23 November 2024
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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.
Theatre Book Prizes Judges Announced!
who are they?Explore our Bookshop - 75 years of Annual Publications
browse hereMembers' Notes and Queries
11th October 2024
New Book by Don Watson
22nd May 2024
An answer for Gary Naylor
22nd May 2024
Information requested: Iris Brooke (1905-1981).
19th May 2024
A question
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
The Society for Theatre Research was one of the featured supporters of The Stage Awards 2023.
The STR and the restructuring of the V&A in 2021: statement and response and result
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