Spring Season 2024 - The Lord Chamberlain's Men
All readings are on Wednesday evenings, 7:30pm (UK time) unless otherwise stated
10 January 2024
17 January 2024
24 January 2024
31 January 2024
07 February 2024
14 February 2024
21 February 2024
28 February 2024
06 March 2024
13 March 2024
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20 March 2024
27 March 2024
Troilus and Cressida
The Merry Devil of Edmonton
Measure for Measure
Sejanus’ Fall 7 pm Start
The Fair Maid of Bristol
The Malcontent (1604 revised revival)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Comedy of Errors (1604 revival, with new casting)
Henry V (1604 revival, with new casting)
Every Man Out of His Humour (1604 revival, with new casting; abridged version to reflect what was, or may have been, actually staged) 7 pm Start
The Moor of Venice
The London Prodigal
William Shakespeare
Thomas Dekker and John Webste
William Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
Robert Armin
John Marston
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
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William Shakespeare
Thomas Dekker and John Webster
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Summer Marathon - The Admiral's/Prince's Men
04 September 2023
04 September 2023
05 September 2023
05 September 2023
06 September 2023
06 September 2023
07 September 2023
07 September 2023
08 September 2023
08 September 2023
11 September 2023
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11 September 2023
12 September 2023
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12 September 2023
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13 September 2023
13 September 2023
13 September 2023
14 September 2023
14 September 2023
15 September 2023
15 September 2023
A Knack to Know an Honest Man (1594)
The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596)
Stukely (1596)
The Comedy of Humours (1597)
1 Robin Hood (1598)
2 Robin Hood (1598)
A Woman Will Have Her Will (1598)
The Two Angry Women of Abingdon (1598)
Look About You (1599)
The Gentle Craft (1599)
Sir John Oldcastle (1599)
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Fortunatus (1599)
Patient Grissil (1600)
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The Spanish Moor’s Tragedy (1600)
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The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green (1600)
The Devil and His Dame (1600)
Hoffman (1603)
The Patient Man and the Honest Whore (1604)
When You See Me, You Know Me (1604)
2 The Honest Whore (1605)
The Whore of Babylon (1606)
Unknown
George Chapman
possibly Thomas Heywood
George Chapman
Anthony Munday
Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle
William Haughton
Henry Porter
Unknown
Thomas Dekker
Anthony Munday, Michael Drayton, Robert Wilson, and Richard Hathway
Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, and William Haughton
Thomas Dekker, William Haughton, and John Day
Henry Chettle and John Day
William Haughton
Henry Chettle
Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton
Samuel Rowley
Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker
Summer Season 2023 - The Lord Chamberlain's Men
03 May 2023
10 May 2023
17 May 2023
24 May 2023
31 May 2023
07 June 2023
14 June 2023
21 June 2023
28 June 2023
05 July 2023
12 July 2023
Love’s Labours Lost
King John
The Merchant of Venice
1 Henry IV
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Warning for Fair Women
2 Henry IV
Every Man in His Humour
Much Ado About Nothing
Henry V
The Spanish Tragedy (1599 revised revival)
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Thomas Dekker
William Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Thomas Kyd
Spring Season 2023 - The Lord Chamberlain's Men
11 January 2023
18 January 2023
25 January 2023
01 February 2023
08 February 2023
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15 February 2023
22 February 2023
01 March 2023
08 March 2023
15 March 2023
22 March 2023
29 March 2023
Titus Andronicus - 1594 revival
The Taming of the Shrew - 1594 revival
Richard III
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1 Henry VI - 1594 revised revival
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2 Henry VI - 1594 revised revival
3 Henry VI - 1594 revised revival
The Comedy of Errors - 1594 revival
Romeo and Juliet
Richard II
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titus Andronicus - 1595 revival, (with new apprentice casting)
William Shakespeare and George Peele
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare, Thomas Nashe
and one other playwright
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare and George Peele
Autumn Season 2022 - The Whitefriars Companies
22 September 2022
27 September 2022
29 September 2022
04 October 2022
06 October 2022
11 October 2022
13 October 2022
18 October 2022
20 October 2022
25 October 2022
27 October 2022
01 November 2022
03 November 2022
08 November 2022
10 November 2022
15 November 2022
17 November 2022
22 November 2022
24 November 2022
29 November 2022
01 December 2022
06 December 2022
08 December 2022
Cupid’s Whirligig
The Family of Love
Every Woman in Her Humour
The Turk
Humour out of Breath
The Dumb Knight
Ram Alley
The Two Maids of Mortlake
The Coxcomb
A Woman is a Weathercock
The Insatiate Countess
The Silent Woman
The Woman’s Prize
Bussy D’Amboise (B-text)
The Revenge of Bussy D’Amboise
The Scornful Lady
Amends for Ladies
A Christian Turned Turk
Four Plays or Moral Representations, in One
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside
Bartholomew Fair
Wit without Money
The Night-Walkers
Edward Sharpham
Lording Barry
Lewis Machin
John Mason
John Day
Gervase Markham and Lewis Machin
Lording Barry
Robert Armin
John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont
Nathan Field
William Barksted, Lewis Machin, and John Marston
Ben Jonson
John Fletcher
George Chapman
George Chapman
John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont
Nathan Field
Robert Daborne
Nathan Field and John Fletcher
Thomas Middleton
Ben Jonson
John Fletcher
John Fletcher
Summer Marathon 2022 - Christopher Marlowe
29 August 2022
29 August 2022
30 August 2022
30 August 2022
31 August 2022
31 August 2022
01 September 2022
01 September 2022
02 September 2022
02 September 2022
05 September 2022
05 September 2022
06 September 2022
06 September 2022
07 September 2022
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07 September 2022
08 September 2022
08 September 2022
09 September 2022
09 September 2022
Tamburlaine
The Spanish Tragedy
Alphonsus, King of Aragon
Tamburlaine 2
Endymion
The Wounds of Civil War
Doctor Faustus (A-Text)
The Battle of Alcazar
Dido, Queen of Carthage
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
The Jew of Malta
1 The Contention between York and Lancaster
2 The Contention between York and Lancaster
The Taming of the Shrew
Harry VI
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Edward II
Titus Andronicus
The Massacre at Paris
Edward III
Richard III
Christopher Marlowe
Thomas Kyd
Robert Greene
Christopher Marlowe
John Lyly
Thomas Lodge
Christopher Marlowe
George Peele
Christopher Marlowe
Robert Greene
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Thomas Nashe and collaborator, later revised by Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare, completing George Peele
Christopher Marlowe
including William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Summer Season 2022 - Children of St Paul’s &
Children of the Chapel Royal / Queen’s Revels
03 May 2022
05 May 2022
10 May 2022
12 May 2022
17 May 2022
19 May 2022
24 May 2022
26 May 2022
31 May 2022
02 June 2022
07 June 2022
09 June 2022
14 June 2022
16 June 2022
21 June 2022
23 June 2022
28 June 2022
30 June 2022
05 July 2022
07 July 2022
14 July 2022
The Fairy Chase
Monsieur D’Olive
The Phoenix
Eastward Ho!
Bussy D’Amboise (A text)
The Wonder of Women (a.k.a. Sophonisba)
Michaelmas Term
The Isle of Gulls
Westward Ho!
The Fleer
A Trick to Catch the Old One
Your Five Gallants
A Mad World, My Masters
Cupid’s Revenge
Northward Ho!
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
The Woman-Hater
The Conspiracy of Charles, Duke of Biron
The Puritan
The Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Biron
The Faithful Shepherdess
​William Percy
George Chapman
Thomas Middleton
George Chapman, John Marston, and Ben Jonson
George Chapman
John Marston
Thomas Middleton
John Day
Thomas Dekker and John Webster
Edward Sharpham
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
Thomas Dekker and John Webster
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
George Chapman
Thomas Middleton
George Chapman
John Fletcher
Spring Season 2022 - Children of St Paul’s &
Children of the Chapel Royal / Queen’s Revels
11 January 2022
13 January 2022
18 January 2022
20 January 2022
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25 January 2022
27 January 2022
01 February 2022
03 February 2022
08 February 2022
10 February 2022
15 February 2022
