Hey, it's Heather, and I want to remind you about our very special tours to the UK.

In 2017, we'll be doing tours focusing on the Even Song experience.

The Even Song service comes from Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer from the mid-16th century.

It's been dubbed the Atheist's Favorite Service because it requires so little and it gives so much. It's simply

divine choral music sung in some of the most historic chapels, abbeys and cathedrals in England.

We'll be spending 10 days visiting places like Cambridge, Oxford, Bath, the Cotswolds,

Winchester and Windsor with walking tours, free time to explore,

and then gathering back each afternoon for the Evensong Service if you choose to attend.

It will be 10 days of beautiful countryside, historic cities and villages, and so, so much music. I invite you to go to Englandcast.com

slash tours for full itinerary and pricing information. Again, Englandcast, E-N-G-L-A-N-D, C-A-S-D, Englandcast.com

slash tours. Thanks so much. And now to the show.

Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast. I'm your host, Heather Tesco.

Since Shakespeare's birthday is coming up in April, I'm going to start doing a few episodes this month and next on that great Elizabethan institution,

The Theater. The Theater. This episode will be on the history of Elizabethan Theater in

general. And then the next episode will be on Shakespeare

specifically. And I also want to do some honorable mentions for like Marlowe and Kid and, you know,

some of the other playwrights who aren't Shakespeare, who get overlooked sometimes. But before I

start, a few reminders. First, I'm so happy to announce that I'm going to

start working in partnership with the good people at Tudor Times, which is TudorTimes.com.uk.

And I'm going to be creating some original podcasts with them. You will have noticed that last

month I interviewed Melita Thomas on Lady Margaret Beaufort,

and you will see more content like that coming jointly between us. And they are an incredibly

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