New Article: waltergreenwoodnotjustloveonthedole.com/the-doncaste... I recently bought a piece of Love on the Dole theatrical ephemera which I have never seen before. It is a large double-sided blue flyer for the play at the Grand Theatre, Doncaster in 1936 - maybe a unique survivor?

The Doncaster Flyer, or the Vernon-Lever Love on the Dole Comes to Town (16 – 22 November 1936)*

Vernon-Lever was the production company which toured Love on the Dole throughout Britain not only after its great success in London at first the Garrick and then the Winter Garden Theatre in 1935, …

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A rare opportunity to experience Marlowe as dance: DeNada Dance Theatre are staging an adaptation of Edward II by Carlos Pons Guerra across various venues in the north of England over the next few months. Details here: www.denada-dance.com/whats-on-1

Marlovians might like to know that there are now dates available for Carlos Pons Guerra's dance adaptation of Edward II. I saw an earlier version of this and found it very moving. www.denada-dance.com/whats-on-1

My editor copies of this have just arrived:

The next production by Edward’s Boys will be Your Five Gallants by Thomas Middleton, a playwright with whom we have had some dealings. Mid-March 2027. Tour is a work in process - although Stratford-upon-Avon, London and Paris (France) are confirmed. Please spread the word. More details to follow.

I’m happy to share with you my new research article which has just been published in _Shakespeare_ It is open access so you can read, download, and share it freely, if interested. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘The Best-regarded Virgins of Our Clime’: Unseen Black Women, Race, and the Construction of White Femininity in The Merchant of Venice

Using the tools of premodern critical race studies and whiteness studies, this article brings to critical visibility the Black women Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice evokes in passing, only to leav...

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It's been a long time coming. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare, Biography and Bioadaptation

The Routledge Companion to Shakespeare, Biography, and Bioadaptation offers an authoritative survey on Shakespeare and biographical writing. Featuring chapters by an international team of contributors...

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Going for a bargain -- my chapter on Dunwich as a major site for touring Elizabethan companies (even while it was disappearing into the sea) is in great company in this gorgeous volume!

Iman Sheeha (she/her)@drsheeha.bsky.social · 4w ago

Please use this discount code:

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Now available for pre-order: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading... #edinburghup.bsky.social

Reading the Coastline in Shakespeare’s Britain is now available for pre-order on EUP website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading...

Early modern English theatre (and social history) fans, here's Domenico Lovascio's cracking new archival deep dive into the tangled lives of playwright John Fletcher's three sisters, Elizabeth, Sara, and Priscilla: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Special Issue: Climate Adaptation Adaptation (OUP) Deadline for papers: 30 January 2028: academic.oup.com/adaptation (early papers accepted for continuous publication) Ed. Robert Geal and Deborah Cartmell

Love on the Dole and the Three Thieves (Garrick Theatre, 6-7 February 1935) This new article is about attempts by thieves to break open safes containing the takings from Love on the Dole, having hidden overnight in the theatre after the play: waltergreenwoodnotjustloveonthedole.com/love-on-the-...

Love on the Dole and the Three Thieves: an Inside Job at the Garrick Theatre (Night and Morning of 6-7 February 1935)

A 2017 Photograph of the front of the elegant Garrick from its Wikipedia entry, reproduced under a Creative Commons-Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license (see The Arthur Lloyd Theatre H…

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In excellent company in this issue. My article tells the frankly loopy story of Shakespeare’s secret Catholic will (1/3) borrowers-ojs-azsu.tdl.org/borrowers/is...

Just giving this a little bump!

RILCH at LJMU@rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#CfP: “Stuart Drama” conference, 6-9 July 2027, @ljmuofficial.bsky.social. Abstracts by 2 October 2026 #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents stuartdrama.com

New publication - a v short note picking out a detail in a little-read Jacobean play. Features cakes and cream. academic.oup.com/nq/advance-a...

Another article from the forthcoming special issue of "Shakespeare" I'm guest editing on "Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton" is now published!

Dr Anna Hegland@alhegland.bsky.social · last mo.

My article on Winter’s Tale and The Lady’s Tragedy is online! It’s the idea that made it out of the group chat: this article builds on conversations I had @memsunikent.bsky.social about bodies in performance, & in the #WTWatchParty during COVID lockdowns, & now it’s out in the world! #EarlyModern

My latest article, "The Orphans of Bishop Richard Fletcher", is now published and open access! I dug into Star Chamber & Chancery records to uncover the lives of playwright John Fletcher’s sisters and how they were exploited by a predatory gentleman: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Orphans of Bishop Richard Fletcher: New Archival Discoveries on the Siblings of Playwright John Fletcher

This article presents new archival discoveries concerning the siblings of early modern playwright John Fletcher following the sudden death of their father, Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London, in 1596...

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After a bit of a pause there is a new Love on the Dole article on my website. - Chris. waltergreenwoodnotjustloveonthedole.com/the-federal-...

New paperbacks publishing today! 📖 The Winter's Tale: https://bit.ly/4x7h6Ph 📖 Atrocity and Early Modern Drama: https://bit.ly/3TZtEtK

The Winter’s Tale: A Critical Reader is out in paperback on Thursday! to celebrate, I will give away 2 copies to people who share their most interesting and surprising Winter’s Tale facts in the comments. (Also on IG). And for everyone else, you can order at www.bloomsbury.com/us/winters-t...

Latest issue of Shakespeare now available! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/c... Shakespeare's marriage, #earlymodern centaurs, 'brown matters', eco-imaginaries, Turkish miniseries, and reviews!

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Volume 22, Issue 3 of Shakespeare

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Explore ideas of how the foreign becomes native, and how plants can be symbols of a far-reaching exchange with this week's recommendation: "The Edges of Christendom on the Early Modern Stage" by Lisa Hopkins! See more here: wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

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Call for Papers: Adaptation in/of/for Musicals

Adaptation is the leading international, peer-reviewed journal of adaptation studies. The journal actively contributes to the development and visibility of adap

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The journal is now back online.

The Journal of Marlowe Studies@marlowestudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Journal of Marlowe Studies is temporarily down at the moment, as our host server is undergoing a security fix. Back online soon.

The Journal of Marlowe Studies is temporarily down at the moment, as our host server is undergoing a security fix. Back online soon.

I'm delighted to share that my book, Instinct, Knowledge and Occult Science on the Early Modern English Stage, is now available for preorder w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social! Use code NEW30, for 30% off.🙂 Please recommend that your library purchase a copy! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-instinc...

Just in, and already half price 📚 Discover brand new paperback editions in the renowned #RevelsPlays series, now 50% off in our #SummerSale 🤩 Discount applies automatically at checkout, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/revel... #EarlyModern @lisahopkins.bsky.social @k8ellis.bsky.social

FYI I'm part of the editorial board for this new-ish series steered by @billangus.bsky.social The first book of the series - @lisahopkins.bsky.social Bare ruined Choirs: Sacred Spaces in Four Early Modern Plays - was published in 2025 See here for further info: anthempress.com/books/series...