“The Drinking and Gaming Society”

Our mission is to rediscover the theatrical traditions of the Middle Ages and Renaissance through textual research and dramatic experimentation, and to bring those traditions to life for contemporary audiences of all ages.

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Invitation: PLS AGM, May 12, 2026 on Zoom

All members of PLS* are invited to our Annual General Meeting, to take place at 11am EDT on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. Please email info@plspls.ca for the Zoom details. Come hear updates about PLS’s year, including York 2025, and our exciting plans for the 2026–2027 season! * Friends, volunteers, donors, people who are interested, actors,…

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Historical fiction meets medieval drama this Friday with David Townsend

The Convivium is hosting longtime PLS friend, Professor Emeritus David Townsend, for a talk and reading from his new novel The Ram in the Thicket: A Novel of Medieval Norwich this Friday, Nov 7 at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto. Prof Townsend will explore what happens when scholars turn to writing historical…

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A Welsh Morality Play’s Lesson for Modern Materialism

This past summer, we staged the epic. This fall, we uncover a hidden gem. Following the grand spectacle of York Plays 2025, Poculi Ludique Societas (PLS), with the Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) and the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS), invites you to discover the wit and intimacy of a rarely-seen medieval Welsh morality…

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Concert September 5: ‘Across the Channel’

We look forward to this event by friends of PLS! Across the Channel: English and French Music of the Hundred Years War Friday, September 5th – 7:30pmSt. Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron Street, TorontoTickets: Pay What You Wish ($40 Suggested) About the Concert: This first concert of the season explores the musical evolution in France…

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