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Early modern scholars interested in both comparative religion and theatrical practice: check out Dennis Britton’s review of John Kuhn's Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England (@pennpress). buff.ly/YhCOxP6
#Pagans #Religion #EarlyModern
#Pagans #Religion #EarlyModern
July 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Early modern scholars interested in both comparative religion and theatrical practice: check out Dennis Britton’s review of John Kuhn's Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England (@pennpress). buff.ly/YhCOxP6
#Pagans #Religion #EarlyModern
#Pagans #Religion #EarlyModern
@davidorvis reviews Gillian Knoll and Joey Gamble's collection, The Kinky Renaissance -- the first study of kink in early theatre and literature. buff.ly/D3gJgHE
#Renaissance #EarlyModen #Drama
#Renaissance #EarlyModen #Drama
July 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
@davidorvis reviews Gillian Knoll and Joey Gamble's collection, The Kinky Renaissance -- the first study of kink in early theatre and literature. buff.ly/D3gJgHE
#Renaissance #EarlyModen #Drama
#Renaissance #EarlyModen #Drama
Nora Williams's book Canonical Misogyny gives @pascaleexter "a refreshed sense of hope and purpose" regarding the ways in which "Performance matters. Our practice matters" when it comes to challenging misogyny. buff.ly/QgGOoJw
#Performance #EarlyModern #EarlyTheatre
#Performance #EarlyModern #EarlyTheatre
July 15, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Nora Williams's book Canonical Misogyny gives @pascaleexter "a refreshed sense of hope and purpose" regarding the ways in which "Performance matters. Our practice matters" when it comes to challenging misogyny. buff.ly/QgGOoJw
#Performance #EarlyModern #EarlyTheatre
#Performance #EarlyModern #EarlyTheatre
Elisabeth Dutton reviews Daniel Blank's new book, which illuminates the influences of university drama on the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. buff.ly/5Ev7sf7
#Shakespeare #EarlyModern
#Shakespeare #EarlyModern
July 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Elisabeth Dutton reviews Daniel Blank's new book, which illuminates the influences of university drama on the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. buff.ly/5Ev7sf7
#Shakespeare #EarlyModern
#Shakespeare #EarlyModern
Dustin Meyer applauds Darren Freebury Jones's “impressive” work in attribution studies in his review of Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers (@manchesterup). buff.ly/RxfalLw
#Shakespeare #EarlyTheatre
#Shakespeare #EarlyTheatre
July 14, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Dustin Meyer applauds Darren Freebury Jones's “impressive” work in attribution studies in his review of Shakespeare’s Borrowed Feathers (@manchesterup). buff.ly/RxfalLw
#Shakespeare #EarlyTheatre
#Shakespeare #EarlyTheatre
Middleton scholars: check out Eric Dunnum’s review of The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624-2024, edited by Will David Green, Anna L. Hegland, and Sam Jermy (@routledgebooks). buff.ly/02cDi0K
#Middleton #Theatre #EarlyModern
#Middleton #Theatre #EarlyModern
July 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Middleton scholars: check out Eric Dunnum’s review of The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624-2024, edited by Will David Green, Anna L. Hegland, and Sam Jermy (@routledgebooks). buff.ly/02cDi0K
#Middleton #Theatre #EarlyModern
#Middleton #Theatre #EarlyModern
@janellejenstad celebrates Leslie Thomson's “rich summary of particular performance challenge[s]” in her review of From Playtext to Performance on the Early Modern Stage: How Did They Do It? (@routledgebooks): buff.ly/3GMjgwr
#EarlyModern #Stage #Drama
#EarlyModern #Stage #Drama
July 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
@janellejenstad celebrates Leslie Thomson's “rich summary of particular performance challenge[s]” in her review of From Playtext to Performance on the Early Modern Stage: How Did They Do It? (@routledgebooks): buff.ly/3GMjgwr
#EarlyModern #Stage #Drama
#EarlyModern #Stage #Drama
Find out about ritual, spectacle, and theatre in late medieval Seville: read Bruce Burningham's review of Christopher Swift's award-winning Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville: Performing Empire. buff.ly/GlgDgt4
#Medieval #EalryTheatre #Seville
#Medieval #EalryTheatre #Seville
July 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Find out about ritual, spectacle, and theatre in late medieval Seville: read Bruce Burningham's review of Christopher Swift's award-winning Ritual, Spectacle, and Theatre in Late Medieval Seville: Performing Empire. buff.ly/GlgDgt4
