Semester 2, 2023/24
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Performance of Shylock by Gareth Armstrong
Symposium, The Merchant of Venice: Sources, Intertexts, Afterlives
Friday 9th and Saturday 10th February
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Richard II
by William Shakespeare
Workshop of selected scenes.
4th March
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
King Leir and his Three Daughters
by Anonymous
20th March
Alumni Room, School of English
Richard II
by William Shakespeare
Annual Playhouse Lab production. Poster.
9th May
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Semester 1, 2023/24
Doctor Faustus (selected scenes)
by Christopher Marlowe
Wednesday 11th October, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Fair Em
by Anonymous
Thursday 2nd November, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Devil is an Ass
by Ben Jonson
Thursday 23rd November, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Christmas Revels
Namely, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Thursday 14th December, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Semester 2, 2022/23
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Wednesday 8th March, 5:30pm
Workshop of selected scenes, Alumni Room, House 10
A Christian Turned Turk
by Robert Daborne
Cancelled
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Wednesday 10th May, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
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Semester 1, 2022/23
Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe (and Others)
Wednesday 12th October, 5:30pm
Workshop of selected scenes, Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Epicene, or The Silent Woman
by Ben Jonson
Wednesday 2nd November, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Dido, Queen of Carthage
by Christopher Marlowe (and Thomas Nashe?)
Wednesday 23rd November, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster
Thursday 8th December, 5:30pm
Workshop of selected scenes, Alumni Room, House 10
Semester 2, 2021/22
The Second Shepherds’ Play
By the Wakefield Master
Wednesday 23rd February, 5:30pm
Online Teams session
Antony and Cleopatra (workshopped scenes)
by William Shakesepare
Wednesday 9th March, 5:30pm
Online Teams session
King Lear (semi-rehearsed performance of abridged text)
By William Shakespeare
Wednesday 4th May, 5:30pm
Workshop Theatre, Studio 1
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Semester 1, 2021/22
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Tuesday 12th October, 5:30pm
In-person session, Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Sejanus (selected scenes)
by Ben Jonson
Tuesday 26th October, 5:30pm
In-person session, Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Sophonisba
by John Marston
Wednesday 17th November, 5:30pm
Online Zoom session
The Witch
by Thomas Middleton
Wednesday 1st December November, 5:30pm
Online Zoom session
Semester 2, 2020/21
Richard III
by William Shakespeare
Wednesday 10th February, 5:30pm
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
Wednesday 3rd March, 5:30pm
The Woman’s Prize
by John Fletcher
Wednesday 24th March, 5:30pm
The Winter’s Tale
by William Shakespeare
Wednesday 28th April, 5:30pm
Semester 1, 2020/21
1 Henry IV (selected scenes)
by William Shakespeare
Wednesday 14th October, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
The Dutch Courtesan
by John Marston
Wednesday 28th October, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
The Roaring Girl
by Thomas Dekker & Thomas Middleton
Wednesday 11th November, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
Volpone (selected scenes)
by Ben Jonson
Wednesday 25th November, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
The Devil is an Ass
by Ben Jonson
Wednesday 9th December, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
Semester 2, 2019/20
Love’s Labour’s Lost
by William Shakespeare
Thursday 1st April, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Thursday 15th April, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Thursday 14th May, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
by Robert Greene
Thursday 25th June, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
The Antipodes
by Richard Brome
Thursday 9th July, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
Thursday 22nd July, 5:30pm
Zoom online session
Semester 1, 2019/20
The Jew of Malta
by Christopher Marlowe &c.
Thursday 10th October, 5:30pm
The Workshop Theatre, Studio 1
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton
Thursday 24th October, 5:30pm
The Workshop Theatre, Studio 1
The Fawn
by John Marston
Thursday 7th November, 5:30pm
The Workshop Theatre, Studio 1
The Lover’s Melancholy
by John Ford
Thursday 21st November, 5:30pm
Alumni Room, 10 Cavendish Road
The Rover
by Aphra Behn
Monday 9th December, 5:30pm NEW DATE
Alumni Room, 10 Cavendish Road
Semester 2, 2018/19
Hamlet (1601 First Quarto)
by anonymous, Shakespeare, pirates, etc.
Tuesday, 29th January, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Women, Beware Women
by Thomas Middleton
Tuesday, 19th February, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Roman Actor
by Philip Massinger
Tuesday, 26th March, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, 14th May, 5:30pm
Alumni Room, 10 Cavendish Road
The Shoemakers’ Holiday
by Thomas Dekker
Tuesday, 4th June, 5:30pm
Alumni Room, 10 Cavendish Road
Semester 1, 2018/19
Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe &c.
Thursday, 4th October, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Tragedy of Mariam
by Elizabeth Cary
Thursday, 18th October, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Love’s Cure, or The Martial Maid
by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
Tuesday, 30th October, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
A Tale of a Tub
by Ben Jonson
Tuesday, 20th November, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Wednesday, 12th December, 5:30pm
Alumni Room, 10 Cavendish Road
Semester 2, 2017/18
The Emperor of the Moon
by Aphra Behn
Thursday, 15th February, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
Monday, 26th February, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Woman’s Prize, or The Tamer Tamed
by John Fletcher
Tuesday, 13th March, 5:30pm
Douglas Jefferson Room, 10 Cavendish Road
A Game at Chess
by Thomas Middleton
Tuesday, 19th April, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Galatea
by John Lyly
Wednesday, 9th May, 5:30pm
Alumni Room, 10 Cavendish Road
Semester 1, 2017/18
The Revenger’s Tragedy
by Thomas Middleton
Thursday, 5th October, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Cardinal
by James Shirley
Tuesday, 17th October, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster
Thursday, 2nd November, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
What You Will
by John Marston
Tuesday, 14th November, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, 28th November, 5:30pm
Alumni Room, 10 Cavendish Road
Semester 2, 2016/17
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, 24th January, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe &c.
Tuesday, 31st January, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
’Tis Pity She’s a Whore
by John Ford
Tuesday 14th February, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Quarto)
by William Shakespeare
Tuesday, 28th February, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Antonio and Mellida
by John Marston
Tuesday, 25th April, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Winter’s Tale
by William Shakespeare
Thursday, 11th May, 5:30pm
Douglas Jefferson Room, 10 Cavendish Road
Semester 1, 2016/17
The Spanish Tragedy
by Thomas Kyd
Tuesday, 11th October, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster
Tuesday, 25th October, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
Volpone, or The Fox
by Ben Jonson
Tuesday 8th November, 5:30pm
Studio 2, Workshop Theatre
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
by Thomas Middleton
Tuesday, 15th November, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
by Francis Beaumont
Thursday, 8th December, 5:30pm
Studio 1, Workshop Theatre