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Rose Facebook post, 17 November 2023
Publicity for Ben and David Crystal's virtual talk on their book "Everyday Shakespeare - Lines for Life".
Rose Facebook post, 14 November 2023
Publicity for Ben and David Crystal's virtual talk on their book "Everyday Shakespeare - Lines for Life".
Rose Facebook post, 10 November 2023
Publicity for Ben and David Crystal's virtual talk on their book "Everyday Shakespeare - Lines for Life".
Rose Facebook post, 9 November 2023
400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's first folio
Rose Facebook post, 7 November 2023
Publicity for Ben and David Crystal's virtual talk on their book "Everyday Shakespeare - Lines for Life".
Rose Facebook post, 30 October 2023
Publicity for Ben and David Crystal virtual talk on their book "Everyday Shakespeare - Lines for Life".
Rose Facebook post, 25 October 2023
Publicity for Ben and David Crystal virtual talk on their book "Everyday Shakespeare - Lines for Life".
The Eighth Rose Readathon, 20 September 2025
The Friends of The Rose organise an open day at the Rose with organised readings of selected plays by Marlowe and Shakespeare with special guests, Friends and members of the community. Minimal staging, etc. £5 for admission as audience; £10 to…
"The Sonic Trail: A Playgoer's Journey": 1587 Sonic Walk (guided walk in Bankside and Queenhithe) using Echoes geolocated immersive audio guide), 2025
Self-guided, geo-located sonic walk from Bankside, over Southwark Bridge, by Queenhithe, Millennium Bridge and through Rose Alley. 75 minutes. User is guided as if they were attending a performance of Dr Faustus in 1587 at the Rose. Site-specific,…
Open Days, August Summer Openings, 8-30 August 2025
The Friends of the Rose open the doors on the 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 and 30th August for 'Open Days' to welcome visitors to the Rose and offer displays and demonstrations including costume, dance, archaeology, etc
£6 admission for adults and teens; £20…
£6 admission for adults and teens; £20…
Discovery Days: Tudor Costume - Joan Alleyn, 2 August 2025
Friends of The Rose organise an open day at the Rose with costume/clothing demonstrations including the reconstructed dress depicted in the portrait of Joan Woodward, commissioned by the Rose Theatre Trust. Members of the public are invited to try on…
Discovery Days: Archaeology, 5 July 2025
The Friends of The Rose organise and staff an open day with archaeological artefacts from the Rose dig and contemporary sites on display. Public invited to touch small artefacts like buttons, shoes, bones, clay pipes, etc.
Discovery Days: Play-reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream, 21 June 2025
Friends of The Rose lead a participatory play reading of A Midsummer Night's Dream with parts decided by pulling characters from a hat. Fundraiser.
Rose Playhouse Website, June 2025-present, sixth site, captured August 2025
Rose Playhouse Website, launched June 2025
With pages for:
Our history
Who wrote for us (playwrights)
Shakespeare
Rediscovery
Preservation
Our future, etc
With pages for:
Our history
Who wrote for us (playwrights)
Shakespeare
Rediscovery
Preservation
Our future, etc
A Voice for Richard, Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, 9 March 2020
On-site lecture presentation of research to recreate the King Richard III's voice, including original pronunciation
Discovery Days: Archaeology, 3 May 2025
Friends of the Rose host an open day and fundraiser with archaeological artefacts for display and handling. These include clay pipes, coins, bones and other objects either discovered during the 1989 excavation or environs.
