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Episode 176: All the World’s a Playhouse

Episode 176: All the World’s a Playhouse

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Theaters were an important part of cultural life in Elizabethan England, and they contributed many words to the English language. Those words joined thousands of other words that were pouring into English from around the world. In this episode, we look at how distant cultures were contributing to the growth of English and how Shakespeare's acting company built a world-famous theater in the late 1500s. Works discussed in this episode include:Henry IV, Parts One and Two – William ShakespeareThe Merry Wives of Windor – William ShakespeareA Report of the Kindome of Congo – Abraham Hartwell, TranslatorThe Isle of Dogs – Ben Jonson and Thomas NasheDiscours of voyages into ye Easte & West IndiesA Worlde of Wordes - John FlorioPalladis Tamia, Wit’s Treasury - Francis Meres TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 176

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