It’s the end of an era… kinda. (This page is still a work in progress…) Go back to 1616 to 1619.

1620

The Virgin Martyr by Massinger and Thomas Dekker

The Laws of Candy by Philip Massinger, John Ford, and John Fletcher – First Look Exploring Session available.

The Little French Lawyer by Philip Massinger and John Fletcher

The Heir by Thomas May

The Costly Whore

The Faithful Friend or Friends by S R

Guy, Earl of Warwick by the Unknown. The play has been alternatively dated to the 1590’s, with the text we have here a reworking of the earlier play. Alternatively, it dates to here and is deliberately a bit old school. Jury’s out on that one, so here it goes too.

1621

The Witch of Edmonton by Thomas Dekker, John Ford, William Rowley, etc. – First Look Exploring Session available – follow up exploring sessions and live performance from our Wyrd Revels coming soon.

1621 Lord Mayor’s Show: The Sun in Aries by Thomas Middleton – 29th October 1621. We’ve run readings as well as produced a reconstruction on the 400th anniversary of the show. First Look, background audio documentary, video playlist (raw footage, not edited).

Anything for a Quiet Life by Thomas Middleton plus John Webster

The Island Princess by John Fletcher

The Thracian Wonder by William Rowley?

Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton – First Look Exploring Sessions available.

More Dissembers Besides Women by Thomas Middleton – First Look Exploring Sessions available.

The Duke of Milan by Philip Massinger

The Pilgrim by John Fletcher

The Wild-Goose Chase by John Fletcher

Match Me in London by Thomas Dekker

1622

The Birth of Merlin, or The Child Hath Found His Father by William Rowley – Exploring Sessions available.

The Double Marriage by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

A Match at Midnight by W(illiam) R(owley)?

The Two Noble Ladies and the Converted Conjurer

The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley – Exploring Sessions available.

Also there is discussion of the play available on the podcast.

The Fatal Marriage, or a Second Lucretia

The Sea Voyage by Philip Massinger and John Fletcher

The Prophetess by Philip Massinger and John Fletcher

Osman, the Great Turk, or The Noble Servant

The Nice Valour by Thomas Middleton plus John Fletcher?

The Spanish Curate by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger

The Martyred Soldier by Henry Shirley

1622 Lord Mayor’s Show: The Triumphs of Honour and Virtue by Thomas Middleton – Exploring session available.

1623

The Wonder of a Kingdom by Thomas Dekker

The Wise-Woman of Hogston by Thomas Heywood – Exploring sessions available, and full live performance coming soon from our Wyrd Revels season.

The Spanish Gypsy by Thomas Dekker, John Ford, Thomas Middleton and William Rowley – Exploring Sessions available.

The Welsh Ambassador by Thomas Dekker

Alopichos or The Fox by James Cobbes

A Knot of Fools by Thomas Brewer

The Bondman by Philip Massinger

The Maid in the Mill by John Fletcher and William Rowley

Fortune by Land and Sea by Thomas Heywood and William Rowley – Exploring Session Available

The Lovers’ Progress or The Wandering Lovers by John Fletcher with Philip Massinger

1623 Lord Mayors Show: The Water Pageant of the Triumphs of the Golden Fleece by Anthony Munday, and the street pageants of The Triumph of Integrity by Thomas Middleton.

Richard the Third or, The English Prophet by Samuel Rowley (Fragment) – possibly two distinct texts, but we place them together here in this fragments episode.

1624

The City Nightcap by Robert Davenport

A Cure for a Cuckold by John Webster, William Rowley and Thomas Heywood?

The Renegado by Philip Massinger

The Parliament of Love by Philip Massinger

The Duchess of Suffolk by Thomas Drue

The English Traveller by Thomas Heywood – First Look Exploring Session

The Stonyhurst Pageants – An incomplete Biblical Cycle

The Tragedy of Fidelia and Glausamond by John Newdigate – First Look Exploring Session available.

The Captives, or The Lost Recovered by Thomas Heywood

A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton – we’ve done a host of stuff on this. The usual Exploring sessions on this play on YouTube, and there is a series on the podcast about the challenges of adapting the text. We have produced a full cast audio adaptation and a host of other events to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the nine+ performances, more on which can be found here.

1624 Lord Mayor’s Show: The Monuments of Honour by John Webster – exploring sessions, and full cast audio adaptation available.

A Wife for a Month by John Fletcher

Rule a Wife and Have a Wife by John Fletcher

Nebuchadnezzar’s Fiery Furnace by the Unknown (Fragment) – First Look Exploring Session

The following year King James dies and, during a year of plague, his son Charles takes the reins of power. How he deals with power will have a lasting effect on the nation, and the theatre. Go to 1625 to 1630…