Playhouse Creatures
Playhouse Creatures at Progress Theatre, Reading
Monday 22 June 2026
Saturday 27 June 2026
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Playhouse Creatures
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About the show
The year is 1669, a bawdy and troublesome time. Theatres have just reopened after seventeen years of Puritan suppression. There is a huge surge in dramatic writing and the first English actresses appear on stage!
Playhouse Creatures focuses on five of these women - Nell Gwyn, Elizabeth Farley, Rebecca Marshall, Doll Common and Mary Betterton - to provide a moving and often comic account of the precarious lives of these pioneering actresses.
An incredible ensemble piece with 5 powerhouse female roles!