Elizabethan True Crime
<p>Tom talks to Charles Nicholl about the craze in the 1590s for plays representing real-life murder on the London stage, from the first known example, <em>Arden of Faversham</em>, to the genre's influence on <em>Hamlet</em>, <em>Macbeth</em> and, perhaps, the death of Christopher Marlowe.</p><p>Find further reading on the episode page: <a href="https://lrb.me/truecrimepod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/truecrimepod</a></p><p>Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: <a href="https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b</a></p><p>Music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Tom talks to Charles Nicholl about the craze in the 1590s for plays representing real-life murder on the London stage, from the first known example, Arden of Faversham, to the genre's influence on Hamlet, Macbeth and, perhaps, the death of Christopher Marlowe.
Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/truecrimepod
Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b
Music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.