Natasha Sutton Williams

Writer and producer Giles Ramsay has lectured on theatre’s diverse history for two decades, and his new book picks out its key players. He tells Natasha Sutton Williams why German duke Georg II and playwright Aphra Behn were as vital as Shakespeare

In lockdown, Deaf theatremakers Clare-Louise English and Sophie Stone launched video-podcast series The Green Room. They tell us how it celebrates Deaf and disabled artists and raises awareness about access requirements

During the Elizabethan era, London was repeatedly hit by plague – leading to periods of extended theatre closures and quarantines. Historians Will Tosh and Giles Ramsay tell Natasha Sutton Williams about how it affected actors and theatremakers