17 February 2022
22 February 2022
24 February 2022
01 March 2022
03 March 2022
04 March 2022
10 March 2022
15 March 2022
17 March 2022
22 March 2022
24 March 2022
29 March 2022
31 March 2022
05 April 2022
07 April 2022
14 April 2022
Antonio and Mellida
Cynthia’s Revels
The Wisdom of Doctor Dodypoll
The Contention between Liberality and Prodigality
The Maid’s Metamorphosis
The Arraignment (a.k.a. Poetaster)
Jack Drum’s Entertainment
Sir Giles Goosecap, Knight Parrott
Antonio’s Revenge
The Malcontent (A-text)
What You Will
The Dutch Courtesan
Change is No Robbery
Law-Tricks
The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet
May Day
Measure for Measure
An Honest Man's Fortune
Twelfth Night
Histriomastix
Blurt, Master Constable
Philotas
The Gentleman Usher
All Fools
A Country Tragedy in Vacunium
The Fawn
The Widow’s Tears
John Marston
Ben Jonson
Unknown
Unknown
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Unknown
Ben Jonson
John Marston
George Chapman
John Marston
John Marston
John Marston
John Marston
William Percy
John Day
Thomas Dekker
George Chapman
William Shakespeare
Nathan Field, John Fletcher, and Philip Massinger
William Shakespeare
John Marston
Thomas Dekker
Samuel Daniel
George Chapman
George Chapman
William Percy
John Marston
George Chapman
Autumn Season 2021 - The King's Men
21 September 2021
23 September 2021
28 September 2021
30 September 2021
05 October 2021
07 October 2021
12 October 2021
14 October 2021
19 October 2021
21 October 2021
26 October 2021
28 October 2021
02 November 2021
04 November 2021
09 November 2021
11 November 2021
16 November 2021
18 November 2021
19 November 2021
23 November 2021
25 November 2021
30 November 2021
02 December 2021
07 December 2021
09 December 2021
14 December 2021
16 December 2021
​News of Plymouth
The Platonic Lovers
Arviragus and Philicia pt1
Arviragus and Philicia pt2
The Princess
The Bashful Lover
Aglaura
The Lost Lady
The Goblins
The Unfortunate Lovers
The Passionate Lovers pt1
The Fair Favourite
The Passionate Lovers pt2
Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland
The Spanish Lovers (The Distresses)
The Discontented Colonel
Cleodora, Queen of Aragon
The Parson’s Wedding pt1
The Parson’s Wedding pt2
The Imposture
The Brothers
The Country Captain
The Cardinal
The Variety
The Sophy
The Sisters
The Court Secret
William Davenant
William Davenant
Lodowick Carlell
Lodowick Carlell
Thomas Killigrew
Philip Massinger
John Suckling
William Berkeley
John Suckling
William Davenant
Lodowick Carlell
William Davenant
Lodowick Carlell
Henry Glapthorne
William Davenant
John Suckling
William Habington
Thomas Killigrew
Thomas Killigrew
James Shirley
James Shirley
William Cavendish
James Shirley
William Cavendish
John Denham
James Shirley
James Shirley
Summer Season 2021 - The King's Men
04 May 2021
06 May 2021
11 May 2021
13 May 2021
18 May 2021
20 May 2021
25 May 2021
27 May 2021
01 June 2021
03 June 2021
08 June 2021
10 June 2021
15 June 2021
17 June 2021
22 June 2021
24 June 2021
29 June 2021
01 July 2021
06 July 2021
08 July 2021
13 July 2021
15 July 2021
20 July 2021
22 July 2021
27 July 2021
29 July 2021
The Duke of Lerma
The Cruel Brother
The Queen
The Lover’s Melancholy
The Deserving Favourite
The New Inn
The Picture
The Northern Lass
The Broken Heart
The Just Italian
Alfonso, Emperor of Germany
The Inconstant Lady
The Soldered Citizen
The Switzer
The Emperor of the East
Believe as You List
The Corporal
The City Madam
The Novella
The Magnetic Lady
The Guardian
The Wits
A Challenge for Beauty
The Witches of Lancashire
The Queen’s Exchange
Love and Honour
Henry Shirley (revised by Robert Howard)
William Davenant
John Ford
John Ford
Lodowick Carlell
Ben Jonson
Philip Massinger
Richard Brome
John Ford
William Davenant
Unknown
Arthur Wilson
John Clavell
Arthur Wilson
Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger
Arthur Wilson
Philip Massinger
Richard Brome
Ben Jonson
Philip Massinger
William Davenant
Thomas Heywood
Thomas Heywood
Richard Brome
William Davenant
Spring Season 2021 - The King's Men
12 January 2021
14 January 2021
19 January 2021
21 January 2021
26 January 2021
28 January 2021
02 February 2021
03 February 2021
04 February 2021
09 February 2021
11 February 2021
16 February 2021
18 February 2021
23 February 2021
25 February 2021
02 March 2021
04 March 2021
09 March 2021
11 March 2021
16 March 2021
18 March 2021
23 March 2021
25 March 2021
30 March 2021
01 April 2021
The Island Princess
Women, Beware Women
The Wild-Goose Chase
