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Ben Blyth

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Ph.D. Scholar-Practitioner of Medieval & Early Modern Drama @ UCalgary, Treaty 7 🍁 ⚔️ 🎭

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Don’t miss this lunchtime lecture! 🚨 Shakespeare's Objects: Understanding the Off-Stage Lives of Early Modern Stage Props 📅 Thursday, 22 October 2026 📍V&A South Kensington 🎟️ www.vam.ac.uk/event/NMnxLX... 📕 www.bloomsbury.com/9781350123564/
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Lunchtime Lectures: Shakespeare's Objects: Understanding the Off-Stage Lives of Early Modern Stage Props - V&A Academy Talk at V&A South Kensington · V&A
This event is part of the free Lunchtime Lecture series. Booking is recommended but not essential.
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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ROSE GUIDED TOURS Thursdays, now booking to 29 Oct. Our new tours began last week, and we've been amazed by the response, with most selling out. There are still just a few tickets left for this coming Thursday, 22 Sept. Tours last 45 mins. More info & book: www.trybooking.com/uk/event/118972
The Rose in 1587, 1989 & 2025.
Image credit: © De Montfort University & Roger Clegg / Andrew Fulgoni © Fulgoni Copyrights Ltd / The Rose Theatre Trust
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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 14/09/2026
"The Bard in the Borderlands" (@acmrs.bsky.social), a three-volume anthology of plays by Chicanx and Indigenous playwrights, explores the possibilities of retelling Shakespeare through the culture, language, and traditions of “the borderlands.” More on the podcast: www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...
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The Bard in the Borderlands | Folger Shakespeare Library
From a re-imagining of The Tempest set in a Houston school gymnasium to Macbeth's Weird Sisters practicing brujería, the three-volume anthology The Bard in the Borderlands compiles fantastic transform...
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Shakespeare in Shoreditch! Coming soon to a bookshop near you from @ardenpublisher.bsky.social 🥳🥳🥳
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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The BSA is looking for a new Membership Officer! This is a senior position central to our aims to educate, promote and foster a better understanding of Shakespeare and his work. Full details of the post are available at www.britishshakespeare.ws/membership-o... Deadline for applications 28 Aug.
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Membership Officer of the British Shakespeare Association - British Shakespeare Association
Call for Applications The Board of Trustees of the British Shakespeare Association wishes to appoint a new Membership Officer to further the Association’s aims to educate, promote, and foster a better...
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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Unsettling Shakespeare - our call for papers is open. Come join us! conference.anzsa.org
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Unsettling Shakespeare – 2027 ANZSA Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 10-12 February 2027
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postmedieval @postmedieval.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
/postmedieval/ is looking for special issue and essay cluster proposals. do you work in medieval studies—or a field that speaks to premodern cultures? we'd love to hear your ideas. if you're interested in guest-editing a collection for the journal, send us your proposal by 15 september.
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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
127 years after the very first Arden Shakespeare play published in 1899, a new generation of editions begins today. The first 2 plays - Titus Andronicus and Julius Caesar - are out now 🎉 Discover the Fourth Series: bit.ly/48RVXiA
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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Beds, perfumes, doublets, torches, lutes, clocks, handkerchiefs… Who owned these objects in early modern England? How were they used? @profcatheriner.bsky.social's 'Shakespeare's Objects' explores 33 significant objects in full colour illustration. Out today! bit.ly/4f7YOaM
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#WSC2026 underway in style in the stunning #Verona! What a SITE for a Shakespeare conference!! For anyone in search of a #relevant FREE BOOK my new Cambridge Element is available online until 23 July, and pairs perfectly with an aperol spritz 🥂 cup.org/4pjI8R6
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Site-Specific Shakespeare
Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - Site-Specific Shakespeare
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
“Site-Specific Shakespeare” is out now with @universitypress.cambridge.org From ruined convents to parking lots to Zoom calls: this is a study of Shakespeare in the wild, where economic precarity meets creativity. Read free (til July 23): doi.org/10.1017/9781... & please share if you are able 🤩🥳🙏
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Site-Specific Shakespeare
Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - Site-Specific Shakespeare
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HIDden Theatre @hiddentheatre.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
hiddentheatre.com/about/jobs-a... We need YOU to be in our waggon crew, maybe even our waggon master! Come help our waggon move & be part of something very special & unique to York!
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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This coming Monday...
