Reading Early Plays (REP)

REP meets regularly online to read & explore drama written before the closure of the London theatres in 1642. Each play is introduced by Dr Martin Wiggins.

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@lifeisnotanovel Many congratulations!

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Please try to save BBC Radio Drama by signing this petition (which I was glad to do). @BBCRadio3 @BBCRadio4 @PetrocTrelawny @stanley_wells Please RT.

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@Freeburian Ben, never knowingly using three words where eight would do.

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Is the world too cheerful right now? Sick of being lighthearted and jolly?

Join us tonight at 7.30 as we celebrate the 1611 revival of The Play That Dare Not Speak Its Name. More fun than you might think!

https://t.co/sgP0vwrjAw

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@Freeburian @TheRSC “If this were to be played upon a stage now, I could condemn it to improbable fiction”

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@RankinMccabe Congratulations!

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We return this evening to read and celebrate Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist" - lots of fun. Lots of words too, because, BenJo. Hence the 7.00 start.

Join us!

https://t.co/g0PfCnlMxW

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@_erinsullivan_ Will you be joining us where the skies are blue?

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We wish you all the very best of new years.

Why not come and join us in time for the new season of Zoom readings? Fun, frivolity and genuine academic enquiry, starting again next Wednesday with "The Alchemist" at 7.00 (because, Ben Jonson).

https://t.co/g0PfCnmknu

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@PMFontana "Yes, by Saint Anne, and ginger shall be hot i' the mouth too."

(See what my gif did there?)

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As our reading session has come to a close, all that remains is to wish you and yours a merry Christmas (or happy holidays if you prefer) and all the very best for a wonderful new year.

We start again on Wednesday 8th January with Jonson's "The Alchemist" - long, but fun.

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Join us tonight for racism and villainy in Venice and points East. Yes, time for a revival of The Moor of Venice, 7.30 on a Zoom screen near you.

(Another Venetian play without canals!)(But there are ships at sea.)

https://t.co/7AlMFMgVUD

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@Freeburian @DrCLaoutaris @Heggledepeg @HistoryEpoch @literaryhub @BSAShakespeare @SAAupdates @srcrenaissance @RSAorg @TheRSC @FT @The_Globe @HollowCrownFans @GlosHistFest @profdanielcook @EnglishAssoc @RoyalHistSoc I wish you could join us at some of our Wednesday-evening readings on Zoom. The intricate sets of relationships between writers, their work and actors is one of our major focuses. (Plus, it's fun!)

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@Paul_Edmondson @CSLewisInst @pintswithjack @ChurchTimes @PetrocTrelawny @stanley_wells @JRRTolkien @churchofengland "the sound of your loving roar" - good one.

Every child deserves to wonder what might just be inside a wardrobe.

[Ewan Fernie @EFernie]

Delicious fun ⁦@LibraryofBham⁩ ⁦@unibirmingham⁩ Shakespeare family day, thanks to ⁦@EllaMcHawk⁩ & the first great Shakespeare Library in the world - proudly held in common by Birmingham citizens. 🎭📚🏭 ❤️
⁦@BeingHumanFest⁩

[Shakespeare Institute @ShakesInstitute]

The long tradition of early modern #playreading at the Institute continues! Here we are, cosily ensconced against the dark and cold, reading the gory and metrically-interesting delight that is #Heywood's #Thyestes 🩸🗡️🦵🍽️

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This is how Shakespeare & John Fletcher depict the resignation an Archbishop. From 'All is True' ('King Henry VIII'), 3.2.

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Need a bit of tragicomic cheer? All the rage in the 1600s! Join us tonight at 7.30 for "Philaster", Beaumont and Fletcher's play of cross-dressing, subterfuge and betrayal. Fun for all!

https://t.co/kJOBvTOh1s

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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Timothy West

We would like to extend our heartfelt sympathies to Timothy’s family and friends – in particular to his wife Prunella and children, including Samuel, who is an Associate Artist and will play Malvolio in Twelfth Night