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Meeting programme for The Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon’s 2025-6 season:

Unless otherwise stated below, all sessions are held on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm in the New Room, Methodist Centre, Old Town

October 14 th 2025
Presidential Address: Rev Dr Paul Edmondson, Head of Research Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Honorary Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
Shakespeare, Stratfordupon-Avon, and I

November 11 th 2025
Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall, The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
Stratford’s Round House (including a short film)

Monday December 8 th 2025 7pm start: The Sanctuary, Methodist Centre. Christopher Saul, Actor.
Exit Pursued By a Bard: A jobbing actor’s meandering journey through a landscape
of Shakespearean productions over the last 60 years. Devised and Presented by
Christopher Saul. (In two halves with an interval).

January 13 th 2026
Rob Eastaway, Director of Maths Inspiration
Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times
February 10 th 2026 7pm start
Dr Tracy Borman, bestselling author, historian and broadcaster:
The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit & the Death of the Tudor Dynasty

March 10 th 2026
Dr Elizabeth Hardy
Ellen Terry’s Performances in Shakespeare during her twenty-year partnership with
Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre in London

Tuesday April 7 th 2026
Dr Manuela Perteghella, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Stratford-upon- Avon, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Shakespeare, and former university lecturer.
From Globe to Government:  Shakespeare in Translation and in Parliament. 

May 12 th 2026
Professor Alison Shell, University College London
Shakespeare and the English Counter-Reformation: King Lear’s Spiritual Directions

Some of the information on this site is out of date. Please note that for 2025-6 annual
membership is £30, and guests are welcome for £10 per session. If you wish to join or rejoin the club, please do not use the online membership form but use the Club’s email address below. To join the Club or its free mailing list, please email
stratfordshakespeareclub@gmail.com