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Applications are still open for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. These grants help to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: bit.ly/4t0MDRl
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Deadline: 3 June 2026
Independent Scholars Deadline: 27 May 2026
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
This was so much fun to research and write! Coming your way this July, my “swashbuckling” Cambridge Element is a rallying cry for those intrepid theatre makers who dare to stage Shakespeare in the world beyond the theatre. 🎭🤺🏴‍☠️🍻 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Site-Specific Shakespeare
Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - Site-Specific Shakespeare
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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
What theatrical forms existed beyond the stage in Shakespeare's England? In this interview and excerpt from Early Modern Performance Beyond the Public Stage, Amrita Sen and Jennifer Linhart Wood explore court masques, puppetry, and performing monkeys! @folger.edu bit.ly/4tvkYZa
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Interview and excerpt: Amrita Sen and Jennifer Linhart Wood on 'Early Modern Performance Beyond the Public Stage' | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
If you are in Denver for #SAA2026 you’d be very welcome today in “Mineral F” @ 2pm ⛰️ for our hybrid seminar “Rethinking Original Practices”, with the great @oelj.bsky.social and a stacked line up of seminarians! Papers fab. Swords optional. Jigging highly encouraged. 🎭 @saaupdates.bsky.social
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Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🤯 (give or take a year on Almagro construction duration…and Curtain final activities? tho also c. 450 since opening…). Stars aligning…
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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
*Book launch* Join Annie Tyson & @stephenunwin.bsky.social for the launch of their Arden Performance Companions on Shakespeare & Stanislavsky, and Shakespeare & Brecht. 📍Royal Central School of Speech & Drama 📆 Thu 19 March, 7–8:30pm Reserve your (free!) place: bit.ly/4lmMVPB
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Book Launch: Annie Tyson and Stephen Unwin
Join the authors to discuss the books, Shakespeare and Brecht 2025, by Stephen Unwin, and Shakespeare and Stanislavsky 2024 by Annie Tyson.
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Alright you lot, own up. Which one of you is responsible for this shenanigan?
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Shakespeare Bulletin @shaxbull.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Today’s Extra Credit focuses on Benjamin Blyth’s article, “Shakespeare’s “Dramatic Style” at the Curtain: A Collaborative Model for Site-Responsive Practice-as-Research”. Check out these open-access resources to go along with this open-access article! 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Are you a Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers or someone starting out in a field involving the past? Join us on 16 Jan for a free event to consider how the Society could contribute to early career support! www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
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Early Career Antiquaries - Society of Antiquaries of London
We welcome Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers and those starting out in fields involving the past to join us in considering how the Society of Antiquaries could contribute to early ca...
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Shakespeare Bulletin @shaxbull.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.2 is now published via Project Muse! In this open-access issue, scholars and practitioners engage in conversations across time, media, and geographic distance. 📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55948
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Please read this: Discord BY BEN BLYTH www.heliotropejournal.net/helio/discord
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Discord — HELIOTROPE
By Ben Blyth Ben Blyth’s “Discord” can be found in pdf format at the link above in order to preserve the poetry’s original formatting
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This is the making of @benblyth.bsky.social — please read and follow…
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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
😈Doctor John Faustus continues with chapter 19 - oh dear, a rout of Devils appear unto him, threatening him sharply. Very sharply. Literal pitchforks people, devils with pitchforks. #demon #devil #DoctorFaustus audioboom.com/posts/874511...
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Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 19)
Whereupon the rout of Devils appeared unto him, threatening him sharply...
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Applications are now open for the International Writing Workshops. The scheme is designed to help early-career researchers enhance their writing skills and increase the uptake of their research in academic publications. Learn more: buff.ly/OdmgXOf
White banner with a close-up image of a person's hands typing on a laptop keyboard. The words 'International Writing Workshops 2025' are written on the right-hand side.
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
"My voice is in my sword" - SIGNED in performance. It gave me goosebumps in the telling of it let alone the performing. BRAVO!
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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We're at #BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social and enjoying catching up with authors and meeting new prospective authors, while showcasing recent publications. If there's a project you'd like to discuss just come and say hello 👋
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Shakespeare Bulletin @shaxbull.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Erin Julian reviews Crow’s Theatre’s 2024 production of The Land Acknowledgement or As You Like It, created by Cliff Cardinal. 🎭: www.mirvish.com/shows/the-la... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/956906 📷: Dahlia Katz
An image of Cliff Cardinal wearing a hoodie and jacket in front of a simple curtain over a dark orange background with the SB logo and the text “Ultimately, the show invited audiences to consider just why Shakespeare is so important, while also exploiting Shakespeare’s cultural capital to make space for Indigenous voices and stories.”
