the curtain

This year we've had several chances to muse on the architectural and performance function of playing spaces like the Curtain or the Blackfriars—in part thanks to events we've held at these spaces and in part thanks to contributions that open up new aspects of their histories.

This post also features on Engendering the Stage, a research project with which we are in dialogue that explores women, gender, and performance in early modern Europe. Stay tuned for project blog posts from Engendering the Stage in the coming weeks!

 

On 21 July, we and MOLA, The Stage, and The Dolphin's Back will explore the history and future possibilities for the Curtain playhouse with a public audience at Hackney House. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.

Theatre history is not so much about establishing fact as it is about embracing uncertainty, a dialogue between competing and sometimes complementary narratives.

We launched our website last year, on the date of Shakespeare’s 400^th anniversary, with an introduction to the project and something of a provocation in Andy’s post about putting the Shhhh into Shakespeare....

William Fleetwood was a significant figure in Elizabethan London.