shakespeare and George Wilkins. Using various modern theories as our lenses, we will explore these old texts and share the insights we find within-- all while drawing attention to the international canon of early modern theatre. From translations to interviews, with live music and script readings, join us to discover exactly what we have Writ in the Margins.
This podcast was created by the graduate students enrolled in REN670: Dramaturgy in the Shakespeare and Performance program at Mary Baldwin University. Writ in the Margins is produced in collaboration with course convener Prof. Molly Seremet.
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Have you ever wondered what might be hiding between the lines of a play? Writ in the Margins investigates dramaturgical mysteries from early modern (and early modern adjacent) plays. Season 1 focused on The Witch of Edmonton, FuenteOvejuna, Convent of Pleasure, and House of Desires. In Season 2, we turn to El muerto disimulado or Presumed Dead by Ângela de Azevedo, The Antipodes by Richard Brome, The Island Princess by John Fletcher, Loa to the Divine Narcissus by Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz, and Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. As we embark on Season 3, we're tackling Iphigenia at Aulis by Lady Jane Lumly, Tragedy of Mariam by Elizabeth Cary, The Phantom Lady by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Tartuffe by Molière, and even Pericles by Shakespeare and George Wilkins. Using various modern theories as our lenses, we will explore these old texts and share the insights we find within-- all while drawing attention to the international canon of early modern theatre. From translations to interviews, with live music and script readings, join us to discover exactly what we have Writ in the Margins.
This podcast was created by the graduate students enrolled in REN670: Dramaturgy in the Shakespeare and Performance program at Mary Baldwin University. Writ in the Margins is produced in collaboration with course convener Prof. Molly Seremet.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, hosts Ethan Goodmansen, Margaret Levin, and Molly Minter dig into the complicated history and context of Elizabeth Cary's Tragedy of Mariam. They first unpack key events from Cary's own life and think through the implications her biography might carry inside of her dramatic work. Then, they examine Cary's play by thinking through the anti-Semitic and Islamophobic language Cary uses and the ways in which white Eurocentric beauty standards impact the play's representations of characters like Salome and Mariam. Finally, our hosts consider Mariam's place on the page and stage in connection to ethics of performance and representation.
A note on content: This episode includes discussions of anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, racist, and misogynistic language in the context of Cary’s play.
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