More Dissemblers Besides Women
The Duke of Milan
The Pilgrim
Anything for a Quiet Life
Actor Session 1
The Double Marriage
The Prophetess
The Sea Voyage
Osman, the Great Turk
The Spanish Curate
A Very Woman
The Maid of the Mill
The Lovers’ Progress
A Wife for a Month
A Game at Chess
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife
The Fair Maid of the Inn
The Noble Gentleman
The Staple of News
The Telltale, possibly
The Unnatural Combat
The Roman Actor
John Fletcher
Thomas Middleton
John Fletcher
Thomas Middleton
Philip Massinger
John Fletcher
Thomas Middleton and John Webster
REP Actor Information Session
John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger and John Fletcher
Philip Massinger and John Fletcher
Lodowick Carlell
John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger and John Fletcher
William Rowley and John Fletcher
John Fletcher (revised by Philip Masssinger)
John Fletcher
Thomas Middleton
John Fletcher
John Webster, Philip Massinger, John Ford and John Fletcher
John Fletcher and (?) John Ford
Ben Jonson
Thomas Dekker
Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger
Autumn Season 2020 - The King's Men
13 October 2020
15 October 2020
20 October 2020
22 October 2020
27 October 2020
29 October 2020
03 November 2020
05 November 2020
10 November 2020
12 November 2020
17 November 2020
19 November 2020
24 November 2020
26 November 2020
01 December 2020
03 December 2020
08 December 2020
10 December 2020
15 December 2020
17 December 2020
The Loyal Subject
The Witch
The Mad Lover
The Devil is an Ass
The Chances
The Queen of Corinth
Rollo Duke of Normandy
Thierry and Theodoret
The Elder Brother
The Knight of Malta
The Loyal Subject
The Fatal Dowry
The Humorous Lieutenant
Sir John van Oldenbarnvelt
The Custom of the Country
The Laws of Candy
The Little French Lawyer
The False One
The Mayor of Queenborough
Women Pleased
John Fletcher
Thomas Middleton
John Fletcher
Ben Jonson
John Fletcher
Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, and John Fletcher
John Fletcher, Nathan Field, and Philip Massinger
John Fletcher, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field
John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
John Fletcher, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field
John Fletcher
Philip Massinger and Nathan Field
John Fletcher
John Fletcher, with John Ford
Philip Massinger and John Fletcher
Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, with John Ford
John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
Thomas Middleton
John Fletcher
Summer Marathon 2020 - William Shakespeare
04 May 2020
05 May 2020
06 May 2020
07 May 2020
08 May 2020
11 May 2020
12 May 2020
13 May 2020
14 May 2020
15 May 2020
18 May 2020
19 May 2020
20 May 2020
21 May 2020
22 May 2020
25 May 2020
26 May 2020
27 May 2020
No Reading
28 May 2020
29 May 2020
01 June 2020
02 June 2020
03 June 2020
No Reading
04 June 2020
05 June 2020
08 June 2020
09 June 2020
10 June 2020
11 June 2020
12 June 2020
15 June 2020
16 June 2020
17 June 2020
18 June 2020
No Reading
19 June 2020
22 June 2020
23 June 2020
24 June 2020
25 June 2020
26 June 2020
Henry VI Part 2
Henry VI Part 3
The Taming of the Shrew
Henry VI Part 1
Titus Andronicus
The Comedy of Errors
Richard III
Edward III
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Romeo and Juliet
Richard II
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Love’s Labour’s Lost
King John
The Merchant of Venice
Henry IV Part I
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Henry IV Part II
Loves Labours Won
Much Ado About Nothing
Henry V
Julius Caesar
As You Like It
Hamlet
Sir Thomas More
Twelfth Night
Troilus and Cressida
Measure for Measure
Othello
All’s Well That Ends Well
King Lear - A Text
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
Timon of Athens
Pericles
Coriolanus
King Lear - B Text
Cymbeline
The Winter’s Tale
The Tempest
Henry VIII
Cardenio
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Summer 1591
Autumn 1591
February 1592
March 1592
Late Spring 1592
January 1593
Mid 1593
Late 1593
Summer 1594
Early 1595
Mid 1595
Autumn 1595
Early 1596
Mid 1596
Autumn 1596
Early 1597
Late Spring or Summer 1597
Late 1597
1598
Autumn 1598
April/May 1599
September 1599
Early Spring 1600
Autumn 1600
1601
Autumn 1601
First half of 1602
December 1603
Autumn 1604
Early 1605
December 1605/ January 1606
April 1606
Autumn 1606
Spring 1607
Autumn 1607
Early Summer 1608
1610
December 1610
February 1611
Autumn 1611
Early 1612
Late 1612
July/August 1613