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We Are History

Elizabethan child actors

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9802 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In a time when women were not allowed to perform on the stage, children were sometimes kidnapped and forced to become actors against their will. (Warning; episode contains John re-enacting some of his worst childhood performances.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:23.1

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0:30.8

Hello and welcome to We Are History, the most laughable attempt for the podcast on the worldwide web net. I'm John O'Farrell,

0:39.7

and my partner in crime is...

0:42.1

Hello, I'm Angela Barnes. TV's Angela Barnes. TV's John O'Farrell. One of the small of time,

0:48.3

grab me old men. People used to shout, oh, grab pee! Out of Lorys.

0:52.7

I go, I've done other things, you know.

0:55.1

I've written books.

0:56.3

I've,

0:56.5

I've,

0:57.0

I've written books.

0:57.6

I've, you know,

0:59.0

I've,

0:59.1

I've, you know,

0:59.8

grumpy.

1:00.3

Listen how grumpy is.

1:01.3

God, he is grumpy.

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