Beyond Shakespeare

Spoilers: Gammer Gurton's Needle (Act 4) Welcome to this spoilery introduction to the play Gammer Gurton's Needle by Mr S. We present a run down of the action, with commentary and clips, followed by a plain text recording of material in the edit for the final full cast audio adaptation (coming soon!) It's Act Four (feel free to go back to the beginning if you want to work chronologically), in which Gammer calls in the local parson Doctor Rat - but he is soon dealt with by the cunning of Diccon. The plain text version is performed by Heydn McCabe as Diccon the Bedlam, Geir Madland as Hodge, Pamela Flanagan as Dame Chat, and Sarah Golding as Gammer Gurton. And introducing Rob Myson as Doctor Rat. The host is Robert Crighton. BE WARNED - If you just want to listen to the play as a play, don't listen to the spoilers episodes. Come back later, or don't listen. However, if you find early drama hard to follow, then you will get a good grounding in the action here - especially as we may make changes or cuts for o