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Dateline: 27th September, 2006
New Play at the Rose SplitMoon Theatre will present Killer of the Sun, a new drama by Peter Stürm, the first part of a trilogy on the early life of Alexander the Great, for the Rose Theatre Trust, in the site of the Rose Theatre. The Rose was at the core of new writing of its day. Plays premiered there included Marlowe’s Dr Faustus, The Jew of Malta, and Tamburlaine the Great, Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus and Henry VI, and Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy. A try-out of Part 1, AlexanderProjekt1, received six performances in December 2005 and, on the strength of its success, SplitMoon is now showing an 80 minute version to help raise funds for the Rose. A team of eight actors and a bouzouki player take up the gauntlet. It is written largely in verse with live music. Built in 1587 by Philip Henslowe, the Rose was the first theatre on London’s Bankside. Its remains were rediscovered and partially excavated in 1989 by Museum of London archaeologists. Their immense cultural and archaeological importance was immediately obvious. The site became the focus of frenzied media attention as actors and scholars united to launch a campaign to “Save the Rose”, but the archaeology itself had to be swiftly covered up again as it began to dry and crack in the hot summer air. The discovery of the Rose revolutionised the knowledge of how Elizabethan playhouses were built and used. The site was granted scheduled monument status in 1992. Tickets for the production, which runs from 1st to 4th November (Tues - Sat 7.30pm, Sat mat 3.00), priced at £10, can be obtained from the box office on 020 7261 9565. Please note that all three Archive indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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