Traditionally, the patent theatres went dark for Passion Week each year, staging no performances in the week leading up to Easter Sunday. The accompanying loss in receipts was no doubt factored in by management, but some non-performing staff still had to be paid.

We are looking for a Head of School (with full professorship attached) from September 1 2024. Please circulate widely!

Top 100 for second consecutive year! Lindsay Reid 🇮🇪 Justin Tonra The business of Georgian theatre @francesmcc

In this account book entry from 1797, it seems that a lifetime's admission to Covent Garden Theatre could be bought for "only" £50! A good deal, unless the customer looked a little sickly....

Looks amazing Dr Jenny Buckley !! English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway @MooreInst

Delighted to say that registration for the Eighteenth-century Ireland Society annual conference in Galway is now open: eventbrite.ie/e/eighteenth-c… English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway @MooreInst Amy Prendergast

Read about one of our fantastic ECIS conference pg bursary recipients here: ecis.ie/ecis-postgrad-… Amy Prendergast English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway

Gorgeous playbill for Hamlet written by Shakespeare, reworked by R. B. Sheridan, to be staged at Covent Garden 249 years ago (1775). The pantomime afterpiece meant the widest range of audience tastes were catered for on the night - a smart move by theatre management.

We're delighted to welcome Elisa Cozzi from @EngFac to ECIS next month as one of our bursary winners. You can read about Elisa and her paper here: ecis.ie/ecis-postgrad-… Amy Prendergast English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture

We're delighted to welcome Keith O Riain from Mary Immaculate College (MIC) to ECIS next month as one of our bursary winners. You can read about Keith and his paper here: ecis.ie/ecis-postgrad-… Amy Prendergast English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway

We're delighted to welcome Peter Richard from SACE | School of Art, Communication and English to ECIS next month as one of our bursary winners. You can read about Peter and his paper here: ecis.ie/ecis-postgrad-… Amy Prendergast English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway

Fantastic new book on caricature! Might be of interest to you, David Taylor

A tremendous loss to Irish letters and TCD School of English. Gerry was a gentleman with a tremendous sense of fun. He always spoke fondly about his time teaching at Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam. English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway

JOBS! 2 full-time 4-year #postdoctoral posts to work on my ERC project, Women’s Transnational Theatre Networks, 1789-1914 #WomenTheatreNet at @uniofExeter Exeter Drama Details here: rb.gy/hxbsv5 #twitterstorians #theatrehistory #womenswriting #womenshistory

Publication day for the inaugural vol. (1 of 8) of the Cambridge UP - Literature & Performance Collected Works of Oliver Goldsmith. The general & volume editors recently attended the 40th Goldsmith Festival with @tanaiste Micheál Martin. English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway English@UL TCD School of English CECS (York) Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences @UL

Delighted to be hosting the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Conference Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway over the next two days with keynotes from Profs Tríona Ní Shiocháin Maynooth University , Jim Watt, and Gillian Russell, both from CECS (York). Fabulous wide-ranging panels also lined up. #ECIS2024 English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway

Wonderful to host Gillian Russell David Taylor Christiane Hellmanzik and Leslie Ritchie in Galway for the final project advisory meeting of the The business of Georgian theatre project. Illuminating and inspiring discussion over the two days. Thank you. English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway CASSCS Research Journal of Cultural Economy

Amazing opportunity for a fully funded 4-yr PhD at Cork, under the supervision of the brilliant Jo Wharton and Claire Connolly. Topic may relate to any aspect of literature and technology 1750-1850. Short application deadline of 30 August! ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie…

Congrats to The business of Georgian theatre's very own Dr Leo Shipp on the publication of his fantastic article on eighteenth-century theatre pricing practices! Published open access with Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… English, Media & Creative Arts, Uni of Galway David Taylor Gillian Russell @ASECSTaPS The R/18 Collective