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THE OLD JOINT STOCK
21st - 22nd FEB 2024

PLAYHOUSE CREATURES

ROYAL BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE

The year is 1669 a bawdy and troublesome time. Theaters have just reopened after seventeen years of Puritan suppression. There is a surge in dramatic writing and the first English actresses appear on stage. Playhouse Creatures focuses on six of the most famous (Nell Gwyn, Elizabeth Farley, Rebecca Marshall, Doll Common, Mary Betterton and Ms. Barry) to provide a moving and often comic account of the precarious lives of Restoration actresses.

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This production was a second year rehearsal workshop.

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