These performances appear to be German-language productions of Shakespeare's plays, but what is especially interesting is these records help show the continued, global reach of breeches roles!

We couldn't wait until tomorrow to add this next batch of performances, because these mark our first in Germany! ✨ We just added 6 records for performances of Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet, performed between 1901-1902 at the Königliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin. 🎩

We were particularly excited to add 13 records from an all-girl production of As You Like It at the Ogontz School for Girls in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania that took place on April 28, 1890! 🎩✨

Now that it's summer, I can get back to the fun work 🤗

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We're back with more records! ✨ Today, 34 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Henry V, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, and Richard III, in Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Elkins Park, and Washington, D.C. from 1863-1899 to bring the record total to 8,338. 🎩

Had such a wonderful time sharing @pointslikeaman.bsky.social as part of this year’s SAA Digital Exhibits! ✨ It was so wonderful to meet everyone and share my project so widely, and to hear from folks who already are using it! Many thanks to SAA for hosting PLAM this year! 🎩 #Shax2026

Good morning from Denver! 🏙️🏔️ Be sure to stop by our table during the Digital Exhibits from 10:00AM-12:00PM to learn more about our project! We will even have stickers! ✨ #Shax2026

Can confirm that @pointslikeaman.bsky.social (and newly-minted Dr. @aelagrand.bsky.social, who created it) is excellent!!

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Prep for #Shax2026 by exploring our #DigitalExhibits. Points Like A Man curates records of Shakespearean breeches performances by actresses from 1660 to 1900 and considers how they helped shape Shakespeare’s theatrical afterlives. See this project live Saturday, April 4.

Be sure to join us for the @nvshakespeare.bsky.social conference on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Winter’s Tale in February! ✨

Happy New Year, everyone! 🥂 For those heading to #shax2026 in April, be sure to check out the Digital Exhibits on Saturday, April 4! We’ll be there and would love to see you there too! ✨🎩 (And yes, we’ll have stickers!)

🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.

Tickled that one of you apparently bought me Maria Edgeworth’s copy of Emma. ~$300k? You shouldn’t have! www.sothebys.com/buy/b94a60c5...

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Thank you so much to the SSEMWG, and many congratulations to the winner, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's writing, and to our fellow Honorable Mention, The Four Books by Alice Thornton! ✨ Read about the other projects at the link below! ⤵️ www.ssemwg.org/2025

We have some very exciting news to share! ✨ We just learned that our database has been awarded an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Digital Scholarship, New Media, and Art Award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender! 🎩

This batch also helped us grow our number of records for performances in Philadelphia, while also helping us expand into St. Louis. You can see this growth on our interactive map of historic theatres. ✨🎩

In this performance, Ellen and Kate Bateman played Richard and Richmond, respectively, while Julia Jones played Prince Edward and Miss Schoolcraft played the Duke of York. The Bateman sisters were famous for playing these roles as young girls, with prints like these capturing their performances.

This batch included our first performances in St. Louis, Missouri, with one production even having four performances of genderfluidity at once! On October 15, 1850, the St. Louis Theatre had a production of Richard III, with Richard, Richmond, and the two princes all being played by girls or women.

Today, 93 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King John, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night in Philadelphia and St. Louis from 1822-1878 to bring the record total to 8,265. ✨🎩

In this batch of records were our first breeches performances in Othello. In February 1863, an actress by the name of Miss Miller played a page in Othello at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. While other tragedies have often seen breeches performances, Othello almost never has.

Today, 88 records were added for performances of Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Richard III, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1863-1865 to bring the record total to 8,172. ✨🎩

Among these performances was our first record for a performance in Love's Labor's Lost! ✨ On January 6, 1862, Mrs. Charles Henri played Moth (also known as Mote) in Love's Labor's Lost at the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. 🎩

Today, 34 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1854-1864 to bring the record total to 8,084! ✨🎩

From this trip, she has been able to gather 237 records for performances in Philadelphia, and another 31 records for performances in Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC! ✨ She is now in the process of cleaning up these records and getting them ready to add to our database site! 🎩

This summer, @aelagrand.bsky.social visited the Library Company of Philadelphia and UPenn's Kislak Center to consult playbills and collect records of women's breeches performances in Philadelphia! ✨🎩

Check it out! Our project director, @aelagrand.bsky.social won the @honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social Book Collecting Prize for her collection of materials related to Shakespearean breeches actresses! ✨🎩 Points Like A Man even gets a shout-out!

Fine Books & Collections@finebooks.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

Call for Applications: SHARP News Bibliographers As @bibliowingate.bsky.social's term comes to an end, we're looking to shake things up & establish a bibliography team of 2+ people. Applications due October 1 2025. The full call for applications and how to apply: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

The full LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography is here 🏳️‍🌈!!! 650+ items of LGBTQIA+ #BookHistory!! Check out the intro to see how we made it, the primary bibliography, the article appendix, and the absolutely magnificent zine!!! From monographs to zines, you'll find it here! sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

Amanda Wyatt! Visconti@literaturegeek.bsky.social · 12mo ago

"Queer Book History" zine is done (32 pages!), just getting final team edits pre-pub. Built on upcoming @sharpnews.bsky.social Queer Book History Bibliography—100s of resources by team led by SHARP Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social. Zine=fave reads, teaching examples, community+conf info +

📢 Restoration: Studies in Literature and Culture, 1660-1700 is looking for an Associate Editor to join our editorial team. 📢 Deadline is Sept. 5 and more info is linked below. Academic friends please share widely. DM @drerinnerung.bsky.social with questions. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Associate Editor Opening at Restoration: Studies in Literature and Culture, 1660-1700

Associate Editor Opening at Restoration: Studies in Literature and Culture, 1660-1700 Restoration is looking for an Associate Editor to join Editors Dr. Laura Rosenthal and Dr. Erin Keating and Book ...

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Opening at Penn for a Special Collections Accessions Librarian, responsible for acquiring and accessioning all special collections materials for the Kislak Center. The salary range for this position is $66,000 - $89,039. Come work with meeeee! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...

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University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

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Jumping on the Jane Austen bandwagon and offering a short course from Halloween to her birthday (approx!) - join me! Or help me spread the word! Please and thank you!!

Jane Austen: Reading, Romance, Revolution - Edge Hill University

Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary with Jane Austen: Reading, Romance, Revolution—a course for book lovers exploring her novels through fresh historical and critical lenses, from the French Rev...

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We're looking for an Associate Professor/Professor who can contribute to research and teaching at Cambridge Digital Humanities from January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a permanent role with a closing date of 21 September. Apply now: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...