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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For those who missed it last month! Fully open access!

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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/...

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For those who missed it last week!

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#OTD in 1625, John Fletcher was buried at St Mary Overie’s (now Southwark Cathedral). He had died of the plague in London during the late summer outbreak that killed over 35,000 other Londoners, roughly twenty percent of the city’s population

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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/...

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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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Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

...Jessica Dyson, @drmirandafay.bsky.social, @domlovascio.bsky.social & @earlymodlancs.bsky.social They are all excellent pieces of scholarship that pay tribute to the indomitable, indefatigable, and incomparable Professor Lisa Hopkins, and I will post more about the chapters as publication nears.

9 Piracy and the Edges of Gender, Nation, and Faith: Heywood’s The Fair Maid of the West, Part 1 and Massinger’s The Renegado 173
Jessica Dyson
10 A Witch by Any Other Name? Naming and the Edge of Meaning in Middleton’s The Witch 193
Miranda Fay Thomas
11 Competing Visions of the Classics in Jonson’s Lovers Made Men and Fletcher’s The Mad Lover 211
Domenico Lovascio
12 The Gothicisation of Early Modern English Drama: A Retrospective 227
Liz Oakley-Brown

Afterword: The Scholarship of Lisa Hopkins 243
Appendix: Books on Early Modern Subjects by Lisa Hopkins 251
Index 255

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Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It contains a smorgasbord of early modern goodness, with chapters by @billangus.bsky.social, @racheljwillie.bsky.social, @obscuredrama.bsky.social, Andrew Duxfield, @matthewsteggle.bsky.social, @lucycmunro.bsky.social, me, Andrew Hiscock...

A table of contents:
Contents
Acknowledgements vii List of Figures IX
Notes on Contributors Xi
Introduction: The Edges of Early Modern English Drama 1
Aidan Norrie and Matthew Steggle
1 Politicians, Projectors, and Parasites: Lurkers at the Margins of Inner Performance 9
Bill Angus
2 “O Nature, place Pandora in my sphere”: Embodied (E)motion in Lyly’s The Woman in the Moon 29
Rachel Willie
3 Faustus on the Edge of the Universe 47
Tom Rutter
4 “Sooner shall the sea o’erwhelm my land”: Water in Marlowe’s Edward II and Drayton’s Mortimeriados 63
Andrew Duxfield
5 Chinon of England at the Edge of Reason 81
Matthew Steggle
6 Playing Apprentices and Apprentice Players in Beaumont’s The Knight of the Burning Pestle 97
Lucy Munro
7 On the Edge of History: Elizabeth I on the Jacobean and Caroline Stage 117
Aidan Norrie
8 “Hence, and shut your gates upon’s”: The Bitter Politics of Welcome in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and Alexandre Hardy’s Coriolan 145
Andrew Hiscock

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Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

After a rather drawn-out process, I am so delighted that the festschrift for the wonderful @lisahopkins.bsky.social that @matthewsteggle.bsky.social and I have edited is only a few months out from publication with @dgb-mem.bsky.social! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Thrilled to share the special issue of The Ben Jonson Journal I guest-edited to celebrate the 400th anniversary of John Fletcher's death! www.euppublishing.com/toc/bjj/32/2 Huge thanks to all contributors: @lucycmunro.bsky.social, Jeremy Lopez, Sarah E. Johnson, Michael Wagoner, and Gordon McMullan!

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Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - bjj: Vol 32, No 2

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

New brief archival note: six sisters identified; Massinger’s London years start a decade earlier, along the Holborn–Fleet–Ludgate corridor! urlsand.esvalabs.com?u=https%3A%2...

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Today marks 400 years since John Fletcher’s death: the Jacobean playwright died of the plague and was buried at St. Saviour’s (now Southwark Cathedral) on 29 August 1625. I’m guest-editing a special Ben Jonson Journal issue celebrating this anniversary: coming soon!

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I absolutely loved discussing my recent research with Cassidy. It was my pleasure to contribute to her fabulous podcast!

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Brett Greatley-Hirsch @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Plus open-topic articles by Kelsey Ridge, Philip Gilreath, Rajat Varma, @domlovascio.bsky.social and @matthewsteggle.bsky.social , as well as some performance and book reviews.

