For the last four years, the series has offered plays by local writers, most but not all students.

In order to cater to them, the theatre offered plays by James Pilgrim and other Irish playwrights.

The troupe usually offered simpler and more optimistic plays of the type written by their dramatist, Thomas Heywood.

The site also offers small plays throughout the summer and an interpretive centre.

Some producers, he said, had chosen to mount scandalous shows, but he was optimistic that "you cannot fill American galleries by offering indecent plays."

Highlights will be shown only when they offer spectacular plays or injuries.

The theatre has produced a regular main stage season since 1995, typically offering modern classics, innovative contemporary plays from around the world, and new Canadian works.

If people were being offered badly produced plays, they would skip legitimate theater entirely and go see a vaudeville.

The university theatre has been offering plays and musicals since 1942.

It was intended to offer art exhibitions, concerts and plays, among other intellectual entertainments, like The Crystal Palace.