Theatre and Music Hall Licensees – individuals
…179 Ruddock, John Exmouth Arms PH 1866-68 275 Ruffy, Daniel William St. Pancras Athenaeum 1855-57 710 Rumsey, George Clay Hall PH 1859-60 160 Rumsey, John, Jnr White Horse PH (St….
Research Grants
Theatre Book Prize – Full Report & Audio
…the extraordinary story of the National and therefore this is a tremendous, for me a tremendous vindication of the National’s importance. It is the best theatre in the world. And…
A CONCISE HISTORY OF WHIRLIGIG THEATRE (1979-2003)
…run. I think it was the second performance, a morning schools’ performance, which we knew several national newspaper critics would be attending. When the actors arrived for their warm-up, one…
Borrowing from Britain’s Beggar: Influences on American Colonial Theatre
…an exploration of the British influence on American theatre in its colonial days. Using highlights from the British Library’s collection, the evening examines Americans’ love of British Ballad Opera, with…
The Gladiator, the Indian, the Dutchman and Shakespeare: Three American Actors in Nineteenth-Century England
Presented by Dr Arthur Bloom he New York Mirror of December 4, 1880 wrote that for nineteenth-century American actors, ‘the verdict of foreigners’ was ‘the verdict of posterity’. In order…
2022 Report
News from Harry Ransom
…furloughs, online performances, reckoning with longstanding racial injustices in the industry, national politics and protests, and so much more. We are inviting theatre artists and organizations to register and submit…
Vol. 70, No. 3
The Challenage of Using Theatre as Social and Political Intervention in Nineteenth-Century Sheffield: Joseph Fox’s The Union Wheel –§– The Licensing of the Birmingham Music Halls –§– ‘The Play all…
2020 Report