The Tudor Uber Driver Who Floated Tudor London
About this episode
This episode explores the role of the Thames waterman in Tudor London and features insights on transportation and cultural figures of the time.
Before bridges, before coaches, before passable roads, if you needed to get anywhere in Tudor London you needed him. The Thames waterman was licensed, badged, opinionated, and completely indispensable. In this episode we spend 24 hours on the river: shooting London Bridge, ferrying Shakespeare's audience to the South Bank, and watching the coaches arrive and take everything away. Plus: John Taylor, the Water Poet, who was furious about all of it and wrote pamphlets to prove it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Heather Teysko
Topics covered
- Tudor London
- Thames waterman
- transportation
- John Taylor
- Shakespeare
- river travel
Keywords
- Tudor
- London
- Thames
- waterman
- John Taylor
- Shakespeare
- transportation
- history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Megaphone
Books & works: Shakespeare
Places: Tudor London, Thames, London Bridge
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