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Comedy QnA

A multimedia project that interviews people with expertise in different periods of comedy history.

Further podcasts by Jason Peck

Podcast on the topic Comedy-Interviews

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Comedy QnA interview – Pantomime, Part Two from 2020-03-06T03:18:49

In this Comedy QnA interview I continue to speak with actor, writer, and director Michael Garland about his experiences working in pantomime as the Dame, Ugly Sisters, and the Panto Villain. (Ru...

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Comedy QnA interview – Pantomime, Part One from 2020-03-06T03:05:59

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak with actor, writer, and director Michael Garland about his experiences working in pantomime as the Dame, Ugly Sisters, and the Panto Villain. (Running time 1...

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Comedy QnA interview - Molière from 2020-03-06T02:46:58

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak actor, writer, and director, Tim Mooney about French playwright, Molière. (Running time 41 mins)

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Comedy QnA interview - Shakespeare from 2020-03-06T02:35:10

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak with actor, writer, and director Bill Kincaid. I talk about his methods of directing Shakespeare's plays unrehearsed mostly using the First Folio and whether...

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Comedy QnA interview - Mystery Plays from 2020-03-06T02:14:17

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak with PhD student Jamie Beckett about the Mystery Plays and Miracle Plays of the Medieval period. (Running time 53 mins)

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Comedy QnA interview – Mummers Plays from 2020-03-06T00:41:19

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak with actor, writer, and director Michael Garland about his experiences working with Mummers plays in the U.K. This interview is actually part of a larger int...

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Comedy QnA interview – Jesters, Part Three from 2020-03-05T22:17:10

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak with author Beatrice Otto about her book, Fools Are Everywhere. (Running time 1hr 7)

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Comedy QnA interview - Jesters, Part Two from 2020-03-05T21:41:38

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak with Jester, Presenter, and Writer A.E. Shapera, also known as Jane the Phoole, Milwaukee’s official jester. We talk about European Jesters, her experiences ...

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Comedy QnA interview – Jesters, Part One from 2020-03-05T21:16

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak with entertainer, Russ Erwood, who is also known as Erwyd Le Fol, the Official Jester of Conwy North Wales. We speak about his experiences working as a profe...

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Comedy QnA interview - Greek & Roman Comedy from 2020-03-05T20:19:24

In this Comedy QnA interview I speak Professor David Konstan about Greek playwrights Aristophanes, and Menander, and also Roman playwrights Plautus and Terence. (Running time 58 mins)

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Comedy QnA interview – Aristophanes from 2020-03-05T20:03:16

In this Comedy QnA interview I continue to Stanford University teacher Professor Richard Martin. In this interview with talk about the father of comedy, Greek playwright, Aristophanes. (Running ...

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Comedy QnA Trailer from 2020-03-04T21:22:31

Welcome to the trailer for Comedy QnA. I'm the host, Jason Peck. In this podcast I interview people with expertise in different periods of comedy history. For Season One, we cover Jesters, Moliè...

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