The Play Podcast

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Welcome to The Play Podcast where we explore the greatest new and classic plays. In each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We discuss the play’s origins, its plot, themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing.Visit www.theplaypodcast.com for more information, including extra Footnotes on each episode and a complete list and profiles of our guests.Visit www.patreon.com/theplaypodcast to become a Patron and enjoy additional content and generously support the podcast. Thank you.Also, listen to The Play Review for reviews of some of the current shows on stage in London.

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Recent Episodes
  • The Play Podcast - 096 - Dealer's Choice, by Patrick Marber
    May 29, 2025 – 57:43
  • The Play Podcast - 095 - Rhinoceros, by Eugène Ionesco
    May 12, 2025 – 01:13:08
  • The Play Podcast - 094 - Oedipus the King, by Sophocles
    Mar 27, 2025 – 01:00:30
  • The Play Podcast - 093 - Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov
    Mar 10, 2025 – 01:09:01
  • The Play Podcast - 092 - A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry
    Feb 10, 2025 – 01:03:06
  • The Play Podcast - 091 - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams
    Jan 28, 2025 – 56:28
  • The Play Podcast - 090 - The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde
    Jan 7, 2025 – 56:52
  • The Play Podcast - 089 - Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett
    Dec 16, 2024 – 56:23
  • The Play Podcast - 088 - Roots, by Arnold Wesker
    Dec 5, 2024 – 01:03:43
  • The Play Podcast - 087 - Look Back in Anger, by John Osborne
    Nov 25, 2024 – 01:09:34
  • The Play Podcast - 086 - Death of England, by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams
    Nov 5, 2024 – 58:02
  • The Play Podcast - 085 - The Real Thing, by Tom Stoppard
    Oct 17, 2024 – 01:00:07
  • The Play Podcast - 084 - Abigail's Party, by Mike Leigh
    Sep 27, 2024 – 54:28
  • The Play Podcast - 083 -The Caretaker, by Harold Pinter
    Jul 10, 2024 – 49:02
  • The Play Podcast - 082 - People, Places & Things, by Duncan Macmillan
    Jun 20, 2024 – 01:05:41
  • The Play Podcast - 081 - The Government Inspector, by Nikolay Gogol
    May 31, 2024 – 53:49
  • The Play Podcast - 080 - Long Day's Journey into Night, by Eugene O'Neill
    May 10, 2024 – 53:20
  • The Play Podcast - 079 - The Hills of California, by Jez Butterworth
    Apr 19, 2024 – 54:11
  • The Play Podcast - 078 - The Lover and The Collection, by Harold Pinter
    Apr 5, 2024 – 51:48
  • The Play Podcast - 077 - The Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen
    Mar 7, 2024 – 01:05:38
  • The Play Podcast - 076 - Othello, by William Shakespeare
    Feb 13, 2024 – 56:29
  • The Play Podcast - 075 - The Homecoming, by Harold Pinter
    Jan 26, 2024 – 01:04:42
  • The Play Podcast - 074 - Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen
    Jan 15, 2024 – 56:38
  • The Play Podcast - 073 - The House of Bernarda Alba, by Federico Garcia Lorca
    Jan 3, 2024 – 59:37
  • The Play Podcast - 072 - She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith
    Dec 13, 2023 – 55:41
  • The Play Podcast - 071 - Clyde's, by Lynn Nottage
    Dec 4, 2023 – 49:20
  • The Play Podcast - 070 - King Lear, by William Shakespeare
    Nov 17, 2023 – 01:08:12
  • The Play Podcast - 069 - A View from the Bridge, by Arthur Miller
    Nov 1, 2023 – 01:07:55
  • The Play Podcast - 068 - Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw
    Oct 17, 2023 – 59:38
  • The Play Podcast - 067 - Red Pitch, by Tyrell Williams
    Sep 27, 2023 – 50:26
  • The Play Podcast - 066 - The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh
    Aug 24, 2023 – 01:00:32
  • The Play Podcast - 065 - Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by Dario Fo and Franca Rame
    Aug 1, 2023 – 59:38
  • The Play Podcast - 064 - A Midsummer Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare
    Jun 29, 2023 – 59:13
  • The Play Podcast - 063 - Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel
    May 24, 2023 – 01:13:14
  • The Play Podcast - 062 - Private Lives, by Noël Coward
    Apr 27, 2023 – 01:02:15
  • The Play Podcast - 061 - Sea Creatures, by Cordelia Lynn
    Apr 13, 2023 – 01:00:21
  • The Play Podcast - 060 - A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams
    Mar 15, 2023 – 01:02:46
  • The Play Podcast - 059 - Paradise Now! , by Margaret Perry
    Mar 2, 2023 – 55:17
  • The Play Podcast - 058 - Noises Off, by Michael Frayn
    Feb 7, 2023 – 52:52
  • The Play Podcast - 057 - Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw
    Jan 12, 2023 – 01:01:57
  • The Play Podcast - 057 - Arms and the Man, by George Bernard Shaw
    Jan 12, 2023 –
  • The Play Podcast - 056 - Good by C.P. Taylor
    Dec 22, 2022 – 01:08:48
  • The Play Podcast - 055 - Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind
    Nov 21, 2022 – 01:01:55
  • The Play Podcast - 054 - The Crucible by Arthur Miller
    Nov 1, 2022 – 01:08:30
  • The Play Podcast - 053 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
    Oct 18, 2022 – 53:48
  • The Play Podcast - 052 - The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
    Sep 26, 2022 – 01:02:11
  • The Play Podcast - 051 - Closer by Patrick Marber
    Aug 27, 2022 – 01:04:54
  • The Play Podcast - 050 - Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
    Jul 18, 2022 – 55:55
  • The Play Podcast - 049 - Jitney by August Wilson
    Jul 5, 2022 – 51:32
  • The Play Podcast - 048 - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
    Jun 16, 2022 – 58:44
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