Samson Agonistes

The Marlowe Society is one of Cambridge’s oldest and most prestigious drama societies. Since its creation in 1907, the society has had a profound influence on British theatre, both by producing some of the country’s most renowned actors and directors – including, among others, Trevor Nunn, Peter Hall, Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen – and by redefining the relationship between modern dramatists and early modern verse.Today, the Marlowe society continues to specialise in producing high-quality and innovative productions of Elizabethan and Jacobean plays, in particular through our annual show at the Cambridge Arts Theatre, but has also branched out into supporting new writing in Cambridge; the society now runs an annual new writing competition and regularly finances productions of plays written by Cambridge students.

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SAMSON:  I praise the poetry of ‘stony wastes’, I praise the poetry of lush spaces, I praise the poetry of difference, I praise poetry of co-existence. Samson Agonistes is a brand new verse play by John Kinsella, rebounding from the Milton original, which interacts with themes of modern warfare, identity, and the knotty tragedies of global international politics. Kinsella describes the play as a pacifist text, and dedicates it to "Israel and Palestine and lasting peace and equality in all things". This will be the first ever performance of the new play.
John Kinsella is the author of more than thirty books whose many prizes and awards include The Grace Leven Poetry Prize, the John Bray Award for Poetry from The Adelaide Festival, The Age Poetry Book of The Year Award, The Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Poetry (three times), a Young Australian Creative Fellowship from the former PM of Australia, Paul Keating, and senior Fellowships from the Literature Board of The Australia Council.
John Kinsella is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, and was appointed the Richard L Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College in the United States for 2001, where he is now Professor of English. He is also Adjunct Professor to Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, where he is a Principal of the Landscape and Language Centre. His work has been or is being translated into many languages, including French, German, Chinese, Dutch, Spanish, and Russian.

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