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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 6h

🚨One Week to Go!
Have you booked your tickets for our Wyrd Revels yet? Five days, five shows, recording live for the Beyond Shakespeare Podcast.
The Witch of Edmonton, The Wise-woman of Hogston, Thyestes, and both versions of Doctor Faustus!
#Wyrd #Horror #Drama #AudioDrama #Demon #Witch #Halloween

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7h

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · 5h

@gregmw4.bsky.social and I received the wonderfully welcome news that 'Predramatic Theatre' has been accepted for publication by Palgrave following peer review. Who knows? It might even be out by Christmas! It has certainly been a gift working with my mentor on a topic we're both passionate about.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 6h

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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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 6h

🚨One Week to Go!
Have you booked your tickets for our Wyrd Revels yet? Five days, five shows, recording live for the Beyond Shakespeare Podcast.
The Witch of Edmonton, The Wise-woman of Hogston, Thyestes, and both versions of Doctor Faustus!
#Wyrd #Horror #Drama #AudioDrama #Demon #Witch #Halloween

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

🧠Fun Fact: our Wyrd Revels season was almost entirely chosen by our patrons. Every year we have a big vote, and the highest ranked choices go into production or development. Doctor Faustus came top, then Witch of Edmonton and Wise-Woman of Hogston.
Which means, it's time to do it AGAIN!
🗳️BIG VOTE!🗳️

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

🎊It's October, it's getting dark outside, and the Wyrd Revels are on their way from 21-25th!
😈Doctor Faustus (two different versions!)
The Wise-woman of Hogston
🧙‍♀️The Witch of Edmonton! & Thyestes!
Book now! #drama #horror
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

🔊Latest release for our wonderful patrons. It's another look at the cony-catching pamphlets of Robert Greene, with a look at a notable knave who for his cunning deceiving a gentleman of his purse, scorned the name of a cony-catcher & would needs be termed a fool-taker
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Cony-Catching with Robert Greene 30 (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Heads up! As some shows are selling fast, we'll be redistributing the remaining season tickets into individual show tickets tomorrow - anyone wanting the best price for the whole season of our Wyrd Revels, do book now! #drama #horror #halloween #wyrd #devils
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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

🎊It's October, it's getting dark outside, and the Wyrd Revels are on their way from 21-25th!
😈Doctor Faustus (two different versions!)
The Wise-woman of Hogston
🧙‍♀️The Witch of Edmonton! & Thyestes!
Book now! #drama #horror
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

🗳️If you want a bit of Thomas Randolph on our plate, or a smattering of James Shirley, a dash of the Unknown, or a dollop of Lyly, then fill in the form and become part of the conversation. Vote now, and vote often! Peele, Greene, Ford, Day, Porter, Heywood, Chapman...
forms.gle/x42iLJukmDED...

The BIG Vote 2025 - Round 1

This is your chance to choose a play for us to work on over the next year/18 months. Roughly any play written prior to 1642 is open for this round - which is open to all. The plays voted for here will...

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

🗳️Round One is open to everyone, not just our patrons - as we create a long list of titles for whittling down. Which means you, yes you, can help shape our next projects. The next rounds go down to our patrons only, but at this stage it's a free for all!
Shakerley Marmion for the Win! #Vote #Plays

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

🧠Fun Fact: our Wyrd Revels season was almost entirely chosen by our patrons. Every year we have a big vote, and the highest ranked choices go into production or development. Doctor Faustus came top, then Witch of Edmonton and Wise-Woman of Hogston.
Which means, it's time to do it AGAIN!
🗳️BIG VOTE!🗳️

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 5d

As well as the cast, we have an excellent panel lined up for the end of season discussion following Doctor Faustus (1616), with Liz Oakley-Brown, Rebekah King, and Tabitha Stanmore chatting with season producer Robert Crighton about all things wyrd. More post (and pre) show announcements soon!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

🔊It's October, and you know what that means...
No, not Halloween, it's Lord Mayors Show month!
This year we have two new pods from 400ish years ago (1625 was a plague year, so no show) and we start with 1624 and a bit of John Webster @tracelarkhall.bsky.social
audioboom.com/posts/878965...

Lord Mayor's Show 1624 - Full Cast Audio Adaptation

It's October, so it's Lord Mayors Showtime!

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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 4d

Our new season of online talks starts this Monday, 13 Oct

Discover the lost domestic tragedy Page of Plymouth, & the new @literatureworks.bsky.social project centred on it, looking at theatre, culture & narratives of ordinary lives in Plymouth then & now

More info & book: bit.ly/3WvdoyH

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Infographic for the online talk, called 'Page of Plymouth: Ben Jonson & Thomas Dekker's Lost Play', with the time and date – 6.30pm 13 Oct – and photos of Helen Chaloner and David Prescott, the two speakers.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

And why not pair Wise-Woman with The Witch of Edmonton? They have a very similar plot, just one is a comedy and the other... well isn't. The White Bear Theatre 21-25 Oct
Book for two different shows, and there's an automatic discount. #WiseWoman #Witch #Horror
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

🚨Our Wyrd Revels is nearly a week away - nowhere else will you get the chance to experience these four/five plays together in one week, plus our bonus post show discussions!
If you want something lighter from the season, Wednesday's The Wise-woman of Hogston by Thomas Heywood is full of city life.

Black background with red slashes across, the image of someone screaming in the slashes, overlaid with text - A week of Devils, witches, cunning folk and Horror - Wyrd Revels 21-25 October 2025 beyondshakespeare.org

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

And why not pair Wise-Woman with The Witch of Edmonton? They have a very similar plot, just one is a comedy and the other... well isn't. The White Bear Theatre 21-25 Oct
Book for two different shows, and there's an automatic discount. #WiseWoman #Witch #Horror
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

🚨Our Wyrd Revels is nearly a week away - nowhere else will you get the chance to experience these four/five plays together in one week, plus our bonus post show discussions!
If you want something lighter from the season, Wednesday's The Wise-woman of Hogston by Thomas Heywood is full of city life.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

We had hoped to produce The Monuments of Honour by John Webster as a live show on the 400th anniversary last year, but alas, sometimes shows don't happen. Instead we recorded this as part of other projects in time for the 401st anniversary. Other LMS are available! audioboom.com/playlists/46...

The Lord Mayor's Show

Full cast audio adaptations the Lord Mayor's show, from before 1642 - including other helpful material.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

🔊It's October, and you know what that means...
No, not Halloween, it's Lord Mayors Show month!
This year we have two new pods from 400ish years ago (1625 was a plague year, so no show) and we start with 1624 and a bit of John Webster @tracelarkhall.bsky.social
audioboom.com/posts/878965...

Lord Mayor's Show 1624 - Full Cast Audio Adaptation

It's October, so it's Lord Mayors Showtime!

audioboom.com

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 5d

The Wyrd Revels runs for one week, 5 shows, from 21-25th October at The White Bear in Kennington - where food and other refreshments are available for the weary demonic traveller. #Halloween #Horror #drama #AudioDrama #Live www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 5d

🚨In less than two weeks, this wonderful cast will gather for our Wyrd Revels, a season of plays covering all the witches and demons you could wish for - season tickets are still available, but will be taken out of the mix next week. Tickets for the first show, The Witch of Edmonton, are selling out!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 5d

The Wyrd Revels runs for one week, 5 shows, from 21-25th October at The White Bear in Kennington - where food and other refreshments are available for the weary demonic traveller. #Halloween #Horror #drama #AudioDrama #Live www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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