198: Exploring: The Four Elements by John Rastell

<div>Another in our occasional series of cross overs with our YouTube channel, this is a Second Look read through and discussion of The Four Elements by John Rastell, a fragmentary play from around 1519. This is our first take, recorded in 2021, returning to the play after a year or so, as prep for a more detailed run - the video of which can be watched here. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkGUCoxIwQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkGUCoxIwQ</a><br> <br> With Gregory Musson as Humanity; Eric Karoulla as Ignorance; Liza Graham as Sensual Appetite; Rachael Nicole as Studious Desire; Lynsey Beauchamp as The Messenger, Experience; Alex Scott Fairley as Nature, Taverner.<br> <br> The host was Robert Crighton.<br> <br> All the videos on The Four Elements can be viewed via this handy playlist - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAKX-oxejjs&amp;list=PLflmEwgdfKoIsAsJqQvUYr5ItLoFVA2Lo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAKX-oxejjs&amp;list=PLflmEwgdfKoIsAsJqQvUYr5ItLoFVA2Lo</a><br> <br> To learn more about John Rastell, go to our Discussion episode on the man and his writing - <a href="https://audioboom.com/posts/7013153-discussing-john-rastell">https://audioboom.com/posts/7013153-discussing-john-rastell</a><br> <br> There's an interesting exposition of the globe/maps in the play with text and images to be found here -<a href="http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text2/fourelements.pdf">http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/contact/text2/fourelements.pdf</a><br> <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 webs