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Troubadour Stageworks: who are we and what do we do?

Troubadour Stageworks: who are we and what do w...

Our 2023 Fundraising Video   Who we are and what we do? We are an arts & theatre charity bringing communities together through stories - breathe life into your local...

Troubadour Stageworks: who are we and what do w...

Our 2023 Fundraising Video   Who we are and what we do? We are an arts & theatre charity bringing communities together through stories - breathe life into your local...

Mary Wroth | First of her kind - Troubadour Stageworks

Mary Wroth | First of her kind

The third Mary on our list is the niece of Mary Sidney - Mary Wroth (1587-1653), who took her aunts legacy and built on it to become one of the...

Mary Wroth | First of her kind

The third Mary on our list is the niece of Mary Sidney - Mary Wroth (1587-1653), who took her aunts legacy and built on it to become one of the...

Elizabeth Cary | The First Woman to Write an Original Play in England - Troubadour Stageworks

Elizabeth Cary | The First Woman to Write an Or...

Elizabeth Cary is another first - and an important one - she is the first woman known to have both written and published an original play. Until now women who...

Elizabeth Cary | The First Woman to Write an Or...

Elizabeth Cary is another first - and an important one - she is the first woman known to have both written and published an original play. Until now women who...

Mary Frith | Better known as ‘Moll Cutpurse’ - Troubadour Stageworks

Mary Frith | Better known as ‘Moll Cutpurse’

Mary Frith (1585(?)-1659), also known as ‘Moll Cutpurse’, lived a life that was anything but boring. In fact, she was wonderfully and consistently notorious from the moment she entered the...

Mary Frith | Better known as ‘Moll Cutpurse’

Mary Frith (1585(?)-1659), also known as ‘Moll Cutpurse’, lived a life that was anything but boring. In fact, she was wonderfully and consistently notorious from the moment she entered the...

Jane Lumley | Where Tudor and Greek Tragedy First Met - Troubadour Stageworks

Jane Lumley | Where Tudor and Greek Tragedy Fir...

Jane Lumley grew up in one of the more chaotic moments in Tudor history. She was the same age as both Lady Jane Grey (The Nine Days Queen) and Edward...

Jane Lumley | Where Tudor and Greek Tragedy Fir...

Jane Lumley grew up in one of the more chaotic moments in Tudor history. She was the same age as both Lady Jane Grey (The Nine Days Queen) and Edward...

Katherine of Sutton | England’s First Female Playwright - Troubadour Stageworks

Katherine of Sutton | England’s First Female Pl...

Katherine of Sutton was not your average nun.

Katherine of Sutton | England’s First Female Pl...

Katherine of Sutton was not your average nun.