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This series of evening lectures, given by invited speakers, is held monthly in London during the winter. The lectures are open to everyone, and each is followed by discussion and refreshments. Included in the programme is a special Annual Address, usually in May following the Society's AGM, and the Christmas lecture, named in honour of the late Margaret Collins, whose substantial bequest to the Society, for the purpose of funding the lecture series, continues to make these evenings possible.
All lectures are free and open to the public
He was the author, thou the instrument
Thursday 19 January 2012, 7.30pm, Swedenborg Hall, London
Presented by Dr Gabriel Egan
What did the early modern theatre company do to the dramatists' scripts? We know that playscripts began as handwritten authorial papers and that these, or copies of them, must have been licensed by the state censor...Read more...
The Guthrie Thrust Stage 1948 - 2011: A Living Legacy
Thursday 16 February 2012, 7.30pm, Art Workers' Guild, London
Presented by Iain Mackintosh
The coincidence in 2011 of the Prague Quadrennial of Scenography and Theatre Architecture, and the opening of the Royal Shakespeare Company's new auditorium and thrust stage, led to a decision to celebrate the future by examining the past. Read more...
From Ladies to Boardroom
Thursday 22 March 2012, 7.30pm, Swedenborg Hall, London
Presented by Rupert Rhymes
Rupert Rhymes looks back over his career from box office to theatre administrator working for Sir Laurence Olivier and Lord Harewood, dealing with personalities and politics and surviving! Read more...
'It opens!'
The Victorian Wood-stage and its Magic-box Aesthetic
Wednesday 18 April, 7.30pm, Swedenborg Hall, London
Presented by DR GERAINT D'ARCY
This lecture draws upon his research and theories and examines the traps and devices collectively known as the Victorian wood-stage. It asks if there was more to those machines than just... Read more...
100 Years of Scenography - the British contribution
The Annual Address: Tuesday 15 May 2012, 8.15pm, Art Workers Guild, London
Presented by PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER BAUGH, FRSA
Professor Baugh lectures on staging histories, especially mid 17th century to mid 19th century, places of performance, and above all scenography, practice and theory. His research has been split between his practice as... Read more...
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