Peta Tait's guest appearances

Peta Tait

Knowing Animals

That Shakespeare Life

Dan Hooley

David Brooks

Lori Gruen

Robert Greene

Christopher Marlowe

Dan Lyons

Catherine de Medici

Werner Herzog

Chris Johnston

Denise Russell

Will Kymlicka

Tony Milligan

Matt Lodder

Scott Taylor

Richard III

OwlTail

Elephants being given as gifts to the monarch, lions being tamed inside theaters, and bears chasing people off stage in A Winter's Tale. Where did these exotic animals come from? Why were they being used on stage? Peta Tait visits with us this week to explore exotic animals in Shakespeare's England.

Elephants being given as gifts to the monarch, lions being tamed inside theaters, and bears chasing people off stage in A Winter's Tale. Where did these exotic animals come from? Why were they being used on stage? Peta Tait visits with us this week to explore exotic animals in Shakespeare's England.

Episode 57: Peta Tait on Exotic Animals in Shakespeare's England

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Peta Tait from La Trobe University. We discuss her new book 'Fighting Nature: travelling Menageries, animal acts and war shows' published by Sydney University Press.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA). Check out the AASA blog here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/category/blog.   Also, Knowing Animals needs your help. Please take a moment to visit iTunes and leave a review of Knowing Animals. You can do it here:  https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/knowing-animals/id997543452?mt=2. While you're there, why not subscribe? Reviews and subscriptions moves us up in the iTunes top 200. This makes it easier to find Knowing Animals and to learn all about our animal friends!  

In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Peta Tait from La Trobe University. We discuss her new book 'Fighting Nature: travelling Menageries, animal acts and war shows' published by Sydney University Press. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA). Check out the AASA blog here: <a href="http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/category/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/category/blog</a>. Also, Knowing Animals needs your help. Please take a moment to visit iTunes and leave a review of Knowing Animals. You can do it here: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/knowing-animals/id997543452?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/knowing-animals/id997543452?mt=2</a>. While you're there, why not subscribe? Reviews and subscriptions moves us up in the iTunes top 200. This makes it easier to find Knowing Animals and to learn all about our animal friends!

Episode 28: Performing Animals with Peta Tait