The Fifth Annual Shakespeare Institute Play-Reading Marathon
BEFORE SHAKESPEARE, 1581-91
All readings take place in the Reading Room; live-tweeting will be displayed on screen. The readings will be recorded for archival purposes.
MONDAY 12 JUNE
10.30: Robert Wilson, The Three Ladies of London
2.30: Love and Fortune
TUESDAY 13 JUNE
2.30: John Lyly, Campaspe
7.00: Anthony Munday, Fedele and Fortunio, and George Peele, The Arraignment of Paris
WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE
10.30: John Lyly, Sappho and Phao
TIME UPDATED! – 1.00: John Lyly, Galatea, and The Famous Victories of Henry V
THURSDAY 15 JUNE
2.30: Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
7.00: Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine
FRIDAY 16 JUNE
10.30: Robert Greene, Alphonsus, King of Aragon
2.30: Christopher Marlowe, 2 Tamburlaine
SATURDAY 17 JUNE
10.30: John Lyly, Endymion, the Man in the Moon
2.30: Suleiman and Perseda
MONDAY 19 JUNE
10.30: Thomas Lodge, The Wounds of Civil War
2.30: Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (A-text), and George Peele, The Battle of Alcazar
TUESDAY 20 JUNE
2.30: The Wars of Cyrus, King of Persia, and John Lyly, The Woman in the Moon
7.00: Christopher Marlowe, Dido, Queen of Carthage
WEDNESDAY 21 JUNE
10.30: Robert Wilson, The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London
2.30: Robert Greene, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay
THURSDAY 22 JUNE
2.30: George Peele (?), The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England
7.00: John Lyly, Mother Bombie
FRIDAY 23 JUNE
10.30: Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta
2.30: Robert Greene and Thomas Lodge, A Looking-Glass for London and England
SATURDAY 24 JUNE
10.30: John Lyly, Midas
2.30: King Lear and his Three Daughters
MONDAY 26 JUNE
10.30: The True Tragedy of Richard III
14.00: John Lyly, Love’s Metamorphosis, and Fair Em
TUESDAY 27 JUNE
2.30: Robert Greene, James IV
7.00: Arden of Faversham
WEDNESDAY 28 JUNE
10.30: Jack Straw, and Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber
2.30: George Peele, David and Bathsheba
THURSDAY 29 JUNE
2.30: Robert Greene, Orlando Furioso, and Mucedorus
7.00: George Peele, Edward I
FRIDAY 30 JUNE
10.30: Locrine
2.30: William Shakespeare, The First Part of the Contention between York and Lancaster
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