Webinar: "Shakespeare as a Protest Playwright", Janet Suzman, 1 September 2020
"Janet will take us through two specific passages in her formidable career, in two separate webinars. In this first one, she describes her experience of directing Othello- a banned play- in apartheid South Africa, which has many resonances for the…
Webinar: "Marlowe's Mighty Roles", Ken Pickering, 15 September 2020
"Pretty Kitty...Christopher Marlowe’s Muse , outside the theatre dedicated to him in his home town of Canterbury...join us for the next in our fortnightly webinar series, when Prof. Ken Pickering will introduce her and four of Marlowe’s Mighty Roles…
Webinar: "Suggesting a New Phillip Henslowe", Professor Susan Cerasano, 29 September 2020
"Philip Henslowe has, for years, been thought of as a one-dimensional character, whose image has changed, over time, from that of a shady moneylender to a financier to an entrepreneur. In this webinar, Prof Cerasano will discuss a few of the ways in…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, February 2025
The Rose Readathon- A Date For Your Diary
2025 Discovery Days at the Rose Playhouse
Saturday 1st March | Costume: Edward Alleyn
Saturday 5th April | A Tudor Easter
Saturday 3rd May| Archaeology
2025 Discovery Days at the Rose Playhouse: Play-…
2025 Discovery Days at the Rose Playhouse
Saturday 1st March | Costume: Edward Alleyn
Saturday 5th April | A Tudor Easter
Saturday 3rd May| Archaeology
2025 Discovery Days at the Rose Playhouse: Play-…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, November 2024
Timothy West by Christina Skaife
A Memory and Thank You to Timothy West (20 October 1934 -12 November 2024) by Pepe Pryke
A Drum, A Drum, Macbeth Doth Come by Dermot McInerney
Discovery Days at the Rose Playhouse 2025
Researching the Rose: How To…
A Memory and Thank You to Timothy West (20 October 1934 -12 November 2024) by Pepe Pryke
A Drum, A Drum, Macbeth Doth Come by Dermot McInerney
Discovery Days at the Rose Playhouse 2025
Researching the Rose: How To…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, August 2024
Upcoming Webinar:
"Much Ado about Numbers, Rob Eastaway"
The Rose's Seventh Readathon
Readathon Hats
"A Visit to The Rose Playhouse by The Strawberry Hill Volunteers"
"House of Easement"
"A Submission" (Christina Skaife)
Other News (Alleyn…
"Much Ado about Numbers, Rob Eastaway"
The Rose's Seventh Readathon
Readathon Hats
"A Visit to The Rose Playhouse by The Strawberry Hill Volunteers"
"House of Easement"
"A Submission" (Christina Skaife)
Other News (Alleyn…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, June 2024
Social gathering for Friends
Site-Opening Trials (Costumes, Play Reading)
Play-Reading Review
"Jolly June"
"First Sonic Walk Trials of 2024"
"Our Restless Earth"
Site-Opening Trials (Costumes, Play Reading)
Play-Reading Review
"Jolly June"
"First Sonic Walk Trials of 2024"
"Our Restless Earth"
Discovery Days: "A Tudor Easter", 5 April 2025
Friends of the Rose dress in Tudor clothing and offer an interpretation of Easter celebrations from the Elizabethan era with songs, dancing, clothing and food demonstrations
Rose Theatre Website, 2014-2016 (?), fourth site, captured as it was September 2015
Website captured used The Internet Archive Wayback Machine in March 2025
Rose Playhouse Bluesky Feed, 17 November 2024 - 18 March 2025
Single screenshot capture of Bluesky feed beginning 17 November 2024. Including onsite and associated events and activities.
Rose Theatre Website, 2006-2011, second site, captured as it was 2007
Website captured used The Internet Archive Wayback Machine in March 2025
Edward and Joan Alleyn’s Wedding Anniversary, 19 October 2024
"Joan Woodward was the stepdaughter of Philip Henslowe who built The Rose Playhouse. Edward Alleyn was a leading Elizabethan actor and the favourite of Elizabeth I. He and Philip Henslowe had their fingers in many business deals, including brothels,…
Discovery Days: Joan Alleyn Costume, 6 July 2024
See more images in Social Media collection, 2015 Website capture. Costume was created in 2013 for the RTT by Caroline Akselson
Webinar: Researching The Rose: "Citizen Players, Playgoing Citizens", Professor Tracey Hill, 5 June 2023
Academic research presentation: Professor Hill discusses the various associations between the Livery companies and the playing companies
Alleyn Walks, 2022 (Guided Walks starting at Moorgate)
23 June
14 July
20 July
15 September
20 September
13 October
20 October
14 July
20 July
15 September
20 September
13 October
20 October
Rose Theatre Website, 2001-2006, first site, captured as it was April 2001
Website captured used The Internet Archive Wayback Machine in March 2025; Some pages are missing: Friends, Volunteers, Education, and Shop
Rose Theatre website, third site, captured on 18 May 2013
Website captured used The Internet Archive Wayback Machine in March 2025; Some pages are missing: Sappho Rehearsal, Sonneteers News, Six Characters in Search of an Author News, and "Older Pages" link.
