Today on the blog, our London Stage Data-Sitters series continues with a post from Sadie Mordan, who investigates a controversial memoir that provides an important (but perhaps spurious?) source for #18thcentury #theatrehistory - blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #18c

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Continuing the London Stage Data-Sitters series, Ceilidh McCallum shares some additional research about the Harlequin afterpieces shown with The Beggar's Opera and the people who performed in them: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #dh #18thcentury #theaterhistory #theatrehistory

The scheduled upgrades to the LSDB database are complete, and the site is running normally. Users won't see a difference in functionality, but today's maintenance improved the security and stability of the site moving forward -- big thanks to developer Dennis Pipes!

Attention, LSDB users: the site will be down for scheduled maintenance tomorrow (Tuesday, July 14) at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The outage should last no more than an hour. We'll post any updates here!

Today, Ceilidh McCallum kicks off our London Stage Data-Sitters series with an interactive visualization of playhouses where Harlequin afterpieces were performed alongside The Beggar's Opera: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #dh #18thc #18c #theaterhistory #theatrehistory

Delighted to be launching a new series of undergraduate research spotlights, the London Stage Data-Sitters! (Yes, it's an homage to *that* Data-Sitters Club.) blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #dh #18thc #18c #theaterhistory #theatrehistory

Today on the blog, librarian Erin Winter explains how recent updates to the London Stage Database could help you discover new connections between people, performances, and dramatic works! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #dh #18thc #18c #theaterhistory #theatrehistory

Today's guest post from research assistant Quynh Tran-Le explains how to get started with text analysis using our new 935-play Drama Corpus. Check it out: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thC #theaterhistory

A final epilogue for LSDB's beloved -- and now, award-winning! -- #TheaterThursday series, now available through a dedicated gallery on our blog. We wrote a poem and everything: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thC #theaterhistory

It's #theaterthursday 's curtain call! 🎭 We've brought you "on-this-day-in-history" London Stage events for four months, so today we're talking about another end of an era: the 1791 closure of Drury Lane. Read about it in our FINAL #theaterthursday blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Update: our Advanced Search is back up and running at full capacity, now with improved protection against the bots that have been a drag on our servers in recent months. You may notice a brief "checking if you're human" test once per session. If you hit more serious snags, please let us know ASAP!

LSDB users: we are experiencing temporary outages of the Advanced Search feature. The development team is working on the issue and expects service to return to normal soon. Thanks for your patience, and please stand by!

LDSB is back online with improved underlying data! Keep an eye on the blog for more details about the latest changes later this week. In the meantime, interested readers can check out the release notes: github.com/LondonStageD...

Release v2.1 · LondonStageDB/data

Released June 1, 2026. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.20499570 A minor release that adds WorkIds to thousands of performances in the Performance table, significantly improving the accuracy of the Related Works...

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Please pardon our dust! The LSDB website will be down for a planned upgrade to the database later today, June 1, starting at 3 p.m. Pacific time. The outage is expected to last no more than an hour. Read more on our blog:

We've all had performances fall short of our expectations before, but have you ever had one directly undermine your legitimacy as ruler of a nation? No? Well Queen Mary II did! Read about her experience here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

Have you ever wondered what makes a website accessible? Just in time for the long weekend, we have a special blog post about recent updates to the site's accessibility. Read about footers, landmarks and more at: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #accessibility #projectupdates

A notice for fans of the London Stage! 🔊 The London Stage Database will be down for patching and maintenance today (May 21st) at 3:00 p.m PDT. This is expected to be a very brief outage, lasting only around 10 minutes or so. Thanks in advance for your patience!

Fans of The Stage beware! Your patronage of playhouses may be "corrupting the Morals and Principles of the Youth!" Wait a second— haven't we heard this before? In this week's #theaterthursday, read about turn-of-the-18th-century arguments on theater's morality: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Fairies? Machines? Children Dancing with swords?! Sometimes #theaterthursday events are as confusing as exciting. For this week's blog, we parse out some perplexing oddities of Punch's Theatre: London's not-to-be-missed puppet attraction! Read about it here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Late last week, a federal judge in New York ordered that the NEH grants terminated by DOGE (including ours) must be reinstated. Read about what comes next for the London Stage Database on our blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

It's #theaterthursday ! Do you have a coworker who makes your job that much harder? Makes you wish they'd retire already? Well, the sentiment was shared, even in London playhouses. Read about the rivalry and retirements of a starlet and a stage manager here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Wishing another royal wedding was on the UK's horizon? Wish no longer! For this #theaterthursday, join us in celebrating the (1736) marriage of Prince Frederick and Princess Augusta! Read our blog to learn how the match was celebrated- London Stage style! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

As promised, we're back this #theaterthursday with more on the remarkable Mrs. Charlotte Charke. Unafraid of critiquing politicians and her father alike, check out our blog to read about Charke's participation in controversial stage satire: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

We heard about so much exciting research at this year's ASECS conference that we can't help but want to share. Check out our latest blog post for a sneak peak into some of the projects currently putting the LSDB to use: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

It's #theaterthursday ! This week, on the anniversary of her death, we remember Charlotte Charke and her life of "adventures and misfortunes." As far as London Stage celebrities go, it doesn't get more interesting than Charke... Check out our blog for more! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

"New Work Using the London Stage Database" is happening at #asecs26 bright and early Saturday morning! Conference attendees, we'll have a password-protected super-special super-secret data drop for you to preview...so grab a coffee and join us at 8am! #digitalhumanities #dh #18thcentury #c18

We come to you this #theaterthursday with devastating news: performance of Cleomenes (the new play we've all been waiting for) has been royally PROHIBITED! Read more about the 👑's censorship of Cleomenes here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

This just in: Never before seen works of Shakespeare have been rediscovered!!! What’s that? You don’t think it sounds like real Shakespeare? Surely you must be imagining things. Grab your tickets and read about this #theaterthursday event on our blog! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

For this #theaterthursday, we're taking it easy (in line with Restoration Era tradition, of course) Read about it here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory