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Shakespeare/Marlowe/playing companies/science/early modern drama, University of Sheffield
@aidannorrie.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialWelcome to day 10 of #LisaFest, which features the chapter by the excellent @drmirandafay.bsky.social. The chapter is the volume's primary discussion of Middleton, and Miranda's chapter is a worthy place for this discussion.
In the corpus of early modern witch plays, Middleton’s _The Witch_...
@aidannorrie.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialWelcome back to #LisaFest. Day 9 features the excellent Jessica Dyson, who has wrestled with some pirates and revealed what lies behind their boisterous personas.
The Golden Age of Piracy might be associated with the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, but for a nation proud of its...
@aidannorrie.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialWelcome to day 8 of #LisaFest, featuring the excellent Andrew Hiscock.
Andrew's chapter is the most Shakespeare-heavy in the volume (I have forgiven him tho), but in putting Shakey's Coriolanus in dialogue with Alexandre Hardy’s contemporary Coriolan, he emphasises the shared source material for...
@aidannorrie.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialThe thread on @lucycmunro.bsky.social's chapter is up! 🙌
@marlowestudies.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialA rare opportunity to experience Marlowe as dance: DeNada Dance Theatre are staging an adaptation of Edward II by Carlos Pons Guerra across various venues in the north of England over the next few months. Details here: www.denada-dance.com/whats-on-1
@aidannorrie.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialFor day 5 of #LisaFest, I am delighted to be sharing the chapter by my partner-in-crime for this endeavour.
@matthewsteggle.bsky.social's fabulous chapter is on the various stories about an overlooked Arthurian figure, Chinon.
In addition to the excellent nod to Bridget Jones, Matt applies his...
@drsheeha.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialMy author copy is here 🔥 so grateful for @lisahopkins.bsky.social and Bill Angus for their hard work as editors and so chuffed to be in such excellent company!
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialThe Council just gave us new, bigger bins for paper, which suggests that even if we are Recycling we are not Reducing. If there's one thing more important than the continuing habitability of our planet it's keeping capitalism going
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialIs it bad form to repost this?
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialsome people get triggered by that sort of thing
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialWill look forward to this for my homeward trudge
@edwardsboys.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialThe next production by Edward’s Boys will be Your Five Gallants by Thomas Middleton, a playwright with whom we have had some dealings. Mid-March 2027. Tour is a work in process - although Stratford-upon-Avon, London and Paris (France) are confirmed. Please spread the word. More details to follow.
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialMy dream of opening a waffle emporium entitled 'Gauffre it' remains unrealised
@lisahopkins.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialNow available for pre-order: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading...
#edinburghup.bsky.social
@aidannorrie.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialMine & @matthewsteggle.bsky.social's festschrift for the incomparable @lisahopkins.bsky.social is due for publication on 19 October. Each day until then, I'm going to give an overview of the chapters to get you excited for the volume's early moderny goodness.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
@deborahcartmell.bsky.socialReposted by @obscuredrama.bsky.socialIt's been a long time coming. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialYou are probably right. Not darling so much as Whimsy.
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialWell-frequented by geese?
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialOK so do I go with this footnote or
@obscuredrama.bsky.socialCatch m'colleague Cathy Shrank hereon!
