About this episode

This episode explores the relationship between magic and theater in early modern England through the works of notable playwrights.

Antitheatrical writers in early modern England compared the actor’s transformation into a character to a kind of illicit magic. In response, playwrights like William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson created a body of plays that treated the conjuror’s circle as a mirror of the theater. This episode brings you a story of magicians, witches, and the spectacles they conjured: the story of magic on the early modern English stage. Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben ...

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