Poculi Ludique Societas presents two medieval plays about love and sex:
Rules of Love: Lancelot of Denmark & Of Winter and Summer
Directors Charlotte Steenbrugge (Lancelot of Denmark) and Adam Nashman (Of Winter and Summer) together with PLS Artistic Director Linda Phillips and a lively, talented cast of actors, bring to life two wonderful plays from the Netherlands c. 1400 (translated from Middle Dutch into modern English). Lancelot of Denmark is one of very few surviving medieval European romance plays. It was a very popular play at the time and continued to be performed from the 14th through to the 18th century. Unusually for a medieval (or modern) romance, it features a lovesick anti-hero and a strong female protagonist, with an unexpected plot twist. Of Winter and Summer is part of a widespread and long-lived tradition depicting the battle between the two seasons. It is also a wonderfully funny play in which the two seasons and their ‘gangs’ argue about which is the best time for lovemaking!
In conjunction with the plays, the Centre for Performance Studies in Early Theatre will present a symposium on Saturday April 26 from 11 am to 5 pm in the Robert Gill Theatre: Love, Sex and Romance in Early Drama *
Performances:
8 pm Friday, April 25; 8 pm Saturday April 26; 2 pm Sunday April 27
Venue:
Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College Street, Toronto (3rd floor, St George St entrance)
Tickets:
$20 / $15 senior / $10 student
Box Office:
416 978-7986
For more information on the plays or the symposium go to plspls.ca
