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Volume III of The Heaviest of Swells by Christopher Beeching had now been officially published and is available NOW on Amazon and all good booksellers.

What has been an intermittent 40-year journey has now reached its conclusion. Starting in 1984 as a solo show, it became a CD, a DVD, and...


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We regret to announce that the sale of our past publications must close on Sunday November 30th. If you have not yet placed an order for books or issues of Theatre Notebook, please make sure you do so on Sunday at the latest.

As you will have read, due to insuperable problems in storing the hard copies of our back catalogue, plus the ever-increasing costs and difficult...


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image: last year’s Book Prize was won by ‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh, seen here with judges Lucy Munro, Tricia Thorns, and Gary Naylor, together with Howard Loxton (on the right)

As Howard Loxton stands down from decades of running the STR Theatre Book Prize – to much warm applause and deep appreciation – Gary Naylor and <...


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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Annabel Mutale Reed’s lecture, REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL has been cancelled.  We hope to be able to offer this lecture to the STR members at a future date.  Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Our next online event will be on Thursday DECEMBER 4th: Dr. Jaq Bessel


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Prunella Scales

The Society is deeply saddened to hear the news that Prunella Scales has died at the age of 93. Her personal and professional partnership with the late Timothy West, our President for many years, was famous, and, of course, to many, she was associated inextricably with the character of Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers.

Click below to read the obituaries on the BBC and the...


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