Dr Arnold Hunt of the British Library looks at how preachers sought to attract and persuade their listeners with the help of dramatic and histrionic techniques that were not so different from those of the theatre.
Part of 'The Heard Word: Pulpit vs Playhouse' - a series of lectures organised by Globe Education and Southwark Cathedral to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.
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