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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 1d

I don't like linking to wretched Am*z*n but a sample of my book has just appeared (most of the introduction, it looks like, and the plates!) and, well, I hope you like it. Proper publication next month. EEEEEK.
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Textile Shakespeare

Buy Textile Shakespeare by Lees-Jeffries, Hester (ISBN: 9780198861133) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 1d

I am still traumatized by ‘Swords’

Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 2d

This will be great. Edited by the author of Ghostland. I’m guessing the Aickman story is Swords which is a once read never forgotten story.

BLPublishing @blpublishing.bsky.social · 2d

🎪 Roll up, roll up! The circus of horrors has arrived... From Aickman to Bradbury, explore sinister sideshows & dark fairgrounds in All the Fear of the Fair, the latest Tale of the Weird.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/all-the-fear-of-the-fair-uncanny-tales-of-circus-and-sideshow

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 2d

It’s such a good intro!!

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 2d

The Scariest TV Intros of all Time
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The Scariest TV Intros of all Time

Horror Moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 4d

Wonderful to meet up online with @rebekahking.bsky.social @magicnotwitches.bsky.social and @beyondshakes.bsky.social Master of the Wyrd Revels Robert Crighton this evening in advance of our post-show discussion 👇

Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

Also featuring post show discussions for Thyestes, as well as an End of Season Panel Discussion on the Saturday (after Doctor Faustus) with Professor Liz-Oakley-Brown, Dr Rebekah King & Dr Tabitha Stanmore.
Discounts apply for multiple show bookings!
#History
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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 7d

Rare early woodcut from an unsuccessful Devonshire tourist board campaign:

(Newes from Exceter, 1643)

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 9d

Home Invasion and The Doubtful Guest
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Home Invasion and The Doubtful Guest

Horror Moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 11d

We also have some post show discussions and panels - one following Thyestes (details anon) and also this epic post-season discussion with @earlymodlancs.bsky.social @rebekahking.bsky.social @magicnotwitches.bsky.social - this follows the final show of Doctor Faustus 1616 on the Saturday.

Black background with red slashes across, indistinct image of someone screaming, overlaid with text -Saturday 25th (After Faustus) End of Season Panel Discussion with...
Professor Liz Oakley-Brown is Professor in English Literature at Lancaster University. Currently working on Tudor Gothic for Cambridge University Press and teaching Premodern Gothic.
Dr Rebekah King graduated from Cambridge with a PhD in English looking at how magicians were depicted on the early modern stage. As well as being a researcher, she is an award-winning writer.
Dr Tabitha Stanmore Author of Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic, winner of the Katharine Briggs Award 2024 and Editor’s Pick by the New York Times. Tabitha is a specialist in medieval and early modern English magic and witchcraft. A Week of Devils, Witches, Cunning Folk and Horror at the White Bear Theatre in Kenningtonwww.beyondshakespeare.org

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 12d

This was so fun to record! Tyler returns for another Simpsons-themed Halloween chat, this time about Itchy and Scratchy, the world’s cuddliest slasher franchise.
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Itchy and Scratchy - The Horror Legacy of the Simpsons

With Tyler Shores, creator of the Simpsons and Philosophy course at UC Berkeley

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 14d

Ooh I’ll look out for it how exciting!

Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 14d

Last week when I was there for the Scottish Storytelling Centre performances I saw one of our posters up next to a display of your books!! I nearly took a photo but there were too many people hurrying in from the rain.

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you!! I hope you are well I miss you x

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 14d

Tour dates here:

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 14d

Nice little interview about my Van Gogh play in the Linlithgow Gazette and another here (falkirkherald.co.uk/art…) from the Falkirk Herald.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 15d

Saturday 25th October we're performing the 1616 text for Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and his many (occasionally posthumous) friends. Following that is our season panel discussing the Wyrd in the early modern, the plays we're covered and more - but who are these wonderful panellists?

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 15d

@rebekahking.bsky.social joins us, having previously chatted about the idea of Early Modern Horror on the pod, bringing her knowledge on how magicians were depicted on the early modern stage and much, much more. audioboom.com/posts/874911...

Discussing: Early Modern Horror? with Dr Rebekah King

How early can we talk about Horror? Is early modern too early?

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 16d

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Child Neglect, Secret Rituals, and a Sacrifice for the Insect God

Horror Moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 18d

They are excellent whatever they are!

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks for the share!!

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 19d

Scribes: Don't miss
The Demon that Causes Typos - Titivillus, patron demon of scribes
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A laughing, black-skinned, claw-footed demon, wearing fawn shorts, leaping a valley and on his back carrying a pile of books roped together and, given his job as demon of typos, presumably badly printed. There are the shafts/feathers three arrows in the right foreground

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 18d

Something... Wyrd is coming.
😈Devils!
🐶Demonic familiars!
🧙‍♀️Witches!
😼Cunning Folk!
🥧Unspeakable Pastry!
Five nights of drama, recording for the Beyond podcast, sharing these works not only with the audience in the room, but also the whole world.
Support our work by sharing our work -
If You Dare!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 21d

😈Have you booked yet for the Beyond Wyrd Revels? A week of devils, witches, cunning folk and horror in the run up to Halloween! #BookNow or Mephistopheles will be very cross... www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 23d

The Goreyist Adaptation of Dracula
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The Goreyist Adaptation of Dracula

Horror moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 26d

If you're in London tomorrow catch this hour-long triple bill of strange and scary operas written by young librettist/composer teams. My libretto the middle one which is based on real witch trial records. And there's also a modern Medea and singing bananas... www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/peeled...

Peeled Back: A Triple Bill | Tête à Tête

Three wildly different new operas by emerging opera makers, featuring revenge, witches, and bananas in a surreal, satirical showcase.

www.tete-a-tete.org.uk

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 26d

If you're in London tomorrow catch this hour-long triple bill of strange and scary operas written by young librettist/composer teams. My libretto the middle one which is based on real witch trial records. And there's also a modern Medea and singing bananas... www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/peeled...

Peeled Back: A Triple Bill | Tête à Tête

Three wildly different new operas by emerging opera makers, featuring revenge, witches, and bananas in a surreal, satirical showcase.

www.tete-a-tete.org.uk

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