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, March 2024
Inaugural Annual Rose Playhouse Lecture - Sir Gregory Doran: "Titus Andronicus Revisited"
Visit the Rose by Wendy Hemmings
Beware the Ides of March by Franki Gray
Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn by Christina Skaife
Get-Together, the Anchor,…
Visit the Rose by Wendy Hemmings
Beware the Ides of March by Franki Gray
Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn by Christina Skaife
Get-Together, the Anchor,…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, February 2024
What Is Happening at the Rose by Peter Jolly
Inaugural Annual Rose Playhouse Lecture - Sir Gregory Doran: "Titus Andronicus Revisited" by Norma Wilshaw
Valentine's and Other Romantic Non-Sense by Franki Gray
Fanfare for the Common Man by…
Inaugural Annual Rose Playhouse Lecture - Sir Gregory Doran: "Titus Andronicus Revisited" by Norma Wilshaw
Valentine's and Other Romantic Non-Sense by Franki Gray
Fanfare for the Common Man by…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, January 2024
Greenmatthews: Shakespeare's Music - Tuesday 9 January 2024 by Lauretta Hobson
London Bridge Is Falling Down...and Other Grisly Tales by Franki Gray
The Rose Playhouse, Bankside by Christina Skaife
Renewing Your Membership by Penny Evans
London Bridge Is Falling Down...and Other Grisly Tales by Franki Gray
The Rose Playhouse, Bankside by Christina Skaife
Renewing Your Membership by Penny Evans
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, December 2023
Message From the Trustees
Message From the Chair of the Friends' Committee by Dermot McInerney
Greenmatthews: Shakespeare's Music
Ben and David Crystal - Exploring "Everyday Shakespeare - Lines for Life," Thursday 23 November, 2023 by Wendy…
Message From the Chair of the Friends' Committee by Dermot McInerney
Greenmatthews: Shakespeare's Music
Ben and David Crystal - Exploring "Everyday Shakespeare - Lines for Life," Thursday 23 November, 2023 by Wendy…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, November 2023
Friends of the Rose Playhouse AGM 29 November 2023 at 6.30 at the Rose
Are You Looking Forward to Christmas and the Winter Holiday Season? by Franki Gray
Of Yesteryear by Christina Skaife
Friends' Visit: Dulwich College Archive Guided Exhibition…
Are You Looking Forward to Christmas and the Winter Holiday Season? by Franki Gray
Of Yesteryear by Christina Skaife
Friends' Visit: Dulwich College Archive Guided Exhibition…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, September 2023
The Rose Playhouse's Summer Party by Wendy Hemmings
Memorial Service for Linda Shannon by Wendy Hemmings
A matter of life and death - and a celebration by Christina Skaife
Michaelmas ... and Goose day! by Franki Gray
Memorial Service for Linda Shannon by Wendy Hemmings
A matter of life and death - and a celebration by Christina Skaife
Michaelmas ... and Goose day! by Franki Gray
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, August 2023
Rose Summer Party Tuesday, 5th September 5.30-8 pm
Linda Shannon's Memorial Service by Franki Gray
Hamlet, Hamlet, wherefore art thou Hamlet? by Franki Gray
A Letter to the Newsletter by Christina Skaife
Linda Shannon's Memorial Service by Franki Gray
Hamlet, Hamlet, wherefore art thou Hamlet? by Franki Gray
A Letter to the Newsletter by Christina Skaife
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, May 2023
The Rose Playhouse's Summer Party
Readathon 3 June 2023
Researching the Rose talks:
Citizen Players, Playgoing Citizens - Professor Tracey Hill
The "Legend of Lies" : Romance and Anti-Romance at the Rose - Dr Kim Gilchrist
Henslowe, Theatrical…
Readathon 3 June 2023
