Southend Shakespeare Company
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
by Oscar Wilde
DIXON STUDIO, PALACE THEATRE,
TUESDAY 23rd APRIL - SATURDAY 27th APRIL 2024
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Upright, rigid, and very nearly Puritan, Lady Windermere has high expectations about how people ought to behave. Imagine her horror when she is confronted with evidence that her husband is having an illicit affair. Several revelations later we realise that you cannot truly judge a person based on gossip and scandal. While it explores human nature and the restrictions placed on women in high society, Lady Windermere's Fan also contains some of Wilde's most beautiful and celebrated lines.
About the Company
Originally formed in 1951, the Southend Shakespeare Company is one of the few theatre groups in the south-east, professional or amateur, that dedicates itself to performing plays from a classical repertoire. In recent years our programme has included works both ancient and modern, by authors as diverse as Coward, Moliere, Wilde, Miller, Priestley and of course, Shakespeare.
We are also one of the most prolific drama groups around, producing an average of five productions each year. Our indoor shows are staged at the Dixon Studio at the famous Palace Theatre in Southend on Sea. Every July we also stage an open air summer production at various open air venues in Essex.
We are always on the look out for new faces who may be interested in acting, or working backstage or any other aspect of the Company. As a Full or Associate Member of the SSC you can obtain discount tickets for certain shows. If you would like to contact us please use the Get In Touch button in the corner of our homepage. We hope to see you soon!
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Hedda Gabler 2023
You Can't Take it With You 2023
Romeo & Juliet 2022
Past Productions - The Last Ten Years
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The Children
The Revenger's Tragedy
A Month In The Country
Romeo and Juliet
2020
The Playboy of The Western World
2021
The Vortex
Flare Path
2019
The Killing of Sister George
Henry IV Part Two
Private Lives
Richard III
2018
Journey's End
Dangerous Corner
The Learned Ladies
Henry IV Part One
2016
Copenhagen
The Winter's Tale
Home and Beauty
Measure for Measure
2015
Broken Glass
The Merchant Of Venice
When We Are Married
2014
An Ideal Husband
King Lear
Hay Fever
Cowardy Custard
2012
Entertaining Mr Sloane
No Man's Land
The Relapse
The Importance of Being Ernest
The Alchemist
2013
Dancing At Lughnasa
Othello
The Romans:
Julius Caesar/Antony & Cleopatra
2017
L'Occupation
Home
Macbeth
Open Air Summer Productions
2023
As You Like It
2022
Bartholomew Fair
2019
The Rover
2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2017
The Servant of Two Masters
2016
The Comedy of Errors
2015
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2014
Much Ado About Nothing
2013
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
2012
Love's Labour's Lost
2011
The Tempest
2010
Henry V
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