<html dir="ltr">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<p>email: info@plspls.ca</p>
<p>Website: plspls.ca</p>
<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p>University of Toronto’s Poculi Ludique Societas turns 50 with a Special Gala Banquet Production of the First-Ever Printed English Play</p>
<p>On 8 November 2014, Poculi Ludique Societas (PLS) will kick off a year of celebration, as this world renowned early drama company turns 50. As a lead-off PLS will stage a Gala Production of Henry Medwall’s <i>Fulgens and Lucres</i>, the first play to be printed in English in 1504. Fulgens, a semi-serious comedy about the nature of nobility, was intended to be staged as the entertainment to a banquet, and PLS will revive the play this fall in all its festive splendor at University College’s West Hall with a banquet feast.Regular performances of the play will also be presented on the U of T campus.</p>
<p>PLS history is traced to 1964 and began as part of the work for a University of Toronto graduate seminar in Medieval Drama when the seminar’s director, Prof. John Leyerle, invited the class to stage a medieval play. Excited by the success of their production of Everyman, the members of the class came together again the following year to stage another play. Thus was PLS born. Fifty years and more than 150 productions later, PLS is known around the world for its pioneering performances of the drama of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.</p>
<p><i>Fulgens and Lucres</i> is co-produced with The Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies and is directed by Matthew Milo Sergi, assistant professor of English at U of T. Sergi trained as a theatre director at the Tisch school of arts in New York City, and he brings a rollicking playfulness to the direction of the play. Costumes are designed by Linda Phillips and the banquet menu was created by Executive Chef Michael Kobayashi and his team at University College.</p>
<p><b><u>Production Dates at West Hall, University College 15 King’s College Circle:</u></b></p>
<p>PWYC Preview: November 7, 7:30 pm </p>
<p>GALA BANQUET (dinner and performance): November 8, 7 pm </p>
<p>MATINEE: November 9, 2:30 pm</p>
<p><u><b>Production dates at the Luella Massey Studio Theatre, 4 Glen Morris Street:</b></u></p>
<p>REGULAR PERFORMANCE: November 14 & 15, 7:30 pm</p>
<p>MATINEE: November 16, 2:30 PM</p>
<p>Tickets can be booked by calling: 416-978-7986</p>
<p>For further information about PLS visit our website at: www.plspls.ca</p>
<p><img src="http://dramacentre.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Poster-Digital-Marketing.png" width="300" height="464" align="bottom" alt="" /></p>
<p>Contacts: Kimberley Radmacher producerplspls@gmail.com Matthew Sergi matthew.sergi@utoronto.ca Linda Phillips director@plspls.ca David Klausner david.klausner@utoronto.ca</p>
</body>
</html>