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Updated: 19th July 2010 News Archive & Site-Updates | Members' Notices Mobile   eLetters   Twitter   RSS

Poel Event

This year's event will be held on 17th Sept at the National Theatre. Jeantte Nelson, Barbara Houseman will be presenting two of the masterclasses on speaking drama.

The King's Jester

Special offer, coming soon to STR members: 30% off this authoritive biography of Dan Leno, jester to King Edward VII, and one of the first mass-media stars.
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New CD Release

Handel in the Playhouse consists of previously unrecorded ballad opera music originally composed by G. F. Handel, based on new research by Dr Zak Ozmo.

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Lecture Series

The first lecture in the 2010/11 winter series will be presented by Professor Colin Chambers, entitled "Fringe Theatre Before the Fringe".
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Kensal Green

A report of last month's visit to Kensal Green cemetery, during which a party, thirty to forty strong, made up of STR and Irving society members, visited the...
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V&A Theare Collection

As part of the Scenography Conference, there is to be an optional visit to the V&A's Theatre Collection the following day.

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STR Goes Mobile

The STR now has a mobile website with news and events (inc. times and locations), for easy access from your iPhone, Blackberry or other smartphone.
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Book Prize Entries

See the full (illustrated) list of 60+ theatre-related titles submitted for the Book Prize 2009, for which the winner, Jann Parry, was announced last month.
Theatrical Patents

Theatrical Patents

British Theatrical Patents 1901-1950, the long-awaited bonus book for 2010 is now available. Free to members, and only £30 to non-members.