How lucky am I? Merry Christmas all!

Look who’s joined my tortellini Garrick!

Happy New Year! Starting as I mean to go on…

My review of Charles Macklin and the Theatres of London ed. Ian Newman and David O’Shaughnessy (Liverpool University Press). annetterubery.co.uk/book-review-ch…

Tomorrow I’m going to see a Shakespeare play and it’s also Garrick’s birthday. I literally don’t know which medallion to wear. 🤔

My book has been rated ‘Essential’ by Choice, journal of the American Library Association, and described as ‘deeply researched and astutely written’, ‘a delight for both eye and mind’. Who am I to disagree??

Famed 18th Century Actress ANNE OLDFIELD (1683-1730) Her Life, Admirers, Friends, Lovers and Sons

Glad to see the RSC has stopped calling School for Scandal a “Restoration comedy”. We now get the baggier term “Comedy of manners”. Don’t @ me. 😅

Some of the antiquarian books we have for auction this week. #antiquarian #history #books #rarebooks #bookhistory #earlymodern #travel #science #religion #medicine #naturalhistory #bookauctions ebay.co.uk/str/wisdompedl…

A blog I wrote about Canova’s studio in Rome - which is also a cafe-restaurant. Link in the comment.

Today’s reading.

Combining two of my favourite things: theatre history and old postcards.

5 June 1638: Philip Massinger's play 'The King & the Subject' is licensed #otd after Charles I had read it while at Newmarket, insisting on changes, probably due to allusions to forced loans (BM)

A young man with a wide-brimmed, a large collar around the neck and a saber. He points to his unfaithful lover who is standing in the distance with another man. Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646 (Rijksmuseum) Bit of a fashion disaster in that mix?

Great to see Susan Margaret Cooper - Author & Researcher 📜’s book about two great Restoration actresses on the table at the Theatre Book Prize Sadler's Wells. 📚

Had a great time at the Theatre Book Prize yesterday. Link to my blog in the comment.

Bravo!

"Aside from various biographical dictionary appearances, Cooper’s book is the first mainstream publication to tackle the lives of Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle, and to put them into context." #Actresses of #17thCentury #London #Theatre amazon.co.uk/Actresses-Rest…