The Theatre of Two Times

On October 13^th, the first day of this year’s festival, the Polish ambassador will join us at Somerset House for the opening of the Theatre of Two Times exhibition, which charts the extraordinary history of an Elizabethan-style Polish playhouse from its beginnings in 17^th century Gdansk to its renaissance in the present day.

It bears witness to the transformation of the Gdansk ‘Fencing School,’ where English travelling troupes staged early modern English drama, into its 21^stcentury modern reconstruction: the Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre, which will open its doors in 2014.