Casanova’s Prison Escape

<p>One of Giacomo Casanova's most famous deeds was his daring midnight, cross-rooftop escape from the dreaded “The Leads” prison in Venice on the night of October 31st, 1756.</p><br><p>Key to his escape plan was a Bible, a large iron bar and an oversized bowl of pasta.</p><br><p>In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly discuss why Casanova wasn’t thrilled about being moved to a new jail cell with a better view; explain why he had a little nap right in the middle of his jailbreak; and  consider the awkwardness of being such an indiscriminate shagger that you eventually accidentally end up in bed with your own daughter…</p><br><p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p><p>• 'How Casanova’s provocative memoir created a legend' (BBC, 2016): <a href="https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161108-how-casanovas-x-rated-memoir-created-a-legend" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20161108-how-casanovas-x-rated-memoir-created-a-legend</a> </p><p>• 'Giacomo Casanova Breaks out of Prison' (Odd Salon, 2016): <a href="https://oddsalon.com/jan-5-1757-giacomo-casanova-breaks-out-of-prison/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://oddsalon.com/jan-5-1757-giacomo-casanova-breaks-out-of-prison/</a> </p><p>• 'Fellini's Casanova - The Escape’ (Produzioni Europee Associate, 1976): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccQ3f0agbU4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccQ3f0agbU4</a> </p><br><p>#person #1700s #Person #Italy #Europe</p><br><p><strong>Love the show? Join </strong>🌴<strong>CLUB RETROSPECTORS </strong>🌴<strong> to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!</strong></p><p>Plus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.</p><p><strong>Join now via </strong><a href="https://apple.co/3xCWWQX" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or </strong><a href="https://patreon.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a><strong>. </strong>Thanks!</p><br><p><strong>We'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:</strong><a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/ca1f94a1-0921-446a-ae00-4d4bfd2ba3ef/podfollow.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> </strong></a><a href="http://podfollow.com/Retrospectors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>podfollow.com/Retrospectors</strong></a></p><br><p><em>The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.</em></p><p><em>Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.</em></p><p><em>Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2022.</em></p><br /><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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