Gin&gossip

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Podcast by Máire MacNeill

Episódios

  • Baron Mohun: The Worst Man in London

    19/07/2018 Duração: 25min

    "I am a peer of England, stop me if you dare!" This episode delves into the history of Baron Mohun, a belligerent seventeenth-century rake, and his encounter with the actor William Mountfort - which ended in tragedy.

  • 04 William Smith: A Lucky Man

    08/02/2018 Duração: 19min

    04 William Smith: A Lucky Man by Máire MacNeill

  • 03 Gwyn and Behn

    18/01/2018 Duração: 24min

    Nell Gwyn and Aphra Behn: two Restoration giants of the stage! This week we're looking at how their lives intersected and thinking about seventeenth-century female friendships more generally.

  • 02 John Dryden's Worst Day Ever

    19/12/2017 Duração: 25min

    More backstage gossip: today we're examining the lives of John Dryden and the Earl of Rochester - two Restoration literary superstars whose rocky relationship culminated in Dryden's public humiliation.

  • 01 The Life and Death of Nathaniel Lee

    04/12/2017 Duração: 23min

    "I said the world was mad, and the world said I was mad, and they outvoted me." In this first episode of a new podcast that explores the backstage gossip from the colourful world of theatre throughout history, we look at the rise and tragic downfall of Nathaniel Lee (1649-92), a key playwright during the Restoration whose work was seeped in the passions of the age.