A Game at Chess (16th century play)

[Christopher Kreuzer]

While looking up some other things recently, I came across this:

A Game at Chess (Wikipedia article)

"A Game at Chess is a comic satirical play by Thomas Middleton, first staged in August 1624 by the King's Men at the Globe Theatre, notable for its political content."

I had never heard of this before, and I thought (seeing as it is English history as well) that it might be of interest.

Maybe it could be rewritten and restaged for modern times?

[Richard James]

Middleton wrote another play, Women Beware Women, which contains a chess scene. This was recently staged by the National Theatre. My brother, who is a drama and English teacher, went to see it.

You can find out more, and discover Streatham & Brixton CC's involvement, here.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Middleton wrote another play, Women Beware Women, which contains a chess scene. This was recently staged by the National Theatre. My brother, who is a drama and English teacher, went to see it.

You can find out more, and discover Streatham & Brixton CC's involvement, here.

Incredible. Thanks for the link to the blog.

[Michael Jones]

Maybe it could be rewritten and restaged for modern times?

We've already had the musical!