However it is rare, for example, for any student production at the Oxford Playhouse not to receive substantial funding from the society.

OUDS also supports an annual National UK Tour, which culminates in a long run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

[1] Previously, the society has also facilitated a Shakespeare production, jointly with Thelma Holt, touring Japan, with preview performances in the UK.

[2] The society was founded in November 1884 by Arthur Bourchier, James Adderley, and Alan MacKinnon, and its first production, Henry IV, Part 1, opened in May 1885.

For example, in 1907 professional actresses Lily Brayton and her sister Agnes appeared as Katherine and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew.