They're here!!! Copies for SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS Manchester University Press have arrived! 🎊🥳🥂 If you would like a #free copy, RT this post and give us a follow. I will pick a winner at random by the end of the week. amazon.co.uk/Shakespeares-B…

Fed up with cheer and good humour? All that laughter and happiness getting you down? Join us on Wednesday for Timon of Athens, the ultimate antidote to jollity - but darned good stuff despite that! 7.30 on a Zoom screen near you. readingearlyplays.com/post/timon-of-…

Cannot overstate how fun this is. Shoutout to M Wiggins who would writhe on the floor at appropriate early modern death scenes, spectacularly & comically, done in by burning crown or poisoned skull.Once had the room in tears with trembling child voice 'He hath killed me, Mother'.

"The women would all, of course, have been originally acted – shrilled and yelled – by boys" - really, Guardian news ? You really think the greatest playwright ever wrote roles for shrieking incompetents? theguardian.com/stage/2024/oct…

Mon 4 Nov @ 6.30pm online PLAYERS & PLAYGOING AT THE ROSE How did an early modern player perform a virginal girl, a shamefaced blush, a 'dead likeness', or Othello’s trance? Join Dr Emma Whipday & Dr Simon Smith in conversation to find out... £5/£8 - trybooking.com/uk/EABX

When an old play keeps being revived you have to ask what's so good about it? Join us tonight at 7.30 as we celebrate another revival of Ric hard II in the late 1600s. readingearlyplays.com/post/richard-i…

Feel in need of a distraction? How about a play that deals with the dangers of charisma, political betrayal and the nature of the body politic? Join us tonight at 7.00 for Shakespeare's "Coriolanus". readingearlyplays.com/post/coriolanu…

This is how Shakespeare & John Fletcher depict the resignation an Archbishop. From 'All is True' ('King Henry VIII'), 3.2.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Timothy West We would like to extend our heartfelt sympathies to Timothy’s family and friends – in particular to his wife Prunella and children, including Samuel, who is an Associate Artist and will play Malvolio in Twelfth Night

Need a bit of tragicomic cheer? All the rage in the 1600s! Join us tonight at 7.30 for "Philaster", Beaumont and Fletcher's play of cross-dressing, subterfuge and betrayal. Fun for all! readingearlyplays.com/post/philaster…

The long tradition of early modern #playreading at the Institute continues! Here we are, cosily ensconced against the dark and cold, reading the gory and metrically-interesting delight that is #Heywood's #Thyestes 🩸🗡️🦵🍽️

Delicious fun ⁦LibraryofBirmingham⁩ ⁦Uni of Birmingham⁩ Shakespeare family day, thanks to ⁦Dr Ella Hawkins⁩ & the first great Shakespeare Library in the world - proudly held in common by Birmingham citizens. 🎭📚🏭 ❤️ ⁦Being Human Festival⁩

Join us tonight for racism and villainy in Venice and points East. Yes, time for a revival of The Moor of Venice, 7.30 on a Zoom screen near you. (Another Venetian play without canals!)(But there are ships at sea.) readingearlyplays.com/post/the-moor-…

As our reading session has come to a close, all that remains is to wish you and yours a merry Christmas (or happy holidays if you prefer) and all the very best for a wonderful new year. We start again on Wednesday 8th January with Jonson's "The Alchemist" - long, but fun.

We wish you all the very best of new years. Why not come and join us in time for the new season of Zoom readings? Fun, frivolity and genuine academic enquiry, starting again next Wednesday with "The Alchemist" at 7.00 (because, Ben Jonson). readingearlyplays.com/post/the-alche…

We return this evening to read and celebrate Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist" - lots of fun. Lots of words too, because, BenJo. Hence the 7.00 start. Join us! readingearlyplays.com/post/the-alche…

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Is the world too cheerful right now? Sick of being lighthearted and jolly? Join us tonight at 7.30 as we celebrate the 1611 revival of The Play That Dare Not Speak Its Name. More fun than you might think! readingearlyplays.com/post/macbeth-1…

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