Researching the Rose talks:
Citizen Players, Playgoing Citizens - Professor Tracey Hill
The "Legend of Lies" : Romance and Anti-Romance at the Rose - Dr Kim Gilchrist
Henslowe, Theatrical…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, April 2023
The Rose Playhouse's Summer Party 8 June 2023
Readathon 3 June 2023
Researching the Rose online talks:
How to Play on Bankside: Beers, Bears, and Roses - Dr Callan Davies
Women Investors and Performers in the Fortune Playhouse - Professor Lucy…
Readathon 3 June 2023
Researching the Rose online talks:
How to Play on Bankside: Beers, Bears, and Roses - Dr Callan Davies
Women Investors and Performers in the Fortune Playhouse - Professor Lucy…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, March 2023
In Memoriam Linda Shannon by Dermot McInerney
Linda Shannon - Alleyn's Rose Dancer by Penny Evans
Linda Shannon - A Lady of the Theater. In Memoriam by Christina Skaife
Reconstructing ‘Harey the vj’ at the Rose - Dr Darren Freebury-Jones
Linda…
Linda Shannon - Alleyn's Rose Dancer by Penny Evans
Linda Shannon - A Lady of the Theater. In Memoriam by Christina Skaife
Reconstructing ‘Harey the vj’ at the Rose - Dr Darren Freebury-Jones
Linda…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, February 2023
Forthcoming Webinars:
Marlowe’s The Massacre at Paris and England’s ambivalent relationship with her Huguenot allies - Joanne Hill
Kemp's Jig - Jon Hooton
Researching the Rose
February is a deadly month - Mary Queen of Scots…and Marlowe by…
Marlowe’s The Massacre at Paris and England’s ambivalent relationship with her Huguenot allies - Joanne Hill
Kemp's Jig - Jon Hooton
Researching the Rose
February is a deadly month - Mary Queen of Scots…and Marlowe by…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, January 2023
The Rose Sonic Walk by Peter Jolly
Meet Your Trustees by Dani Salvadori
"Titus Andronicus," Henslowe and The Rose by Franki Gray
New Year lunch
Nefarious Practice at the Fortune Theatre?
Hakawatis by Christina Skaife
Meet Your Trustees by Dani Salvadori
"Titus Andronicus," Henslowe and The Rose by Franki Gray
New Year lunch
Nefarious Practice at the Fortune Theatre?
Hakawatis by Christina Skaife
External video: Dame Judi Dench appeals for support the 'Big Give' to help fund the Rose Revealed project, 6 November 2022
Dame Judi Dench video fundraising appeal as part of the widespread 'Big Give' campaign to support charities like the Rose Theatre Trust
Friends of the Rose, Newsletter, November 2022
The Big Give Christmas Challenge
The Future of the Rose by Peter Jolly
Meet Your Trustees
December webinar - Gary Andrews "A Christmas Carol"
The Canterville Ghost
All Soules by Franki Gray
Friends' AGM
Actors Wanted
Actors Behaving Badly…
The Future of the Rose by Peter Jolly
Meet Your Trustees
December webinar - Gary Andrews "A Christmas Carol"
The Canterville Ghost
All Soules by Franki Gray
Friends' AGM
Actors Wanted
Actors Behaving Badly…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, September 2022
The Readathon - 24 September (Postponement)
Friends AGM
Call for Committee Members
The Rose Website
Meet Your Trustees - Kathy Dacre
"Shakespear 'Offstage' - Nothing New Under the Sun!" (article by Franki Gray)
The Princes in the Tower
Reviews…
Friends AGM
Call for Committee Members
The Rose Website
Meet Your Trustees - Kathy Dacre
"Shakespear 'Offstage' - Nothing New Under the Sun!" (article by Franki Gray)
The Princes in the Tower
Reviews…
Rose Facebook post, 5 July 2023
Researching the Rose - "Who played at the Rose 1587?" by Professor Laurie Johnson. The talk will show that Leicester's Men was likely the first acting company to occupy the Rose.