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Steve Purcell @stevetpurcell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
One of the things I love about the discovery reported in today’s Guardian is that it puts paid to the prejudice you see in a lot of biofiction that Anne Shakespeare/Hathaway would have been illiterate. Nope! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Check out our latest blog post on 'Dark Arcadia and the wider Shakespeare Republic universe' by @sallymclean.bsky.social! We were proud to support 'Dark Arcadia' with #BSASmallGrants in 2024 and excited to see more #Shakespeare adaptation on screen. Follow the the link in our bio to read more!
A scene from Incognita Productions' Dark Arcadia shows three young women, wearing school uniforms, laughing together and surrounded by bookshelves full of books
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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
It's #nationalpoetrymonth -- here's my poetry on a billboard on Calgary's Deerfoot Trail, courtesy @wordfest.com
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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Hello Bluesky! We are excited to be here and even more excited to announce that registration for #BSA2025 Conference 'Practising Shakespeare' is open now! 25-28 June, University of York, School of Arts & Creative Technologies Follow the link in our bio to register and view the provisional programme
Scene from a theatre show: two young men running an intense race while others cheer them on. The words 'registration open, BSA conference 2025' written over the top.
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Shakespeare Bulletin @shaxbull.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 42.4 features Claire Kimball's essay on visual dramaturgy, Jennifer Birkett's essay on the 50/50 Shakespeare project, and a special reviews section on the Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival. 📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53960
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Harry R. McCarthy (offline) @harrymccarthy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I do! Looking forward to discussing Titus Andronicus with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social in this free webinar next month. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-fa...
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English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Titus Andronicus
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Titus Andronicus from Oxford World's Classics.
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Huge congratulations to this year’s ENGL401 cohort at #STMUCalgary for their fantastic capstone conference today! Brilliant papers on subjects from Katherena Vermette to Medieval Monsters! Not truly the end, just a new beginning. The future is bright. So proud of you all! 👏
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Lucy Holehouse @lucyholehouse.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Lecture series!👩‍🏫 'Performing (in) the Early Modern City': join myself, Dr Lydia Valentine, and Prof. Clare McManus Thursdays 29th May-12th June to hear about secret performance, sky-high performance, and the influence of civic performance on race-making in early modern London. 🧵more info below!
Title image of events and exhibitions brochure for Guildhall Library and Archive events, May-August 2025, celebrating the 600th anniversary of Guildhall Library. Highlighted is 'Shakespeare on the Ropes', Thursday 12th June, 6-8pm. Below is an image of a seventeenth century female rope dancer.
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Massive crowd in #yyc tonight for eventful @mark-carney.bsky.social rally. Security tight with 1000+ outside. These are difficult times, but in the words of great Tsuu T’ina leader Travis Meguinis: “it’s a good sign when the sun and the moon are together in the sky!” #cdnpoli #abpoli #elbowsup 🇨🇦
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Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
James Stokes's new Records of Early English Drama collection for the whole county of Suffolk is now LIVE and up on the REED site: ereed.org/collections/... What East Anglian riches await... #theatrehistory
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REED Online: Collection: Suffolk
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Digital Renaissance Editions @dreditions.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Two new #earlymodern designs, and just in time for Spring! www.zazzle.com/store/dredit...
A demon chokes an adventurous young man.Demons keep an old man company.
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Wise words from Fletcher and Massinger’s “Rollo” that hit a little different on a Monday morning 🍻
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Brett Greatley-Hirsch @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Latest issue of Shakespeare now online, with articles by @callanjd.bsky.social @drsheeha.bsky.social and many more #earlymodern folks! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/c...
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Shakespeare
Volume 21, Issue 1 of Shakespeare
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Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A brilliant reflection on and advocacy for humanities research, teaching, and engagement in these trying but urgent times for SHAPE academia, with a forceful intro from Regenia Gagnier and including @jennyrichards.bsky.social on English and @englishassociation.bsky.social work.
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Congratulations to #RSA2025 & @saaupdates.bsky.social for a jam-packed joint conference in Boston, from we three musketeers (w. Jade Elizabeth Standing & Nate Szymanski)!
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Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This week truly was Super Renaissance Conference Week. Thanks for joining us for #Shax2025 and #RenSA25 and we’ll see you next year in Denver for #Shax2026! ✈️
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Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Here at #RSA2025 #SHAX2025 digital exhibit showcasing the work-in-progress Shakespeare’s Theaterscape project. Watch this space! shakespearestheaterscape.org
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Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The #Shax2025 #NextGenPlen was brilliant! Thank you to our early career scholars for sharing their exciting research.
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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
It’s the final day of #Shax2025 & #RSA2025 alas, but we’re rounding off the week in style with our swashbuckling panel on swordplay and competition. 2.30pm near the books! Tap tap my friends, and see you there! ⚔️
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