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Friends of the Rose Newsletter, June 2011
The Rose Performance Season January-June 2011 ("Henry VI part I")
The Rose Performance Season July 2011 ("Othello" 5-30 July 2011)
Heritage Lottery Fund Bid
Oral History Project
Planned Visit (The College of Arms, 12 September 2011)
The Rose Performance Season July 2011 ("Othello" 5-30 July 2011)
Heritage Lottery Fund Bid
Oral History Project
Planned Visit (The College of Arms, 12 September 2011)
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, November 2011
The Rose Performance Season June to October 2011 ("Doctor Faustus", "Othello", "A New Way to Pay Old Debts", "Prime Cuts", "The Boy on the Bridge", Open House London)
The Rose Performance Season November 2011 to Summer 2012 ("Measure for Measure" 4…
The Rose Performance Season November 2011 to Summer 2012 ("Measure for Measure" 4…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, March 2012
Mudlarking with the Rose
Rose News
Time Team Special "Searching for Shakespeare's House"
Shakespeare's Restless World Radio Four, 18 April 2012
Twitter (Fake Rose Twitter account)
Upcoming Performances ("The Comedy of Errors" 3 April-4 May 2012,…
Rose News
Time Team Special "Searching for Shakespeare's House"
Shakespeare's Restless World Radio Four, 18 April 2012
Twitter (Fake Rose Twitter account)
Upcoming Performances ("The Comedy of Errors" 3 April-4 May 2012,…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, August 2012
The Rose Revealed Project
Upcoming Performances:
"Actor Revealed - An Evening with Liam Brennan" 10 September 2012,
"Cardenio" 4-29 September 2012,
"Pericles" 2-28 October 2012,
"Ghosts Revenants and Witch Hunters - a Celebration of…
Upcoming Performances:
"Actor Revealed - An Evening with Liam Brennan" 10 September 2012,
"Cardenio" 4-29 September 2012,
"Pericles" 2-28 October 2012,
"Ghosts Revenants and Witch Hunters - a Celebration of…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, Spring 2015
The Rose Revealed Update
Spring Performance Programme ("Othello" 3-28 Feb 2015, "A Chaste Maid in Cheapside" 3-28 March 2015, "Macbeth" 5-30 May 2015)
Christmas Carol Concert
Gastronomico-Historico Treat
The Friends AGM 2014
Ruffs and Chocolates…
Spring Performance Programme ("Othello" 3-28 Feb 2015, "A Chaste Maid in Cheapside" 3-28 March 2015, "Macbeth" 5-30 May 2015)
Christmas Carol Concert
Gastronomico-Historico Treat
The Friends AGM 2014
Ruffs and Chocolates…
Friends of the Rose Newsletter, Autumn 2014
Annual General Meeting
Winter Performance Programme ("Antiquaries of Terror" 31 October 2014, "Dark Tales by Candlelight" 2 November 2014, "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" 4-29 November 2014, "Winter's Rages" 2-14 December 2014, "The Lark" January…
Winter Performance Programme ("Antiquaries of Terror" 31 October 2014, "Dark Tales by Candlelight" 2 November 2014, "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" 4-29 November 2014, "Winter's Rages" 2-14 December 2014, "The Lark" January…
Rose Playhouse website, 2020-2025, fifth site, Captured as it was December 2022
Screenshots of the temporary website for the Rose Playhouse. This small website is/was used as a temporary site while a larger website is/was designed for the Rose Theatre Trust (RTT).
Rose Facebook post, 3 March 2023
Researching the Rose - "Kemp's Jig: a tale of bruised egos and sore feet" online talk by Jon Hooton. The talk will cover Kemp's comic roles in Shakespeare's writing and his jaunt to Norwich.
Rose Facebook post, 6 March 2023
Researching the Rose - "Kemp's Jig: a tale of bruised egos and sore feet" online talk by Jon Hooton. The talk will cover Kemp's comic roles in Shakespeare's writing and his jaunt to Norwich.
Rose Facebook post, 10 March 2023
Researching the Rose - "Kemp's Jig: a tale of bruised egos and sore feet" online talk by Jon Hooton. The talk will cover Kemp's comic roles in Shakespeare's writing and his jaunt to Norwich.
Rose Facebook post, 10 March 2023
Publicity for webinar presenter's book: "Shakespeare, Malone, and the Problems of Chronology" by Tiffany Stern
Rose Facebook post, 13 March 2023
Repost of The Guardian's article: "Surviving copies of Shakespeare's First Folio to go on show"
Rose Facebook post, 13 March 2023
Researching the Rose - "Kemp's Jig: a tale of bruised egos and sore feet" online talk by Jon Hooton. The talk will cover Kemp's comic roles in Shakespeare's writing and his jaunt to Norwich.
Rose Facebook post, 13 March 2023
Repost of publicity for National Maritime Museum's exhibition of Shakespeare's first folio.
Rose Facebook post, 14 March 2023
Researching the Rose - "Kemp's Jig: a tale of bruised egos and sore feet" online talk by Jon Hooton. The talk will
cover Kemp's comic roles in Shakespeare's writing and his jaunt to Norwich.
cover Kemp's comic roles in Shakespeare's writing and his jaunt to Norwich.
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…
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, 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, 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, 19 April 2023
Repost of "IanVisits" article about new museum for an Elizabethan playhouse in Shoreditch.
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 5 June 2023
Thanks to Professor Tracey Hill for "Citizen Players, Playgoing Citizens" online talk
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, 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, 20 June 2023
Thank you to Dr Kim Gilchrist for "The Legend of Lies":Romance & Anti-Romance at the Rose webinar
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, 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, 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.
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…
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…
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, 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
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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,…
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.
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
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
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
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
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,…
Rose Theatre Website, 2006-2011, second site, captured as it was 2007
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, 2014-2016 (?), fourth site, captured as it was September 2015
Website captured used The Internet Archive Wayback Machine in March 2025
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
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"
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, 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…