Resources

The Play of the Weather

• Play Script

Magnyfycence

• John Skelton's Magnyfycence - a documentary about the play and its performance history and context

Project Research

• Project Forum

Project Videos

• Research interviews and discussions
  • Prof. Tom Betteridge and Dr. Eleanor Rycroft research discussion
  • Prof. Greg Walker interview
  • Dr. Kent Rawlinson interview
• Theatrical production team interviews
  • Director Gregory Thompson
  • Danny Scheinmann (Merry Report)
  • Peter Kenny (The Windmiller)
  • Mary Jo Randle (The Laundress)
  • James Lailey (The Gentleman)
  • Jenni Maitland (The Gentlewoman)
• Workshop performances
  • Merry Report steps up and the Gentleman sues (Scenes 2-3)
  • The Gentlewoman and the Laundress (Scene 7)
• Early Tudor Theatre Symposium Papers
  • Tom Betteridge - Writing Drama between Two Queens
  • Sarah Carpenter - "The kyng was dysguysyd in a Garment of Sarcenet": Henry VIII as court performer
  • Peter Happé - John Heywood and ‘The Vice’
  • Peter Kenny - Listening to Voices
  • Jeanne McCarthy - Henrician Court Drama 'in the Kynges absens'

Theatrical Production resources

• Theatrical Production and Filming Credits
• Cast Photographs
• Filming The Play of the Weather in the Great Hall
• Set Images
• Stills from the Film

Historical Reference

• Chronology of Henry VIII 1532 - 1533
• Key works printed between 1530 - 1533
• Early Tudor theatrical costume: Some historical evidence

 

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