Rebel Angel documents the short, extraordinary life of English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1820) who turned his back on a promising medical profession to become a writer. Set in 1816 when George III was on the throne and Napoleon had just been defeated at Waterloo, ?Rebel Angel' is by playwright and Keats-Shelley expert, Angus Graham-Campbell and will be staged at Europe's only surviving operating theatre: the Old Operating Theatre, Museum and Herb Garrett opposite Guy's Hospital at London Bridge. The play will take place in the well of the old theatre where operations were performed while the audience will sit on the tiers originally occupied by the observing - and frequently fainting - medical students| 19 Sep 17 to 7 Oct 17 | Old Operating Theatre Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
