Reading Early Plays (REP)
@PlaysRep
REP meets regularly online to read & explore drama written before the closure of the London theatres in 1642. Each play is introduced by Dr Martin Wiggins.
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Please try to save BBC Radio Drama by signing this petition (which I was glad to do). @BBCRadio3 @BBCRadio4 @PetrocTrelawny @stanley_wells Please RT.
'The BBC had only been on the air 6 months,' writes @AudioAndrea, 'when it broadcast its first play, 12th Night, in 1923'. Please sign this petition to save drama on the radio. @ShakesInstitute @TheRSC @BirminghamRep @BSAShakespeare chng.it/5M9kTjrs9V
Is the world too cheerful right now? Sick of being lighthearted and jolly? Join us tonight at 7.30 as we celebrate the 1611 revival of The Play That Dare Not Speak Its Name. More fun than you might think! readingearlyplays.com/post/macbeth-1…
We return this evening to read and celebrate Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist" - lots of fun. Lots of words too, because, BenJo. Hence the 7.00 start. Join us! readingearlyplays.com/post/the-alche…
We wish you all the very best of new years. Why not come and join us in time for the new season of Zoom readings? Fun, frivolity and genuine academic enquiry, starting again next Wednesday with "The Alchemist" at 7.00 (because, Ben Jonson). readingearlyplays.com/post/the-alche…
As our reading session has come to a close, all that remains is to wish you and yours a merry Christmas (or happy holidays if you prefer) and all the very best for a wonderful new year. We start again on Wednesday 8th January with Jonson's "The Alchemist" - long, but fun.
Join us tonight for racism and villainy in Venice and points East. Yes, time for a revival of The Moor of Venice, 7.30 on a Zoom screen near you. (Another Venetian play without canals!)(But there are ships at sea.) readingearlyplays.com/post/the-moor-…
Delicious fun @LibraryofBham @unibirmingham Shakespeare family day, thanks to @EllaMcHawk & the first great Shakespeare Library in the world - proudly held in common by Birmingham citizens. 🎭📚🏭 ❤️ @BeingHumanFest
The long tradition of early modern #playreading at the Institute continues! Here we are, cosily ensconced against the dark and cold, reading the gory and metrically-interesting delight that is #Heywood's #Thyestes 🩸🗡️🦵🍽️
This is how Shakespeare & John Fletcher depict the resignation an Archbishop. From 'All is True' ('King Henry VIII'), 3.2.
Need a bit of tragicomic cheer? All the rage in the 1600s! Join us tonight at 7.30 for "Philaster", Beaumont and Fletcher's play of cross-dressing, subterfuge and betrayal. Fun for all! readingearlyplays.com/post/philaster…
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Timothy West We would like to extend our heartfelt sympathies to Timothy’s family and friends – in particular to his wife Prunella and children, including Samuel, who is an Associate Artist and will play Malvolio in Twelfth Night
Feel in need of a distraction? How about a play that deals with the dangers of charisma, political betrayal and the nature of the body politic? Join us tonight at 7.00 for Shakespeare's "Coriolanus". readingearlyplays.com/post/coriolanu…
Mon 4 Nov @ 6.30pm online PLAYERS & PLAYGOING AT THE ROSE How did an early modern player perform a virginal girl, a shamefaced blush, a 'dead likeness', or Othello’s trance? Join Dr Emma Whipday & Dr Simon Smith in conversation to find out... £5/£8 - trybooking.com/uk/EABX
When an old play keeps being revived you have to ask what's so good about it? Join us tonight at 7.30 as we celebrate another revival of Ric hard II in the late 1600s. readingearlyplays.com/post/richard-i…
"The women would all, of course, have been originally acted – shrilled and yelled – by boys" - really, @guardiannews ? You really think the greatest playwright ever wrote roles for shrieking incompetents? theguardian.com/stage/2024/oct…
Cannot overstate how fun this is. Shoutout to M Wiggins who would writhe on the floor at appropriate early modern death scenes, spectacularly & comically, done in by burning crown or poisoned skull.Once had the room in tears with trembling child voice 'He hath killed me, Mother'.
Play readings at the #Shakespeare Institute - what a beautiful and cosy thing to do as the days get shorter and colder! 📖 🍂 This week we're going back to pre-Shakespeare, reading medieval drama: mystery and morality plays 🎭 Study here and join the fun!
Fed up with cheer and good humour? All that laughter and happiness getting you down? Join us on Wednesday for Timon of Athens, the ultimate antidote to jollity - but darned good stuff despite that! 7.30 on a Zoom screen near you. readingearlyplays.com/post/timon-of-…
#Theatre people/#Shakespeers, asking for a friend, what are all the calamitous things that have happened to you or others during live performances? (Bonus points if they have involved the Scottish play and related curses.)
They're here!!! Copies for SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS @ManchesterUP have arrived! 🎊🥳🥂 If you would like a #free copy, RT this post and give us a follow. I will pick a winner at random by the end of the week. amazon.co.uk/Shakespeares-B…
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