26 November 2025
News
End of the Sale and of the Bookshop
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.
The Bookshop is now closed. All enquiries about publications past and present should be addressed to Trevor Griffiths, details in linked post.
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New Team at the STR Theatre Book Prize
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Events
17 December 2025
Lecture Series
Performance: Marie Lloyd Stole My Life (IN-PERSON BOOKINGS)
17 December 2025
Lecture Series
Performance: Marie Lloyd Stole My Life (ONLINE BOOKINGS)
24 January 2026
Lecture Series
‘Reclaiming mime from the condescension of posterity’ (IN-PERSON BOOKINGS)
24 January 2026
Lecture Series
‘Reclaiming mime from the condescension of posterity’ (ONLINE BOOKINGS)
Members' Notes and Queries
22nd April 2025
Call for Papers for Special Issues of Critical Stages
22nd April 2025
Global Theatre at Your Fingertips!
17th March 2025
Early Sadler’s Wells
24th January 2025
New exhibition of John Macfarlane’s designs
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
Membership
Join the Society and become part of our next seventy-five 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