Matteo Pangallo
@pangallo.bsky.social
Dad, woodlander, trail-maker (literally), gamer, gardener, piano-player, book-collector, English prof. Books: “None a Stranger There”, “Teaching the History of the Book", "Shakespeare's Audiences", "Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater". He/him.
Just two months remain to submit an essay proposal for a new collection on tyranny, resistance, & the performance of early modern drama, co-edited by me & @louisegeddes.bsky.social. Details at call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/... #earlymodern #tyranny #resistance #theater #film #Shakespeare
cfp | call for papers
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One of the residents in Covent Garden in 1635 was named John Moongarden which is just an objectively wonderful name.
Can we please stop using the misleading phrase “generative” AI and call it what it really is: derivative AI.
Reminder that @louisegeddes.bsky.social and I are welcoming chapter proposals for a planned new volume "Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama". Deadline to submit is August 31. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...
cfp | call for papers
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Delighted to share that a bit of research from my new book project about medieval and early modern immigrant and transnationally itinerant actors, musicians, dancers, and other performers has now been published in the journal "Renaissance Studies". onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
‘There Has Been a Scandal’: Cultural Performers and the Strangers’ Churches of London
Despite what one might assume to have been a rigid line between London's refugee community—with its strict brand of Protestantism—and the city's performance cultures—often the target of strict Protes...
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Louise Geddes and I are excited to share this call for essay proposals for a proposed new volume, "Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama". Deadline to submit a proposal is August 31, 2026! See the attached call for more information. #earlymodern #drama #theater
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“To expect therefore, that Plays should be altogether without obscene Passages, were it not to expect that Nature should make Bodies altogether without Privy parts?" - Sir Richard Baker, 1662
This is Sir Francis Verney's idea of flattering poetry, from a poem to the earl of Salisbury (1605): "Men are prone mightie Lords to flatter / Yet wish their heads served in a platter". Not surprisingly, Verney gave up on poetry and playwriting and instead became a pirate on the Barbary coast.
My latest publication is out in Early Theatre: new evidence about a specific playgoer in early modern Worcester (UK)--and not just any other playgoer but one of the rarest kinds to appear in the historical record by name: a middle-class woman. earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre...
In Great Haste to See a Play: A Woman Playgoer in Jacobean Worcester | Early Theatre
This note transcribes a letter written by Mary Ingram of Worcester sometime between 1607 and 1614, in which she describes going to see a play. The note provides some context about Mary, and her sister to whom she sent the letter, and what performance she might have gone to see, and what her letter reveals about early modern women as playgoers in the provinces.
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A letter from Jacques De Coucy in Boulogne to Lord Lisle, the English lord deputy of Calais, sent on October 18, 1534, translated from French: "I send you a boar's head. I am sorry I have not got the rest to go with it." That's it. The whole letter.
Campus alert system not exactly inspiring confidence…
Looking forward to talking about book history pedagogy this afternoon with a stellar panel at the Society for Textual Scholarship conference at UPenn! textualsociety.org/2025-confere...
2025 Conference: Program
STS 2025 Textual Remediations University of Pennsylvania – May 28-30 Tentative Program WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 8:30 – 9:00 AM (Kislak, 6th floor of Van Pelt Library)Registration and check in 9:00 – 9:15 …
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Sir Francis Verney: the only early modern amateur playwright to appear as a Disney character.
Progressive. Professional. Pangallo!
Dominick Pangallo@dpangallo.bsky.social · last yr.We have more to do to ensure that #SalemMA continues to be safe and welcoming, affordable and forward-looking -- a city led with competence and with compassion. That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor! Join our campaign at www.pangalloforsalem.com.
We have more to do to ensure that #SalemMA continues to be safe and welcoming, affordable and forward-looking -- a city led with competence and with compassion. That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor! Join our campaign at www.pangalloforsalem.com.
Anyone ever have RSA change their conference session on them and simply not tell them? Two weeks before the conference and I find out indirectly that my paper has been moved to a different panel...
On Feb 4, join Scott Oldenburg and me, along with contributors from our new collection for a discussion about the book, early modern plays about England's relationship to Europe, and how early modern drama can (and can't) help us think about Brexit, Trumpism, and the rise of neonationalism.
Pre-ordering now available for "None a Stranger There"! Paperback is just $35, so only $3.50 per chapter for 10 fantastic works of insightful, original scholarship on the England/Europe relationship in early modern drama as seen through a post-Brexit lens. www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736173...
None a Stranger There
None a Stranger There offers a collection of wide-ranging essays that explore the creation and understanding of English identity through the lens of early mo...
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Proofs have arrived for "None a Stranger There"! #earlymoderndrama #theaterhistory #Shakespeare #Brexit
It was a great pleasure be invited on the New Books Network yesterday to discuss my co-edited volume "Teaching the History of the Book" (UMass Press, 2023) with my co-editor, Emily Todd! You can listen to it here (or anywhere you get podcasts): newbooksnetwork.com/teaching-the...
Matteo Pangallo and Emily B. Todd, "Teaching the History of the Book" (U Massachusetts Press, 2023) - New Books Network
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Pre-ordering is now available "None a Stranger There"--a collection of essays by a brilliant group of scholars thinking about early modern drama in the age of Brexit & the rise of neo-nationalism, co-edited by me & the wonderful Scott Oldenburg. www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736173...
Another small liberal arts college is closing its doors (in Vermont, the 4th in the past 5 years). This time it's Goddard College (alma mater of David Mamet and William H. Macy): vtdigger.org/2024/04/09/f... #highered #liberalarts #college #capitalismwilldestroycivilization
Call for essay proposals for a planned volume honoring the memory of William Proctor Williams. Essays are sought on subjects such as #textual criticism, scholarly #editing, #bookhistory, early modern #theater history, #earlymoderndrama, & #Shakespeare. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/03/...
Took advantage of being in Chicago for RSA to explore some of the highs and lows of local cultural offerings…
Closing out my time at RSA, after presenting on a fantastic panel yesterday, with my perpetual conference goal of finding a decent local greasy spoon for breakfast and avoiding the overpriced conference hotel restaurant.
