About Shakespeare Shakespeare's contemporaries Past productions Past productions Explore some of our past productions of plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries. This section includes photos, videos, interviews and more about our past productions of plays written by playwrights who lived and wrote at the same time as Shakespeare. Volpone (2015). Photo by Manuel Harlan © RSC Browse and license our images You are in: About Shakespeare Also in this section Also in this section Meet the contemporaries < Back to Shakespeare's contemporaries The Alchemist Polly Findlay directed Ben Jonson’s hilarious satire that revels in just how vain we humans can be. Read More Arden of Faversham Arden of Faversham played in the Swan Theatre from April to October 2014, part of our Roaring Girls season. Read More Dido Queen of Carthage Find out more Doctor Faustus Maria Aberg directed Christopher Marlowe’s notorious tale of vanity, greed and damnation. Read More Don Quixote Read More The Duchess of Malfi Find out more Love's Sacrifice Love's Sacrifice was Matthew Dunster's directorial debut with us at the RSC - a tragedy written by John Ford, probably first published in 1633. Read More A Mad World My Masters Thomas Middleton's Jacobean 'city comedy', A Mad World My Masters, was Sean Foley's debut for us in 2013. Read More The Roaring Girl The Roaring Girl played in the Swan Theatre from April to September 2014, part of our Roaring Girl season. Read More Sapho and Phao Find out more The Shoemaker's Holiday Phillip Breen directed Thomas Dekker's city comedy of class, conflict and cobblers in love, which was first performed in 1599 Read More Tamburlaine Find out more Volpone Trevor Nunn returned to the Swan Theatre to direct Ben Jonson's comic, satiric, angry, timeless play Read More The White Devil The White Devil - Webster's violent tragedy - played in the Swan Theatre from July to November 2014, directed by Maria Aberg Read More The Witch of Edmonton See production photos, a plot synopsis and cast list for The Witch of Edmonton, which played in the Swan Theatre in 2014. Read More Don Quixote Find out more Plays by Shakespeare's fellow writers
