STR members are warmly invited to join us at Durham University’s Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC116) or online via Teams, on Wednesday 19 March 2025, for a research showcase to celebrate the launch of Susan Valladares’s new book, Stock Pieces: British Repertory Theatre, 1760–1830 (Liverpool University Press). The research showcase welcomes four scholars specialising in theatre and performance during the long nineteenth century: it seeks to explore the range of approaches to the field, identify further avenues for future research, and to invite open discussion through Q&As.

You are welcome to attend either or both part(s) of the programme, as you prefer.

Guest Speakers:

• Dr Patricia Smyth, University of Exeter
• Dr Kate Newey, Professor of Theatre History, University of Exeter
• Professor Catherine Hindson, University of Bristol
• Dr Caroline Radcliffe, Reader in Drama and Performance, University of Birmingham

Programme:

3pm: Welcome and Introduction

Presentations from Guest Speakers (followed by Q&As)

[A refreshment break, with tea, coffee and biscuits]

4:35pm: Book launch for Stock Pieces: British Repertory Theatre, 1760–1830

Bennett Zon (Professor of Music and Director of the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, Durham) in conversation with Susan Valladares

To register for the event please use this link: Susan Valladares Book Launch – Durham University

Or RSVP directly via the CNCS form: CNCS RESEARCH SHOWCASE and BOOK LAUNCH