Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What an exciting angle! Will it be recorded by any chance? 110
Reposted by Chris CrosbieLisa Hopkins @lisahopkins.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Now available for pre-order: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reading... #edinburghup.bsky.social 0166
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A PhD in early modern studies would be useless they said. Well, who’s laughing now, my friend? Who’s laughing now? 041
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The fume (of viscera) as something that satisfies ghosts shows up in Antonio’s Revenge too. Such a wild image! 010
Reposted by Chris CrosbieChris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Making your syllabi and want to show clips from Shakespeare’s plays? Feel free to use my teaching site: 011
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Making your syllabi and want to show clips from Shakespeare’s plays? Feel free to use my teaching site: 011
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A fun, fictitious nod to Ira Aldridge in season two of Death in Paradise. I live for Shakespearean Easter eggs like this (errors and all). 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Very pleased to see that my review of Simon Godwin’s Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC) is available for open-access (at least for the moment): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The extent of Shakespeare’s influence is genuinely off-the-charts insane. 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Yes to all, and subtending both is Aristotle’s eudaimonia (happiness, flourishing), which deserves a shout out. I love how Aristotle’s formulation is at once individual and collective, an ethos that animates these texts. 010
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Phyllis Rackin on the deposition scene in Shakespeare’s Richard II. 010
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 15/06/2026My recent used bookstore find: Orson Welles’ 1939 adaptation of Merchant of Venice for the Mercury Theater, which includes his illustrations. 010
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Being an early modernist in Raleigh can really feel surreal sometimes. 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Congratulations! It looks great. (Just previewed a PDF exam copy here) 120
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Looking back through pics from the Denver Art Museum. Love how Arcimboldo includes his name in the details of his “Summer.” 000
Reposted by Chris CrosbieChris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If anyone wants to hear about a learning technology that can’t get hacked, just let me know. 021
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If anyone wants to hear about a learning technology that can’t get hacked, just let me know. 021
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Delighted to see an uptick in traffic this last semester. Please continue to use & share widely! 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Cool. Just be careful what you look at after that first sip. 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 28/04/2026*Students from our teacher-ed program. Thrilled to think of the multiplier effect this experience will have as they enter classrooms of their own soon! 010
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 27/04/2026This weekend, I had the pleasure of bringing 11 students from NC State to the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. A fun & festive Twelfth Night and superb workshops/talks. Such a great place! 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 22/04/2026For Earth Day, my favorite picture of Bear Lake, taken while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park earlier this month. 020
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Stellar’s Jay. My favorite photo from Rocky Mountain National Park. 010
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 26/03/2026On a related note: the Othello page for my teaching site (The Shakespeare Media Archive) has new material: sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/the...sites.google.comThe Shakespeare Media Archive - OthelloJames Earl Jones Performs Othello's Defense Before the Venetian Senate (2009) 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I love when worlds collide! Turns out Claude from Slow Horses (James Callis) is Shakespeare in Key & Peele’s Othello sketch. 021
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Love this clip — showing it in today’s class, in fact! (Available, with others, here for any interested: tinyurl.com/bp59evm9)tinyurl.comThe Shakespeare Media Archive - Midsummer Night's DreamAct 3, Scene 1: Rude Mechanicals Preparing Play (National Theatre, 2019) 110
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Looking forward to teaching this grad seminar next semester! 000
Reposted by Chris CrosbieChris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Patrick Stewart has a new audiobook version of all of Shakespeare’s sonnets: www.simonandschuster.biz/books/Patric...simonandschuster.bizPatrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William ShakespeareAn instant audio classic! Sir Patrick Stewart draws upon his decades on the Shakespearean stage to bring listeners an all-new, definitive recording... 041
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Patrick Stewart has a new audiobook version of all of Shakespeare’s sonnets: www.simonandschuster.biz/books/Patric...simonandschuster.bizPatrick Stewart Performs the Complete Sonnets of William ShakespeareAn instant audio classic! Sir Patrick Stewart draws upon his decades on the Shakespearean stage to bring listeners an all-new, definitive recording... 041
