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The English Renaissance and NOT Shakespeare

The Renaissance came to England late, thanks to a Hundred Years War that ran long and a civil war to decide who would be the royal family. BUT after that, there was a flowering of humanism, science, and culture. Theater was a big part of it. Today, we're talking about the London theater scene and the playwrights that set the stage...ahem...for the main man of English Theater, William Shakespeare.

Season 1 Episode 13 Length 12:17 Premiere: 05/11/18

Crash Course Theater

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S1 E29 Length 12:07 Premiere Date 09/14/18

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Zola, France, Realism, and Naturalism

S1 E31 Length 12:06 Premiere Date 09/28/18

Race Melodrama and Minstrel Shows

S1 E30 Length 13:04 Premiere Date 09/21/18

North America Gets a Theater...Riot

S1 E29 Length 12:07 Premiere Date 09/14/18

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S1 E28 Length 11:34 Premiere Date 09/07/18

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S1 E27 Length 11:09 Premiere Date 08/24/18

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S1 E26 Length 11:37 Premiere Date 08/17/18

China, Zaju, and Beijing Opera

S1 E25 Length 10:51 Premiere Date 09/17/18

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S1 E24 Length 10:13 Premiere Date 09/17/18

Japan, Kabuki, and Bunraku

S1 E23 Length 11:51 Premiere Date 07/27/18

Pre-Columbian Theater, Spanish Empire, and Sor Juana

S1 E22 Length 11:06 Premiere Date 07/21/18

Molière - Man of Satire and Many Burials

S1 E21 Length 11:11 Premiere Date 07/13/18

Rules, Rule-Breaking, and French Neoclassicism

S1 E20 Length 12:40 Premiere Date 07/06/18

The Spanish Golden Age

S1 E19 Length 10:40 Premiere Date 06/29/18

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S1 E18 Length 12:54 Premiere Date 09/17/18

English Theater After Shakespeare

S1 E17 Length 11:50 Premiere Date 06/08/18

Comedies, Romances, and Shakespeare's Heroines

S1 E16 Length 10:46 Premiere Date 06/01/18

Shakespeare's Tragedies and an Acting Lesson

S1 E15 Length 11:29 Premiere Date 05/25/18

Straight Outta Stratford-Upon-Avon – Shakespeare's Early Day

S1 E14 Length 10:52 Premiere Date 05/18/18

The English Renaissance and NOT Shakespeare

S1 E13 Length 12:17 Premiere Date 05/11/18

Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte

S1 E12 Length 10:43 Premiere Date 05/04/18

Just Say Noh. But Also Say Kyogen

S1 E11 Length 12:20 Premiere Date 04/27/18

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S1 E10 Length 11:10 Premiere Date 04/20/18

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S1 E9 Length 11:01 Premiere Date 04/13/18

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S1 E8 Length 11:59 Premiere Date 04/06/18

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S1 E7 Length 12:02 Premiere Date 03/23/18

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S1 E6 Length 11:28 Premiere Date 03/16/18

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S1 E5 Length 11:52 Premiere Date 03/09/18

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S1 E4 Length 11:02 Premiere Date 03/02/18

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S1 E3 Length 11:55 Premiere Date 02/23/18

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S1 E2 Length 09:52 Premiere Date 02/16/18

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S1 E1 Length 13:35 Premiere Date 02/09/18

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