{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66a9cbceec85576657c15c85/66a9cbd3506e83be66de711e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Prologue and Pre History","description":"<p>Episode 1</p><p>An Introduction to the podcast and your host.</p><p>Pre-history and how the urge to mimic and present might have been the start of theatre.</p><p>Religious ritual and Shamanism.</p><p>The Abydos Passion play and the Egyptian Book of the Dead.</p><p>The beginning of Greek Theatre.</p><p>A note on dates and the nature of translations.</p><br/><br/>This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: <br/><br/>Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy","author_name":"Philip Rowe"}