Known for his 'rampant and lurid genius', the play included horrors of ghosts, insanity, murder and suicide. It was a great success and theatre manager Philip Henslowe, recorded 29 performances 1592-97 in his diary. read more
We regularly stage plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries - playwrights who lived and worked at the same time as Shakespeare. read more
Shakespeare's Contemporaries. Shakespearean England was a treasure-trove of historical giants – Elizabeth I, Ben Jonson, the Earl of Essex, Edward Alleyn, John Lyly, William Kempe – all fascinating to be sure. read more