Spring 2003 Theater Schedule:

We'll be seeing ten plays this semester. Some are classics, some are new; some are playing at major West End theaters, some at small, out-of-the-way venues. All were chosen by Michael Billington, the Guardian theater critic who will be teaching your theater course. Check out his latest reviews. You can read more about London theater here.

A word to the wise: London theaters have very strict policies about latecomers. If you arrive after curtain time, you will not be allowed into the theater until intermission. Plan on getting to the theater a bit early--you never know when you'll be held up in the Tube.

Tuesday, January 21: John Marston's The Malcontent (1603) at the Gielgud Theatre

  • Curtain: 7:30 PM
  • Tube: Piccadilly Circus
  • Michael Billington's review
  • Philip Fisher's review
  • A biography of John Marston

Tuesday, January 28: John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi (1619) at the National Theatre (Lyttelton)

  • Curtain 7:00 PM
  • Tube: Embankment/Waterloo
  • A biography of John Webster

Thursday, February 6: Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer (1773) at the National Theatre (Lyttelton)

  • Curtain: 7:30 PM
  • Tube: Embankment/Waterloo
  • Michael Billington's review.
  • A Goldsmith biography

Tuesday, February 11: Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children (1980; RSC stage adaptation, 2003) at the Barbican

Tuesday, February 18: Rona Munro's Iron (2002) at the Royal Court

  • Curtain: 7:30 PM
  • Tube: Sloane Square
  • Jackie Fletcher reviewed the play during its 2002 Edinburgh Fringe run

Tuesday, February 25: Don Taylor's The Road to the Sea (2002) at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond

  • Curtain: 7:45 PM
  • Tube: Richmond (This station is 45 minutes from central London and trains can be infrequent -- allow plenty of time for the trip!)

Tuesday, March 4: William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost (1595) at the National Theatre (Olivier)

  • Curtain: 7:15 PM
  • Tube: Embankment/Waterloo
  • Shakespeare's plays online

Tuesday, March 11: Langston Hughes' Simply Heavenly (1957) at the Young Vic

  • Curtain: 7:30 PM
  • Tube: Waterloo
  • A biography of Langston Hughes

Tuesday, March 18: August Strindberg's Dance of Death (1900) at the Lyric on Shaftesbury Avenue

  • Curtain: 8:00 PM
  • Tube: Piccadilly Circus
  • Stars Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf in Lord of the Rings
  • A Strindberg web site

Tuesday, March 25: Alexandre Dumas' Camille (originally La Dame aux Camelias, 1852; translated into English as Camille, 1856) at the Lyric Hammersmith

  • Curtain: 7:30 PM
  • Tube: Hammersmith
  • An Alexandre Dumas biography
  • Giuseppe Verdi adapted La Dame aux Camelias for the opera, turning it into La Traviata (1853)

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