Robert Greene

This post is part of a series on theatrical words. For an introduction to the series, see Performing words: introduction to a new thread on theatre and language.

We're very pleased to host this guest post from Alexander Thom exploring the trope of banishment in early commercial drama.

Our conference is coming up later this month, and we’re looking forward to the range and diversity of papers, conversations, and performance work that will be descending upon South West London in what we’re all confident will be a rare weekend of British Bank Holiday sun.

Give ear, I pray you, and mark it attentively, for you shall hear the tenor of a strange and tragical comedy.

A haunted theatre these days is a perfect premise for a horror film.