#Medieval #EalryTheatre #Seville
#Medieval #EalryTheatre #Seville
A fascinating multidisciplinary, sociohistorical study of the theatre couple of early modern Italy, The Theatre Couple of Early Modern Italy: Self-Fashioning and Mutual Marketing by Serena Laiena is reviewed by Rosalind Kerr. buff.ly/gvngYUK
#Italy #EarlyTheatre
#Italy #EarlyTheatre
July 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
A fascinating multidisciplinary, sociohistorical study of the theatre couple of early modern Italy, The Theatre Couple of Early Modern Italy: Self-Fashioning and Mutual Marketing by Serena Laiena is reviewed by Rosalind Kerr. buff.ly/gvngYUK
#Italy #EarlyTheatre
#Italy #EarlyTheatre
This new collection edited by Scott Oldenburg and Matteo Pangallo "provide[s] novel means to engage with early modern texts then and now." Check out Philip Goldfarb Styrt's review of None a Stranger There: buff.ly/Sr7Zhib
#EarlyModern #EarlyTheatre
#EarlyModern #EarlyTheatre
July 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This new collection edited by Scott Oldenburg and Matteo Pangallo "provide[s] novel means to engage with early modern texts then and now." Check out Philip Goldfarb Styrt's review of None a Stranger There: buff.ly/Sr7Zhib
#EarlyModern #EarlyTheatre
#EarlyModern #EarlyTheatre
Michael Kidd’s translation makes a “robust and accessible starting point for students and scholars” of premodern race studies. Learn more via @kathrynsantsos's review of Black Protagonists of Early Modern Spain: Three Key Plays in Translation. buff.ly/rrvtgAh
#EarlyModern #Spain
#EarlyModern #Spain
July 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Michael Kidd’s translation makes a “robust and accessible starting point for students and scholars” of premodern race studies. Learn more via @kathrynsantsos's review of Black Protagonists of Early Modern Spain: Three Key Plays in Translation. buff.ly/rrvtgAh
#EarlyModern #Spain
#EarlyModern #Spain
@notwithoutmustard reviews Kate Ellis's new Revels edition of Thomas Heywood's Dick of Devonshire. buff.ly/17WrmQU
#Heywood #EarlyDrama
#Heywood #EarlyDrama
July 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
@notwithoutmustard reviews Kate Ellis's new Revels edition of Thomas Heywood's Dick of Devonshire. buff.ly/17WrmQU
#Heywood #EarlyDrama
#Heywood #EarlyDrama
"The bears are back. The bears are in the house." @callanjd reviews REED's new Bear Gardens/Hope Playhouse collection. buff.ly/h8o2EKI
#EarlyTheatre #Drama
#EarlyTheatre #Drama
July 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
"The bears are back. The bears are in the house." @callanjd reviews REED's new Bear Gardens/Hope Playhouse collection. buff.ly/h8o2EKI
#EarlyTheatre #Drama
#EarlyTheatre #Drama
@drwillgreen reviews Daniel Swift's The Dream Factory and shows us how Burbage's The Theatre influenced the work of William Shakespeare and contributed to early theatre history. buff.ly/8l2ixZG
#WilliamShakespeare #Drama #Burbage
#WilliamShakespeare #Drama #Burbage
July 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
@drwillgreen reviews Daniel Swift's The Dream Factory and shows us how Burbage's The Theatre influenced the work of William Shakespeare and contributed to early theatre history. buff.ly/8l2ixZG
#WilliamShakespeare #Drama #Burbage
#WilliamShakespeare #Drama #Burbage
Discover what we have learned so far from The Shakespeare North Playhouse in Tim Keenan's edited collection, reviewed by @drpetekirwan. buff.ly/vllcuJX
#Shakespeare #EarlyModern #Drama
#Shakespeare #EarlyModern #Drama
July 11, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Discover what we have learned so far from The Shakespeare North Playhouse in Tim Keenan's edited collection, reviewed by @drpetekirwan. buff.ly/vllcuJX
#Shakespeare #EarlyModern #Drama
#Shakespeare #EarlyModern #Drama
Now out in Early Theatre 29.1: Raphael Lyne draws on the first-person plural “we” in Antipodes (c.1636), comparing it with other works to show how Brome captures both the possibilities and the risks of mutuality. buff.ly/6RZIgP0
#Antipodes #EarlyTheatre
#Antipodes #EarlyTheatre
July 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Now out in Early Theatre 29.1: Raphael Lyne draws on the first-person plural “we” in Antipodes (c.1636), comparing it with other works to show how Brome captures both the possibilities and the risks of mutuality. buff.ly/6RZIgP0
#Antipodes #EarlyTheatre
#Antipodes #EarlyTheatre
What memetic meanings inform the ballads and song fragments found in Beaumont's Knight of the Burning Pestle? And how might these meanings have been available to early modern audiences? Noah Gene Peterson explores these questions, and more: muse.jhu.edu/article/994441.
