192: Exploring: Narcissus - A Twelfth Night Merriment

<div>A First Look read through and discussion of Narcissus: A Twelfth Night Merriment, performed on Thursday 6th January 1602 (or new style 1603). This is a merriment performed at St John's College, Oxford, and is both incredibly self indulgent, and rather silly. Merry Christmas!<br> This is a simultaneous release with our YouTube channel, where most First Look explorations live. <br> <br> With Eric Karoulla as Primus, Cephisus, Clinias; Alan Scott as Secundus, Tyresias, Cloris; Sarah Blake as Tertius, Lyriope, Florida, Echo; Emma Kemp as Prologue, Narcissus, One With Bucket; Briony Sparrow as Porter, Dorastus.<br> The host was Robert Crighton.<br> <br> There are various online and purchasable versions of these texts available - here's a good one, but is in the original middle English and might put you off - others should be hunted for to taste.<br> Play texts start here: <a href="https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-41-assumption-of-mary">https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/sugano-n-town-plays-play-41-assumption-of-mary</a><br> 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 <a href="https://patreon.com/beyondshakespeare">www.patreon.com/beyondshakespeare</a> - or if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi <a href="https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare">https://ko-fi.com/beyondshakespeare</a> - or if you want to give us some feedback, email us at admin@beyondshakespeare.org, follow us on Twitter, Facebook &amp; Instagram @BeyondShakes or go to our website: <a href="https://beyondshakespeare.org/">https://beyondshakespeare.org</a><br> You can also subscribe to our YouTube channel where (most of) our exploring sessions live (apart from early N-Town stuff) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLa4pXxGZFwTX4QSaB5XNdQ</a><br> The Beyond Shakespeare Podcast is hosted and produced by Robert Crighton.</div>