Read Not Dead on The Road

Gorboduc

(per 1562) Thomas Norton & Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset

Sunday 28 April

Norton and Sackville were both members of the Inner Temple and wrote Gorboduc for fellow members to perform in front of Queen Elizabeth I on one of her visits to the Inner Temple Hall.

Gorboduc was the first English play to be written in blank verse – a radical departure from “the jigging veins of rhyming mother-wits” of the plays that came before. It audaciously warns the young Queen of the dangers of misgovernment and depicts a family and a country torn apart by civil war.

This staged reading of Gorboduc will take place in the Inner Temple and will once again be performed by lawyers. They will be directed by Oliver Senton. We are indebted to Benchers, Members and Students of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple for supporting this staged reading.

Time

3pm

Venue

Inner Temple, London

Tickets

£15 (£13 FoSG/concs/students)

 

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Rarely Played

Learn more about Gorboduc and explore the history of performance at the Inns of Court with this introduction by Shakespeare scholars. A ticket to the performance of Gorboduc is included.

TIME

12.00 – 2.00pm

VENUE

Inner Temple Hall, London

TICKETS

£20 (£17 FoSG/concs/students)

 

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