428: Unattached Fragments | Part 1 (Fragments)

About this episode

The episode explores fragments from John Cotgrave's work, starting with the preface of The English Treasury of Wit and Language.

Beyond is sponsored by The Malone Society: The permanent utility of original texts It's the first of an epic (yet dinky) 18 part series looking at some fragments found in The English Treasury of Wit and Language by John Cotgrave. This is a fairly chunky opening gambit, with the preface to the book, before our usual drive by at a short bit of text. You can find a version of the text at archive.org . It's found under the section "Of Atheism, Blasphemy, Impiety, Prophaxes etc." on page 18/19. The text is performed by Aliki Chapple, the host is Robert Crighton. Our patrons received this episode in January 2025 - well over a year early! The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is supported by its patrons – become a patron and you get to choose the plays we work on next. Go to www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: https://beyondshakespeare.org You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Crighton

Topics covered

• fragments
• John Cotgrave
• The English Treasury of Wit and Language

Keywords

• literature
• theatre
• performance

Sponsors

The Malone Society

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The English Treasury of Wit and Language

Books & works: Unattached Fragments, The English Treasury of Wit and Language, Sir Thomas More, The Tragedy of Mariam

Places: Dublin

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