International Conference and Gala Performances
12-14 September 2008
Conference Convenors
Professor Vivien Gardner, Iain Mackintosh,
Professor David Mayer, and Dr David Wilmore
The
Society for Theatre Research will host an international and
interdisciplinary conference, The Georgian Playhouse 1750-1850 and its
Continental Counterparts, between Friday 12th September and Sunday 14th
September 2008. The conference will convene with a reception on the
Friday evening. Sessions are scheduled during the day on Saturday and
Sunday, and will include papers on performance styles, theatre
architecture, provincial circuits, colonial and continental theatres,
the work of James Winston, scenography and musical theatre.
Three gala performances of a single programme will be presented in the theatre on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. The conference delegates will attend the performance on Saturday 13th September. In addition, a facsimile edition of the rare The Theatric Tourist by James Winston (1805) will be co-published by the Society and the British Library to commemorate both the conference and the 60th anniversary.
To download the conference programme as a PDF CLICK HERE
or as a word document CLICK HERE
For more information, please explore this website or contact conference co-ordinator Dr Vanessa L. Rogers at: vanessa@georgianplayhouse.org.uk or 020 7482 4808.
Chairman: Ian Herbert
The Society for Theatre Research: President: Timothy West CBE
Hon
Secretary: Eileen Cottis Hon
Treasurer: Barry Sheppard