📖Over on the patreon, we've started collating our work on Sir Thomas More. We're about to start mixing the live show, but till then, here are the rehearsal/prep that led to the show. Special thanks to our patrons for their support, without which none of this happens!
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An image of the actor Keith Hill, wearing glasses and a jumper to the right of frame, fading into black across the left. A red banner across the frame at an angle with the words: Sold Out. Text over the image The Book of Sir Thomas More: Piece by Piece - 12 April 2026. (text obscured by red banner) An All Day Event, taking apart and performing the full text of The Book of Sir Thomas More by Anthony Munday and other hands. As well as a live script in hand audio recording of the play (in all its contradictions) we are hosting panel discussions and a deep dive into the play-within-a-play. Sponsored by The Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast, top right beyondshakespeare.org, bottom middle White Bear Theatre logo, bottom right (obscured)
Well, our Sir Thomas More event is over.
An entire text performed warts and all, with panels, discussion, drinking, and a lot of hard work.
There were 22 people directly involved in the show, but also an army of regulars in our exploring sessions who made it the show it was.
Thank you.
😮We're afraid that The Book of Sir Thomas More has sold out. You can still be added to the waiting list, and returns at this stage are very possible. We are also double checking whether we have a little more room for more people - but we think that's the lot. #live #performance #drama #history
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William Hartnell was robbed.
That is all.
🎉Another ticket gone!🎉
An image of the actor Keith Hill, wearing glasses and a jumper to the right of frame, fading into black across the left. Text over the image The Book of Sir Thomas More: Piece by Piece - 12 April 2026. An All Day Event, taking apart and performing the full text of The Book of Sir Thomas More by Anthony Munday and other hands. As well as a live script in hand audio recording of the play (in all its contradictions) we are hosting panel discussions and a deep dive into the play-within-a-play. Sponsored by The Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast, top right beyondshakespeare.org, bottom middle White Bear Theatre logo, bottom right
🚨12 April🚨
📖The Book of Sir Thomas More:
🧩Piece by Piece🧩
A deep dive into the play written by Anthony Munday before a pile on of hands started. A full performance of the text, panels on how it came into being, and more!
For one night only! #drama #unique
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Bloody Daleks, making me hit refresh a million times and then shooting down my hopes and dreams once I got to the end of the queue. Will they never stop ruining lives!
🎉And another ticket gone!🎉
Looks very like it.
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Some fun things about The Book of Sir Thomas More, which the internet has been talking about of late.
74% of the surviving text is written by Anthony Munday. Literally. He might have worked on it with someone else, say Chettle, but he LITERALLY wrote it out.
Then the text had some rewrites...
🚨Sponsorship announcement🚨
We're proud to announce that the Beyond podcast is now sponsored by...
📖The Malone Society📖
who are kindly sharing a number of volumes with us to give away to our followers and those coming to our live events.
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Currently very slowly deleted social media in other places. Doing it manually so that I can look deep into my digital soul whilst I tear it assunder.
Interesting how uninteresting most of it is.
And how much uninteresting stuff can be posted in quick succession.
Delete, delete, delete...
Diddly dum, diddly dum, diddly dum - dum, dum, dum, dum...