Welcome to the Richmond Shakespeare Society
We are a highly-respected amateur dramatic society founded in 1934 to perform Shakespeare's plays annually in the open air.
Today we have grown to a programme of eight productions a year by vastly differing playwrights from ancient Greece to the modern day.
We have our own theatre, the Mary Wallace Theatre by the riverside in Twickenham.
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
directed by John Gilbert
What better end to a summer’s day than Shakespeare’s delightful comic romance, staged in the open air? York House Gardens make a perfect setting for the eavesdropping scenes, the famous verbal duels between Beatrice and Benedick, the villainous Don John, and Dogberry’s bumblingly incompetent watch.
This is our Open Air Show, in the gardens of York House. Have a picnic before the show or in the interval (wine, beers, Pimms and soft drinks on sale) and enjoy the lovely setting. Please bring your own rugs or chairs as none are provided for the performance.
What about the weather?
As you know English summers can be blazing hot or decidedly damp.
We intend to carry on with the show come rain or shine so please come suitably prepared.
It is very rare for a performance to be cancelled and never prior to the start time. In the unlikely event of a cancellation please retain your ticket so that it can be exchanged for another night.
Sunday 5th to Saturday 11th July 2009
Evenings at 7.45p.m (no performance on Wednesday 8th)
also
Matinee Saturday 11th July 3p.m.
Tickets £10, concessions £8 - when booked and PAID FOR by 3rd July.
Bookings from 4th July and late payments £12, concessions £10.
Group rates (6 or more persons) on application to Box Office.
NO refunds will be made.
• No performance on Wednesday 8th
Telephone bookings open: Call the Box Office on 020 8744 0547
“Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest”Hamlet, Act v, Sc.2