Our Fall 2012 newsletter is just about to wend its way to mailboxes near and far. PDF and HTML versions are also available here, of course.
‘Bethlehem’s Bower’ poster release
Behold: Look for it around Toronto soon! Learn more about the show here.
“Boys” in skirts
As rehearsals for A Medieval Christmas: Go We Hence to Bethlehem's Bower continue apace (have a look at our cast & crew list), Julie Florio has uploaded some lovely photos of Shakespeare & the Queen's Men, The Chester Shepherds and Don Juan, Ladykiller of Seville. Learn more about the SQM project at Performing the Queen's … Continue reading “Boys” in skirts
Bethlehem’s Bower first read-through
Today is the first read-through for our musical-comical-historical-pastoral extravaganza A Medieval Christmas: Go We Hence to Bethlehem's Bower. The excitement! We will be using edited selections from A.F. Johnston's modernization of the N-Town Plays. If you'd like to read the plays, have a look at "The Nativity", "The Adoration of the Shepherds", and "The Adoration … Continue reading Bethlehem’s Bower first read-through
Busy busy busy!
Lots has been happening around here lately! Auditions have finished for A Medieval Christmas: Go We Hence to Bethlehem's Bower and a cast is being assembled. The production team is excited to begin rehearsals on October 30. The Fall 2012 newsletter is in finishing stages and will be mailed out and uploaded to the website … Continue reading Busy busy busy!
Table of Contents for Issue 15.2 of Early Theatre
Editorial Contributors Articles From Subject to Earthly Matter: The Plowman's Argument and Popular Discourse in Gentleness and Nobility Rachel Greenberg John Cholmley on the Bankside William Ingram Reinstating Shakespeare's Instrumental Music David Mann Saying Farewell with Shoes: The Gift Cycle and Unresolved Class Tensions in The Shoemaker's Holiday Andrea C. Lawson Staging Exchange: Why The Knight of the Burning … Continue reading Table of Contents for Issue 15.2 of Early Theatre
Auditions begin today
Today is the first day of auditions for A Medieval Christmas: Go We Hence to Bethlehem’s Bower. The production team is so excited to finally see all these fabulous people in person!
Audition call and performance dates for Christmas show
We are holding auditions for our first show of the season. Go! Audition! Or sign up to do other stuff! If you'd like to know more, have a look at photos from our previous Christmas play with St Thomas's, our most recent play with St Thomas's, or last year's Christmas play at St James Cathedral. … Continue reading Audition call and performance dates for Christmas show
Queen’s Men DVDs
Information has been added about how to order Performing the Queen's Men DVDs. Find out more about the project by visiting its website.
The bones of Richard III?
A few articles: University of Leicester: Search for Richard III enters new phase: “momentous discovery has potential to rewrite history” BBC: Richard III dig: 'Strong evidence' bones are lost king CBC: Search for Richard III's bones yields possible match And just what is PLS's connection to all this, you ask? Why, we staged The True … Continue reading The bones of Richard III?
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