Rose Facebook post, 2 July 2023
Researching the Rose - "Henslowe, Theatrical Novelty & The Comedy of Humours" online talk by Dr Eoin Price. This talk will ask what it was that made "The Comedy of Humours" so successful, and will then consider why it is that the only person who left…
Rose Facebook post, 21 June 2023
Researching the Rose - "Henslowe, Theatrical Novelty & The Comedy of Humours" online talk by Dr Eoin Price. This talk will ask what it was that made "The Comedy of Humours" so successful, and will then consider why it is that the only person who left…
Rose Facebook post, 20 June 2023
Thank you to Dr Kim Gilchrist for "The Legend of Lies":Romance & Anti-Romance at the Rose webinar
Rose Facebook post, 14 June 2023
Researching the Rose - "The Legend of Lies" : Romance and Anti-Romance at the Rose online talk by Dr Kim Gilchrist. Using Huon of Bordeaux as a case study, this talk will examine romance drama at the Rose as part of a longstanding tradition that is…
Rose Facebook post, 8 June 2023
Researching the Rose - "The Legend of Lies" : Romance and Anti-Romance at the Rose online talk by Dr Kim Gilchrist. Using Huon of Bordeaux as a case study, this talk will examine romance drama at the Rose as part of a longstanding tradition that is…
Rose Facebook post, 5 June 2023
Thanks to Professor Tracey Hill for "Citizen Players, Playgoing Citizens" online talk
Rose Facebook post, 5 June 2023
Researching the Rose - "Citizen Players, Playgoing Citizens" online talk by Professor Tracey Hill. Find out about London's own performance traditions, and discover the many connections it had to the professional stage, and especially to the actors…
Rose Facebook post, 2 June 2023
Researching the Rose - "Citizen Players, Playgoing Citizens" online talk by Professor Tracey Hill. Find out about London's own performance traditions, and discover the many connections it had to the professional stage, and especially to the actors…
Rose Facebook post, 31 May 2023
Publicity for the sixth Rose readathon. Grab your chance to perform the plays of Christopher Marlowe & William Shakespeare on the site of the first purpose built Elizabethan theatre on Bankside, South of the Thames, the theatre where their plays were…
Rose Facebook post, 28 May 2023
Publicity for the sixth Rose readathon. Grab your chance to perform the plays of Christopher Marlowe & William Shakespeare on the site of the first purpose built Elizabethan theatre on Bankside, South of the Thames, the theatre where their plays were…
Rose Facebook post, 24 May 2023
Researching the Rose - "Citizen Players, Playgoing Citizens" online talk by Professor Tracey Hill. Find out about London's own performance traditions, and discover the many connections it had to the professional stage, and especially to the actors…
Rose Facebook post, 16 May 2023
Thank you to webinar presenters Professors Lucy Munro and Clare McManus for their talk "Women Investors in the Fortune Playhouse"
Rose Facebook post, 9 May 2023
Researching the Rose - "Women Investors in the Fortune Playhouse" by Professors Lucy Munro and Clare McManus. This talk will explore how the involvement of women investors with the theatre relates to the broader history of performance at the Fortune…
Rose Facebook post, 3 May 2023
Researching the Rose - "Women Investors in the Fortune Playhouse" by Professors Lucy Munro and Clare McManus. This talk will explore how the involvement of women investors with the theatre relates to the broader history of performance at the Fortune…
Rose Facebook post, 30 April 2023
The Sixth Rose Readathon presented by The Friends of the Rose, featuring the following plays:
The Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
Dr. Faustus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
The Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
Dr. Faustus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
Rose Facebook post, 30 April 2023
Researching the Rose - "How to Play on Bankside: Beers, Bears and Roses" by Dr Callan Davies. Find out where a single penny or two might have taken you 400 years ago, and how the fun on offer on Bankside drew from old May Game celebrations and…
Rose Facebook post, 30 April 2023
The Sixth Rose Readathon presented by The Friends of the Rose, featuring the following plays:
The Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
Dr. Faustus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
The Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
Dr. Faustus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
Rose Facebook post, 30 April 2023
Researching the Rose - "How to Play on Bankside: Beers, Bears and Roses" online talk by Dr Callan Davies. Join Dr Callan Davies to discover what visitors to Bankside in the 1530s, 1580s or 1620s might have expected from a good day out, and how…
Rose Facebook post, 19 April 2023
Repost of "IanVisits" article about new museum for an Elizabethan playhouse in Shoreditch.
Rose Facebook post, 19 April 2023
Researching the Rose - "How to Play on Bankside: Beers, Bears and Roses" online talk by Dr Callan Davies. Join Dr Callan Davies to discover what visitors to Bankside in the 1530s, 1580s or 1620s might have expected from a good day out, and how…
Rose Facebook post, 18 April 2023
The Sixth Rose Readathon presented by The Friends of the Rose, featuring the following plays:
The Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
Dr. Faustus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
The Comedy of Errors
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
Dr. Faustus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
Rose Facebook post, 16 April 2023
Researching the Rose - "Reconstructing 'Harey VJ' at the Rose" online talk by Dr Darren Freebury-Jones. Using new analysis, this talk will reveal that Nashe's original co-author for "Harey VJ" was Thomas Kyd, and will then reconstruct the original…
Rose Facebook post, 3 April 2023
Publicity for new season of Researching the Rose talks. Next talk: Researching the Rose - "Reconstructing 'Harey VJ' at the Rose" online talk by Dr Darren Freebury-Jones. Using new analysis, this talk will reveal that Nashe's original co-author for…