The lamentable and true tale of Master Arden, his wicked wife, her insatiable lover, and the bumbling ruffians the illicit pair hire to kill him... …

Before the Gothic Horror of Stoker and Shelley, before the most curious corners of the minds of the Brothers Grimm, there was John Webster’s 1614 …

A one-night only performance benefit with songs, scenes, and slapstick from Shakespeare's greatest fools hosted by Der Bestrafte Brudermord's fool Phantasmo (as performed by Joseph …

In 1677, poet, translator, libertine, and sometime spy for Charles II, Aphra Behn was the first published professional female playwright in the English language. Her …

The Hidden Room Theatre, the Harry Ransom Center & Austin Scottish Rite Theater Present: Booth’s Richard III A 1699 re-working of William Shakespeare's Richard III …

 Royalty. Rebellion. Rock. Royalty. Rebellion. Rock. The Hidden Room presents Shakespeare's tragical-comical-historical-pastoral masterpiece about a delinquent Prince and his journey from Eastcheap to glory. Using …

Marking the 90th anniversary of the Great Houdini’s death…The Hidden Room and the Harry Ransom Center proudly present Houdini Speaks to the Living by Beth …

A humorous retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with puppets, the text of Der Bestrafte Brudermord (Fratricide Revenged) dates to an anonymous 1710 German manuscript. In collaboration …

Staged Reading of Richard III Tuesday, February 2, 7 p.m. Austin-based theater company The Hidden Room presents a staged reading of Richard III based on …

In 1681, Nahum Tate took an "unpolished jewel," Shakespeare's King Lear, and modified it for Restoration tastes. The romantic result replaced its original for 157 …

By the time this weekend is over, that fratricide of Hamlet is going to be so avenged. Kicking off Brudermord’s 2015 US and UK tour, …

Perfect for Halloween, this comedic romp follows scholar-magician Peter Fabell as he uses magic to unite true lovers, and to fool the devil. Starring Ryan …

One of the most popular plays of its time, Mucedorus follows the Prince of Valenica as he disguises himself as shepherd, woos the lovely Princess …

Three anonymous plays share one mystery - they have all been at one time attributed to William Shakespeare. We blocked and costumed staged readings of …

The Hidden Room presents Der Bestrafte Brudermord, or Hamlet Prince of Denmark, a new English translation by Christine Schmidle

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