17 February 2020
Awards
Pretty Men – male cross-dressing 1896-1939
WELCOME to the SOCIETY FOR THEATRE RESEARCH
Since 1948, the Society has advanced research into British-related theatre. We run lectures and conferences, publish books and journals, offer funding and prizes, promote excellent scholarship and support the continuing development of practice.
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Member Notices
31 October 2019
Tell Me I’m Forgiven:The Story of Forgotten Stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney
18 October 2019
Liverpool theatrical treasure trove
3 October 2019
Pierrots and concert parties
25 September 2019
European Historic Theatres Day – 25th October
4 August 2019
Goodison Fellowship: open for applications
1 August 2019
Your chance to join the Tiller Girls………….
30 July 2019
A new novel about Stoker, Irving and Terry
27 July 2019
Publishers offering discounts on books
16 July 2019
Fairfield Halls Croydon Open Day
6 July 2019
Richmond Theatre Open Day & Event
The NRN Blog
9 January 2020
Events
New Guest Speaker at “Just teach will ya!”
3 January 2020
New Researchers Network
“Just teach will ya!” Teaching Theatre and Performance as a PhD student
16 December 2019
Awards
Reasserting Richard’s Queen
25 November 2019
Call for Papers
CfP 2020 Conference: Embodied Spectatorship and Performance in Theatre and Visual Culture, 1780-1914
Membership
Join the Society and become part of our next seventy years celebrating British theatre in all its aspects.
Highlights of membership
- the Society’s journal, Theatre Notebook (three times a year)
- social gatherings after the Christmas Lecture and the AGM
- at least one exclusive book publication a year
- the winter lecture series (October - May)
- a variety of other events around the UK (and occasionally abroad)
- the opportunity to publicise your research interests on our website