Victorian Theatre

William Poel's interest in Shakespeare's texts coincided with the publication by William Griggs of facsimile copies of the First and Second Quartos of Hamlet in 1880.

Feb 5, 2009 - Sara Thompson

The English theatre of the Victorian age remains notorious in the annals of theatre history for its excesses in production, but this extravagance has historical roots.

Jan 29, 2009 - Sara Thompson

The queen of English Victorian theatre, Ellen Terry, was a child star under the tutelage of Charles Kean, a key member of a burgeoning dynasty of actors, and a romantic.

May 21, 2007 - Beverley Davies