{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66a9cbceec85576657c15c85/674069b4ec8584434fcae9ae?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Life of Ben Jonson part Three: ‘There is no Greater Hell Than to be a Prisoner of Fear’","description":"<p>Episode 145:</p><p><br></p><p>Continuing the story of Ben Jonson’s life from the point where just as he starts to make his mark in the theatre scene everything goes very badly wrong for him.</p><p><br></p><p>‘The Isle of Dogs’ at the Swan Theatre</p><p>The closure of the London Theatres</p><p>Jonson in prison</p><p>How the London theatres reopened</p><p>The Swan and Pembroke’s Men</p><p>Speculation on the content of ‘The Isle of Dogs’</p><p>Jonson’s other early work for the theatre</p><p>Jonson and the Lord Chamberlin’s Men</p><p>Jonson’s duel with Gabriel Spencer</p><p>Jonson in prison again</p><p>The conversion to Catholicism</p><p>Jonson’s trial and taking ‘the benefit of the clergy’</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Support the podcast at:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/thoetp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/thoetp</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.ko-fi.com/thoetp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.ko-fi.com/thoetp</a></p>","author_name":"Philip Rowe"}