Artemisia VulgarisThe play only ran for 9 days in August 1624 - the political stuff, despite being disguised with the (arguably racist) chess allegory, was too volatile, and the censors intervened. There’s also extreme and sexual violence, but that’s normal for Jacobean drama.
The company is also doing a live performance I can’t be part of, but when the YouTube material is released I’ll post a link. #EarlyModern #EarlyModernDrama #Middleton #ThomasMiddleton https://social.coop/@CommonMugwort/112914852429640728
The company is also doing a live performance I can’t be part of, but when the YouTube material is released I’ll post a link. #EarlyModern #EarlyModernDrama #Middleton #ThomasMiddleton https://social.coop/@CommonMugwort/112914852429640728
Artemisia Vulgaris (@[email protected])
I haven’t been able to do much performing lately, but am gearing up for a bit of remote performance with Beyond Shakespeare in commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton. The play is famous in Early Modern literature circles because it satirised the failed attempts to form a marriage alliance between the future Charles I and the Infanta of Spain - which might have soothed the rift between the two countries.
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Tamsin Lewis
