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Podcast: Beyond Shakespeare
Episode: Spoilers: The Life and Death of Jack Straw (Act 2, Scene 1)
Description: Spoilers: The Life and Death of Jack Straw (Act 2, Scene 1)GOOSE ALERT - GOOSE ALERTJack Straw is not a long play, but that won't stop us going into ridiculous amounts of detail about it. Act 2, scene 1 is the scene everyone remembers. There isn't enough time in the world to discuss the moral complexity of this deeply intellectual scene. Okay, it's a bit of Pantomime business - but it's great and does tie in (vaguely) with the plot, whilst also giving the audience a bit of light relief. The scene is illustrated via a rough cut of our...