Marlowe Society, Cambridge

Past productions

Hatch, ADC Theatre, Cambridge. 19^th November 2018.
Hamlet, St George’s Guildhall King’s Lynn Festival. 2^nd – 3^rd August 1968.
Romeo and Juliet, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 8^th – 13^th March 1965.
Measure for Measure, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 7^th – 12^th March 1965.
The Seagull, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 1^st – 6^th August 1955.
The Family Reunion, The Scala Theatre. 14^th – 20^th August 1952.
Romeo and Juliet, Phoenix Theatre, London and The Scala Theatre. 11^th – 30^th August 1952.
Doctor Faustus, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 28^th July – 18^th August 1951.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 28^th July – 18^th August 1951.
The Tempest, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 13^th – 18^th August 1951.
Doctor Faustus, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 6^th – 11^th August 1951.
Measure for Measure, The Renaissance-Theatre Berlin. 24^th – 29^th August 1948.
Poetry and Music, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 29^th July – 10^th August 1947.
King Lear, Cambridge Arts Theatre and Cambridge Arts Theatre. 8^th March 1938 – 13^th March 1954.
Everyman, Tour – Scandinavia. 31^st August – 1^st September 1937.
Alexander’s Horse, Tour – Scandinavia. 31^st August – 1^st September 1937.
Hamlet, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations. 16^th July – 1^st August 1936.
Julius Caesar, Cambridge Arts Theatre. 7^th – 14^th March 1936.
The Second Mrs Tanqueray, ADC Theatre, Cambridge. 16^th – 18^th May 1935.
The Winter’s Tale, ADC Theatre, Cambridge and Cambridge Arts Theatre. 9^th – 17^th March 1935.
The Winter’s Tale, ADC Theatre, Cambridge. 9^th – 16^th March 1935.
Antony and Cleopatra, Festival Theatre, Cambridge and Cambridge Arts Theatre. 12^th March 1934 – 16^th March 1946.
Antony and Cleopatra, ADC Theatre, Cambridge and Festival Theatre, Cambridge. 14^th February – 16^th March 1934.
Hamlet, ADC Theatre, Cambridge. 5^th – 12^th March 1932.
The White Devil, Unknown, Cambridge, Tour – Scandinavia, and other locations. 7^th March 1931 – 5^th September 1948.
King Henry IV (part II), ADC Theatre, Cambridge. 15^th – 22^nd February 1930.
King Lear, Unknown, Cambridge. 2^nd – 9^th March 1929.
The Fair Maid of the West, ADC Theatre, Cambridge. 5^th – 12^th March 1927.
The troublesome raigne and lamentable death of Edward the second, King of England… by Chri. Marlowe Gent., Unknown, Cambridge. 6^th – 13^th March 1926.
The Lamenta, Unknown, Cambridge. 3^rd – 6^th August 1921.
The Lamenta, Unknown. 3^rd – 6^th August 1921.
Coriolanus, Unknown, Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Theatre, and other locations. 3^rd March 1928 – 10^th March 1951.

The Marlowe is one of Cambridge’s oldest student drama societies, and is dedicated to high-quality performances of Elizabethan, verse, and non-realist plays including classics and plays rarely seen on the professional stage. Its alumni include Rupert Brooke, Trevor Nunn, Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Corin Redgrave, Sam Mendes, Rachel Weisz and many others.

We present an annual production in the Cambridge Arts Theatre, with a professional Director and Design team and student casts and production crews. We also put on the other performances, talks, workshops and events throughout the year.

The Marlowe also strongly promotes new student play writing, annually awarding the Marlowe/RSC Other Prize, and running a writers’ group. The society prides itself on being welcoming and innovative, and linking the thriving world of Cambridge drama to the professional theatrical scene.