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Brett Greatley-Hirsch @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Hey #earlymodern folks! Latest issue of *Shakespeare* just out, with a special section on 'Health and Wellbeing' guest-edited by Joan Fitzpatrick. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/2...

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Volume 21, Issue 2 of Shakespeare

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Dr. Will Green @drwillgreen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

So, due to contracts ending I seem to be entering something of a career break. If anyone needs any research assistance, guest speaking, or teaching, do let me know. I'm 4 years post-PhD with experience I archival research and public engagement, and hold FHEA status. And please share if you can 🙂

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Harry R. McCarthy (offline) @harrymccarthy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This coming Monday, at 6pm BST, @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and I take to the webinarwaves to discuss Titus Andronicus. Do join us as we try to make sense of this magnificent play! 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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Matthew Steggle @matthewsteggle.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

So I've got this article which should be coming out in the journal _Shakespeare_ any moment now, but in the meantime - Briefly, it's about a C17 letter preserved in the binding waste of a book now in Hereford Cathedral.

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Free access until the end of April!

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It's almost unbelievable for me to see an article of mine published in Shakespeare Quarterly. But All Is True. Want to know more about John Fletcher's relationship to Shakespeare's First Folio around 1619-23? Come take a look! track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

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John Fletcher and the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare’s Plays

The purpose of this article is to trace and illuminate the many and diverse threads connecting playwright John Fletcher to the 1623 volume of Mr. William S

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It's publication day for the paperback edition of my Revels Plays edition of THE FALSE ONE! @manchesterup.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526184221/ Order a copy to celebrate Fletcher in the 400th year since his death!

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Manchester University Press - The False One

The False One - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of The False One by Domenico Lovascio

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Harry R. McCarthy (offline) @harrymccarthy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It’s the UK publication day for the New Oxford Shakespeare Titus Andronicus, featuring my critical introduction on theatrical innovation, rape, race, politics, and how the play has always forced audiences to confront their relationship with Shakespeare. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Discover how a young, recently orphaned John Fletcher may have crossed paths with a rising Shakespeare in 1596 (long before they collaborated) in my latest article: 'Giles, John, and Will: The Fletchers and Shakespeare in Bishopsgate Street, London, 1596' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Giles, John, and Will: The Fletchers and Shakespeare in Bishopsgate Street, London, 1596

John Fletcher and William Shakespeare collaborated on three plays (Cardenio, All Is True; or King Henry VIII, and The Two Noble Kinsmen) from around summer 1612 to late autumn 1613. Much ink has be...

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

*Out now* 'Atrocity and Early Modern Drama' edited by Sarah E. Johnson & Georgina Lucas is the first sustained and wide-ranging account of late 16th- and early 17th-century conceptualizations of atrocity in English drama. Find out more: bit.ly/4gGzcA0

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

My Revels Plays edition of Fletcher, Massinger and Field's Thierry and Theodoret is now available for pre-order! Out in June 2024! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526164209/ @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Manchester University Press - Thierry and Theodoret

Thierry and Theodoret - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Thierry and Theodoret by Domenico Lovascio.

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

Any advice? I sent a book proposal to a publisher. After one month I've received no reply whatsoever despite sending a couple of polite reminders. Is not even receiving a simple "Received, thanks" common? How long should I wait before contacting another publisher? Thanks

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Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Delighted by @drwillgreen.bsky.social's incredibly generous review of John Fletcher's Rome: Questioning the Classics. Really thankful to Will and to the Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen for publishing it. archivdigital.info/ce/domenico-... @manchesterup.bsky.social

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Rachel Willie @racheljwillie.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

And maybe a splash of Greene for the for the front cover? 🤔

Detail from cover of forthcoming collection “Thomas Nashe and Literary Performance” in The Revels Plays Companion Library series, edited by Chloe Preedy and Rachel Willie. Green strip behind “The Revels Plays Companion Library” and black strip behind book title.

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Shake-Scene Shakespeare @shakescenery.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

It’s our next big online adventure! THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS by John Fletcher From cues only (of course!) Sunday 26th Nov 3pmGMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-faithf...

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