Gentleness and Nobility by John Heywood (LIVE Archive Recording)

Episode 190,   Dec 12, 2021, 10:02 AM

An archive recording of a Live reading of a cut down text of Gentleness and Nobility.

A reading of an edited version of Gentleness and Nobility by John Heywood and John Rastell, performed before a live audience in 2018.

A Knight overhears a Merchant boasting of his nobleness, sparking an argument between the two as to what is a gentleman. They are further interrupted by a Ploughman, whose debating style is a little more… violent.

With Rob Myson as the Merchant, Heydn McCabe as the Knight and Geir Madland as the Ploughman. 

The host is Robert Crighton

We've a lot of stuff on John Heywood - including a full cast uncut audio adaptation of the play - https://audioboom.com/posts/6948279-gentleness-and-nobility-by-john-heywood
In fact, we've done ALL the plays of John Heywood, plus a host of background stuff - https://audioboom.com/playlists/4620013-the-plays-of-john-heywood
John Heywood exploring sessions can be found on our YouTube channel - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLflmEwgdfKoKffZtkgZ7mUYF_d1mD72fr
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