17 March 2025
Exhibition
Theatrical exhibitions in Greenwich, London
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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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19 March 2025
Lecture Series
Wilhelm: Realism, fantasy and spectacle on the fin de siècle stage (IN-PERSON BOOKINGS)
19 March 2025
Lecture Series
Wilhelm: Realism, fantasy and spectacle on the fin de siècle stage (ONLINE BOOKINGS)
23 April 2025
Lecture Series
Lydia in Court (IN-PERSON BOOKINGS)
23 April 2025
Lecture Series
Lydia in Court (ONLINE BOOKINGS)
Members' Notes and Queries
17th March 2025
Early Sadler’s Wells
24th January 2025
New exhibition of John Macfarlane’s designs
21st January 2025
Information request: Tommy Atkins on Stage 1896-1926
11th October 2024
New Book by Don Watson
The NRN Blog
14 December 2023
Call for Papers
CFP Special Issue of Theatre Notebook: ‘Celebration’ in Theatre and Performance Research
27 November 2023
New Researchers Network
NRN Call for Papers: 2-hour online workshop, celebrating 75 years of Theatre Research
11 April 2021
Conferences
The London Stage and the Nineteenth-Century World III: 15 – 17 April
7 April 2021
New Researchers Network
Defining Loss in Early Modern Plays
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- 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)
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