@lisahopkins.bsky.social
Lover of early modern drama and of Dorothy Dunnett. Interested in Bess of Hardwick, the literary culture of the Cavendish family, and classic detective fiction.
@wgloveonthedole.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialNew Article: waltergreenwoodnotjustloveonthedole.com/the-doncaste...
I recently bought a piece of Love on the Dole theatrical ephemera which I have never seen before. It is a large double-sided blue flyer for the play at the Grand Theatre, Doncaster in 1936 - maybe a unique survivor?
@marlowestudies.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.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
@lisahopkins.bsky.socialMarlovians might like to know that there are now dates available for Carlos Pons Guerra's dance adaptation of Edward II. I saw an earlier version of this and found it very moving. www.denada-dance.com/whats-on-1
@lisahopkins.bsky.socialMy editor copies of this have just arrived:
@edwardsboys.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.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.
@drsheeha.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialI’m happy to share with you my new research article which has just been published in _Shakespeare_ It is open access so you can read, download, and share it freely, if interested.
@deborahcartmell.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialIt's been a long time coming. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
@lisahopkins.bsky.socialI defy you to better 'Dragons Through Time', submitted about ten years ago to an early modern conference I was involved in (we didn't accept it).
@lostplayhouse.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialGoing for a bargain -- my chapter on Dunwich as a major site for touring Elizabethan companies (even while it was disappearing into the sea) is in great company in this gorgeous volume!
@drsheeha.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialPlease use this discount code:
@lisahopkins.bsky.socialThank you - I couldn't work out how to post that.
@lisahopkins.bsky.socialNow available for pre-order: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading...
#edinburghup.bsky.social
@billangus.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialReading the Coastline in Shakespeare’s Britain is now available for pre-order on EUP website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading...
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialEarly modern English theatre (and social history) fans, here's Domenico Lovascio's cracking new archival deep dive into the tangled lives of playwright John Fletcher's three sisters, Elizabeth, Sara, and Priscilla: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@deborahcartmell.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialSpecial Issue: Climate Adaptation
Adaptation (OUP)
Deadline for papers: 30 January 2028: academic.oup.com/adaptation
(early papers accepted for continuous publication)
Ed. Robert Geal and Deborah Cartmell
@lisahopkins.bsky.socialJust got back from seeing it and thought it was excellent.
@wgloveonthedole.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialLove on the Dole and the Three Thieves (Garrick Theatre, 6-7 February 1935)
This new article is about attempts by thieves to break open safes containing the takings from Love on the Dole, having hidden overnight in the theatre after the play:
waltergreenwoodnotjustloveonthedole.com/love-on-the-...
@matthewsteggle.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialIn excellent company in this issue. My article tells the frankly loopy story of Shakespeare’s secret Catholic will (1/3)
@matthewsteggle.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialNew publication - a v short note picking out a detail in a little-read Jacobean play. Features cakes and cream.
@drwillgreen.bsky.socialReposted by @lisahopkins.bsky.socialAnother article from the forthcoming special issue of "Shakespeare" I'm guest editing on "Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton" is now published!