{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67dd6472ec9837e25e75d7a4/68d5a1b3acc34956e6ff1b81?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Beyond Bedales - Behind the scenes with the theatrical Stansted Players","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67dd6472ec9837e25e75d7a4/1758830225211-d13d3eb8-9848-4a43-8566-b6d4d0a0df19.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This podcast is all about the Stansted Players, a theatrical group of Bedales alumni, directed by former Bedales teacher Alastair Langlands. They come together every year to produce a play, usually a little-known one, which is then performed at Bedales. </p><p>The acting troupe of Stansted Players was founded in the late 1920s by the Earl of Bessborough of Stansted House. In this episode, current player Christy Callaway-Gale (2012) finds out from Alastair how he revived the players in 1990 and moved its home to Selborne and Bedales. Old Bedalian Sofia G-M (2014) then meets up with other players Serena Brett (2011), Nick Tier (1986) and Jordan Theis (2010) during rehearsals for their 2025 production of Shakespeare’s <em>Two Gentlemen of Verona</em>. </p><p>The Stansted Players perform at Bedales School annually at the end of August.</p>","author_name":"Bedales School"}