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 02/02/2026On the sign-up form, one student mentioned they’ve never seen a Shakespeare play on stage before & this will be their first. Day made! 020
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 27/01/2026A request: If you or your students use this site this semester, click the first feedback link at the bottom to let me know how it went. Thanks! 010
Reposted by Chris CrosbieChris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Here’s a super-cool, 360-degree panorama of the interior of the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse. Handy for lectures for those interested! kuula.co/post/Nv8c1kuula.coThe American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Theatre in Sta...The American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Theatre in Staunton, Virginia - The Only specific re-creation of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre. Phto Credit: Richard Finkelstein 011
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Here’s a super-cool, 360-degree panorama of the interior of the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse. Handy for lectures for those interested! kuula.co/post/Nv8c1kuula.coThe American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Theatre in Sta...The American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Theatre in Staunton, Virginia - The Only specific re-creation of Shakespeare’s indoor theatre. Phto Credit: Richard Finkelstein 011
Reposted by Chris CrosbieChris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 05/01/2026A reminder as you start the Spring semester: I’ve made public my teaching site that collects performances of Shakespeare’s plays and related materials. Feel free to use & share it widely! sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/the...sites.google.comThe Shakespeare Media Archive 001
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 05/01/2026A reminder as you start the Spring semester: I’ve made public my teaching site that collects performances of Shakespeare’s plays and related materials. Feel free to use & share it widely! sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/the...sites.google.comThe Shakespeare Media Archive 001
Reposted by Chris CrosbieM. Lizbeth C. S. @lizbethcalvario.bsky.social · 01/01/2026What a way to end the year: My article 'Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona and the Misidentification of Montemayor’s Diana (1559)' was published yesterday! academic.oup.com/nq/article-a...academic.oup.comShakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona and the Misidentification of Montemayor’s Diana (1559)GIVEN the apparent consensus on Shakespeare’s sources after 400 years of literary history, it is no surprise that editors and scholars should resort to rep 261
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Longtime fan of the English Literary Renaissance holiday card. A nice tradition! 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Happy to say I’ve received funding to bring our English-Ed majors to the American Shakespeare Center this spring. Grateful to NCSU’s Packways Program & our College’s Teaching Innovation Fund for the support! 000
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Shakespeare Quarterly appreciation post. Cleaning my office and noticed they had a small grey mouse inside the Q. Turns out it’s an homage to Mark Dahlquist’s article “Hamlet and the Snare of Scandal” in that issue. 000
Reposted by Chris CrosbieChris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Whole new page added! Shakespeare and Accessibility. It covers signing and multimodal approaches to Shakespeare. More to be added later too, so feel free to reach out with suggestions. Check it out here: sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/the...sites.google.comThe Shakespeare Media Archive - Shakespeare and Accessibility: Signing & Multimodal ApproachesRose Ayling-Ellis' journey to signing Shakespeare 011
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Whole new page added! Shakespeare and Accessibility. It covers signing and multimodal approaches to Shakespeare. More to be added later too, so feel free to reach out with suggestions. Check it out here: sites.google.com/ncsu.edu/the...sites.google.comThe Shakespeare Media Archive - Shakespeare and Accessibility: Signing & Multimodal ApproachesRose Ayling-Ellis' journey to signing Shakespeare 011
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Like early modern revenge tragedy? Interested in ancient philosophy? Keen on the meanderings of academic prose? You’re in luck! My book is now available for under $20! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-revenge...edinburghuniversitypress.com 010
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Beautiful hiking in Shenandoah National Park this past weekend. One of my favorite shots of the trip, mostly because I hardly needed the zoom. 000
Reposted by Chris CrosbieHester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10 1625392
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Today’s updates: 1. The RSC’s “I, Cinna (The Poet)” under Julius Caesar. This inaugurates the new “Retellings” feature I hope to expand. 2. A link to a feedback form at the bottom of every page. 000
Reposted by Chris CrosbieHester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️ 2915231
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Really looking forward to this one. Thanks for writing it! A whole area of study that I know way too little about. 110
Chris Crosbie @crosbie1564.bsky.social · 31/10/2025The full video of Julie Taymor’s adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is available via PBS: www.pbs.org/video/a-mids...pbs.orgALL ARTS Performance Selects | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Season 2022From award-winning director Julie Taymor comes a Shakespeare adaptation like none other. 010