ELEANOR WYLDE ADRIAN SCHILLER
Poet , playwright , and provocateur , Marlowe was the godfather of English blank verse . A prodigious and controversial talent , by the time of his violent death at the age of 29 , he had already written and produced a collection of hugely commercially successful and popular plays together with a trove of lascivious poems that had a profound effect on Elizabethan theatre and his contemporary writers , his work still influences drama , poetry and literature today .
Now , 450 years after the bloody wave of sectarian violence that inspired what is considered one of his final works - The Massacre At Paris - an all-star cast will for the first time , revisit the works of Canterbury ’ s most famous son in a unique and original series of performances set to cast the Elizabethan era ’ s leading voice in an all new light .
In The Marlowe Sessions , a catalogue of A-List guest stars will lead ‘ script in hand ’, deconstructed performances of his attributed works with a minimalist set and wardrobe , supported by authentic live musical accompaniment and offering theatregoers a rare glimpse behind the theatrical curtain in the company of the stage ’ s biggest contemporary names .
With limited tickets available for the short run of shows , each performance is to be captured using the latest Immersive Audio technologies , with a stellar ensemble cast and production team leading a recreation of the raucous , febrile atmosphere in which Marlowe ’ s works were originally performed .
With actors interacting within the audience , coming among them to whip up a response and make the crowd an integral part of the lively reimagining of one of English drama ' s founding fathers , you ’ ll experience Elizabethan theatre like never before - stripping away centuries of academic dust to experience Marlowe ’ s epic productions as they were when the original performances took Tudor society by storm .
The goal is to recreate the sonic footprint of the theatre in Elizabethan England . The live performances and the production of immersive audio recordings will transport the listeners to a space and time where and when the plays were performed - enabling audiences worldwide to experience what the raucous London crowds would have heard when the plays were originally performed .
This is an innovative and original approach to production . This is Immersive Audio Theatre .
The summer theatrical performances will cover Marlowe ’ s complete attributed works : Doctor Faustus , Tamburlaine Parts I & II , Edward II , The Jew of Malta , The Massacre at Paris , Dido , Queen of Carthage , and his Collected Poetry - making The Marlowe Sessions the first time his entire opus has been performed in a complete series in a single run .
The staging of these performances are limited and intended for the audio capture for wider distribution . Not everyone will be able to come to the live performances , the scarcity of the sessions meaning that when the sessions complete , they can only be experienced through the Immersive Audio Theatre productions , which are set to become available in 2023 .
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