#Ballad #Beaumont
#Ballad #Beaumont
July 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
What memetic meanings inform the ballads and song fragments found in Beaumont's Knight of the Burning Pestle? And how might these meanings have been available to early modern audiences? Noah Gene Peterson explores these questions, and more: muse.jhu.edu/article/994441.
#Ballad #Beaumont
#Ballad #Beaumont
Would early modern Londoners go to see a play or hear a play? Chloe Preedy ponders what it would have been like to SMELL a play in “John Marston’s ‘Poules-worke.’” Now available in Early Theatre 29.1. buff.ly/OUNyu3u
#EarlyTheatre #London
#EarlyTheatre #London
July 10, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Would early modern Londoners go to see a play or hear a play? Chloe Preedy ponders what it would have been like to SMELL a play in “John Marston’s ‘Poules-worke.’” Now available in Early Theatre 29.1. buff.ly/OUNyu3u
#EarlyTheatre #London
#EarlyTheatre #London
Out now: Thomas Betteridge examines John Heyood's The Play of the Weather through its central figure, the vice Merry Report. buff.ly/Ch3Ab67
#EarlyModern #Theatre
#EarlyModern #Theatre
July 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Out now: Thomas Betteridge examines John Heyood's The Play of the Weather through its central figure, the vice Merry Report. buff.ly/Ch3Ab67
#EarlyModern #Theatre
#EarlyModern #Theatre
An erroneous manuscript note describes the Croxton Play of the Sacrament as a translation from a Spanish text. Alexandra Atiya explores how this play actually was shaped by Spain. muse.jhu.edu/article/994424
#EarlyTheatre #Drama
#EarlyTheatre #Drama
July 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
An erroneous manuscript note describes the Croxton Play of the Sacrament as a translation from a Spanish text. Alexandra Atiya explores how this play actually was shaped by Spain. muse.jhu.edu/article/994424
#EarlyTheatre #Drama
#EarlyTheatre #Drama
Hello, world! 🎙️
We're thrilled to share that our newest issue is live on Project Muse: buff.ly/4qCfd3e — free for public access! 🎊 🎭️
Follow our posts over the next few days for highlights and sneak peeks.
#EarlyTheatre #NewIssue
We're thrilled to share that our newest issue is live on Project Muse: buff.ly/4qCfd3e — free for public access! 🎊 🎭️
Follow our posts over the next few days for highlights and sneak peeks.
#EarlyTheatre #NewIssue
July 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Hello, world! 🎙️
We're thrilled to share that our newest issue is live on Project Muse: buff.ly/4qCfd3e — free for public access! 🎊 🎭️
Follow our posts over the next few days for highlights and sneak peeks.
#EarlyTheatre #NewIssue
We're thrilled to share that our newest issue is live on Project Muse: buff.ly/4qCfd3e — free for public access! 🎊 🎭️
Follow our posts over the next few days for highlights and sneak peeks.
#EarlyTheatre #NewIssue
In our next issue: Dennis Britton reviews @johnmkuhn’s Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England (@pennpress). Check out the newest contribution to early modern religious studies through an innovative study of theatrical properties!
July 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In our next issue: Dennis Britton reviews @johnmkuhn’s Making Pagans: Theatrical Practice and Comparative Religion in Early Modern England (@pennpress). Check out the newest contribution to early modern religious studies through an innovative study of theatrical properties!
2025 saw the first book devoted to kink in the Renaissance, and you will not have to wait much longer for @davidortis's review.
July 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
2025 saw the first book devoted to kink in the Renaissance, and you will not have to wait much longer for @davidortis's review.
Coming soon: ET 29.1 includes Bruce Burningham's review of Christopher Swift's award winning book on theatre in late medieval Seville.
July 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Coming soon: ET 29.1 includes Bruce Burningham's review of Christopher Swift's award winning book on theatre in late medieval Seville.
How do Brexit, COVID-19, and immigration connect with the concerns of early theatre? Find out soon in Philip Goldfarb Styrt's review of None a Stranger There -- forthcoming.
July 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
How do Brexit, COVID-19, and immigration connect with the concerns of early theatre? Find out soon in Philip Goldfarb Styrt's review of None a Stranger There -- forthcoming.