Comedy QnA

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. (Running time 58 mins)

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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 hr).

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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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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 this has any affect on the comedy. He is the author or Performing Shakespeare Unrehearsed: A Practical Guide to Acting and Producing Spontaneous Shakespeare. (Running time 1hr 29)

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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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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 interview I did with Michael where we went on to discuss his experiences performing stand-up comedy in the U.K. in the 1970s before there was a comedy circuit, as well as his experiences working in British pantomime. (Running time 15 mins)

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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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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 in the “dirt circus” of the Renaissance Faires (Ren Faires) in the U.S. (Running time 1hr 2)

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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 professional Jester as well as a little history about Conwy's last Jester, Tom le Fol. (Running time 48 mins)

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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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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 time 49 mins)

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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, Molière, Shakespeare, British Pantomime, Mummers Plays, Greek & Roman Comedy, and Mystery Plays of the medieval period. Episodes typically last between 40-60 minutes. Some of the episodes are also available as recorded Skype video calls. To watch a video interview, or for more information about this multimedia project, please check out our website, ComedyQnA.com.