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 Garlock).

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 by Colley Cibber, …

 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 a …

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 with Dr. Tiffany Stern, Professor of …

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 John Wilkes Booth's …

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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