Theatre Notebook

A journal of the history and technique of the British theatre.

Exploring a wide interpretation of theatrical activities, covering buildings, performers, techniques, theory and practice connected with British and British-related theatre.

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Theatre Notebook is a journal of the history and technique of the British theatre. It interprets theatre widely, covering theatrical activities inside and outside theatre buildings, professional and amateur theatre, the business of theatre, stage design, the history of theatre buildings, acting technique, and theatre outside the British Isles that relates directly to the history and technique of British theatre.

The Editors of Theatre Notebook welcome offers of contributions that record, analyse, reinterpret and celebrate the achievements of British theatre practitioners from any period, including the very recent past. Essays that focus purely on dramatic literature are not considered.

The Editors recognise the crucial importance of a scholarly approach to facts and interpretation but have no theoretical preferences, recognising the importance of representing a wide spectrum of contemporary positions.

All enquiries and offers of contributions should be addressed to the editor, Trevor Griffiths

Theatre Notebook is published by the STR three times a year.

Current Issue - Volume 73 Number 2

Mary-Ann Canning

The Theatrical Career of Mary Ann Canning, Part 1: November 1773 — December 1776
Julian Crowe

The Diary of Benjamin Griffin: A Re-appraisal
Terry Jenkins

‘One of the few theatres in England who really care about dramatists’: New Writing at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Rachel Walker

 

 

 

Book Reviews

Social and Political Theatre in Twenty-First Century Britain: Staging Crisis
Vicky Angelaki

Performing Shakespeare’s Women: Playing Dead
Paige Martin Reynolds

An Illustrated History of British Theatre and Performance. Volume 2: from the Industrial Revolution to the Digital Age
Robert Leach

Recent Back Issues

Vol. 73, No. 1 (pp. 1-68, 2019)

New Light on the Baroness *** Rediscovering Nora Charrington, Actress and Fabian *** Jacob Hall and other Rope Dancers on the Continent, 1678-1682

Vol. 72, No. 3 (pp. 126-182, 2018)

Fanny Kemble’s Dual Consciousness: Memoir and Performance Theory *** Authoring the Environment: Landscapes, Crowds and Communality in Louis Napoleon Parker’s Edwardian Pageants *** Lady Randolph Churchill’s “Tremendous, Ridiculous, Costly Hats”: A material culture approach to His Borrowed Plumes

Vol. 72, No. 2 (pp65-124, 2018)

The West End Theatre Comes to Hampshire: Richard Norton (1667-1732) of Southwick Park, Landowner and Man of the Theatre *** Theatre, Celebrity, and Contagion: David Garrick’s 1742 Dublin Visit and James R. Planché’s Garrick Fever *** Touchstone: A Forgotten Theatrical Newspaper.

Vol. 72, No. 1 (pp. 1-64, 2018)

Edward Ecclestone’s ‘The Cataclysm: New Engravings of Restoration Stage Scenery? *** Rich’s Register: The Chatsworth Volume *** From Vocalist to “Inventor of the Dresses”: Vincenzo Sestini’s career at the King’s Theatre in the Haymarket’ *** Darkening the auditorium in the Nineteenth Century British Theatre.
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Submission Guidelines

Theatre Notebook is published by the STR three times a year. As a journal of the history and technique of the British theatre, we are prepared to consider work on a wide variety of topics concerned with theatre history and practice, but we do not publish essays that are mainly or solely concerned with dramatic literature or literary criticism of play texts.

We do not prescribe maximum or minimum lengths for essays and we welcome essays at any time of the year. We aim to respond to authors within a month, but at particularly busy times that may not always be possible.

Please note, articles should be formatted in accordance with Modern Language Association of America (MLA) style. British spelling should be used and the first names of all persons referred to should be given when they are first mentioned.

Essays will be considered anonymously so they should not contain any identification within the article itself, although we will need a short biographical note about the author when an article is accepted for publication. Authors should confirm that they have obtained and met the cost of any relevant permissions.

All enquiries about contributions are welcome, and should be directed to
theatrenotebook@str.org.uk

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Trevor Griffiths
Theatre Notebook
4 Warner Road
LONDON N8 7HD

Contact: theatrenotebook@str.org.uk