Reposted by Erin E. KellyKate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · 10hA few shots from the exhibit on Schomberg's life and library. He collected some of Phyllis Wheatley's library books 🥺 151
Reposted by Erin E. KellySophie Weinberg @sophie-rose-reads.bsky.social · 11hPutting out a #bookhistory bat signal: does anyone have any resources on the history+production of ink balls/ball leathers? Finding it difficult to locate sources on preparing sheepskin for non-leather, non-parchment purposes… 51313
Reposted by Erin E. KellyRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 11hAmplifying this bat signal—the Beef & Sheep Lab has skins for us we can use to make inking balls & we need help from folks who know how to work with animal skins 5139
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 19hAnd that's it for the Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham... were they merry? Were they tales? Answers to some of these questions have largely not been forthcoming... but that's jest books for you. Where will we go next? Who knows! #literature #books #jests www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...patreon.comMad Men of Gotham 20 (Exclusive) | Beyond ShakespeareWelcome to our final look at The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, gathered together by A. B. of Physic, Doctor. 043
Reposted by Erin E. KellyJayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 25/09/2026Fun fact. Canada's arts & culture gdp is basically the same as oil & gas at about $70 billion. Direct funding for the arts & culture is about $700 million annually albertaviews.ca/arts-publicl... It's up to $30 billion for oil & gas depending on how you count www.theenergymix.com/canada-pours... 28431
Reposted by Erin E. KellyChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Workinge IX to V, nys no waye to make a livinge, Scarsli gettinge by, all the takinge but no givinge, Thei but selle thy mynde and ne nevir issue credit -- Ynogh to make thee wax woode yf thou let it! 212327
Reposted by Erin E. KellyGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 206188585357
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026😀On Monday we're live-streaming our audio recording session for Hick Scorner, a play from the reign of Henry 8th. It's the whole play, in full, live - to be edited later for the podcast. The stream is via our £3+ tier patreon, where our last show is still available.👇 www.patreon.com/beyondshakes... 122
Reposted by Erin E. KellyThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026if you say "The Museum of English Rural Life" three times in a mirror, nothing happens. but if you speak it a fourth time, a man in a smock appears and asks you to incant the poem on the side of this rather menacing jug 9590112
Reposted by Erin E. KellyTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When you write a book you actually write several books. There's the one you know you wrote. Then there's the one your readers bring their experiences to. This is a big part of the magic. As soon as it goes out into the world, your book multiplies & becomes many versions of itself, all equally valid. 1645469
Reposted by Erin E. KellyInternet Archive @archive.org · 24/09/2026🗂️ Ever seen those tiny images of old documents on sheets of film? That’s microfiche! So, how do they go from film to the Internet Archive? See how these and more are digitized at the Physical Archive tour! 📆 Tues, Oct 20 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 IN-PERSON: Richmond, CA 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1997613506... 317129
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🎟️The line up for our Christmas Revels!🎟️ The Towneley Second Shepherds Play A Christmas Mess Narcissus - A Twelfth Night Entertainment Christmas, His Masque by Ben Jonson Plus a host of short bits and pieces, and a post show discussion. 6 Dec, White Bear, from 1pm www.ticketsource.com/beyondshakes... 022
Reposted by Erin E. KellyDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Saint Dorothy, preparing herself for execution, with help of some cute putti bringing baskets of roses, miraculously available amid winter snow. Painted in 1516 by Hans Baldung Grien, whose day is today. 27310
Reposted by Erin E. KellyChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026• OLD ENGLISH: Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, / þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon... • MIDDLE ENGLISH: Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, / The droghte of March hath perced to the roote... • EARLY MODERN ENGLISH: To be, or not to be, that is the Question: / Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde... 26796173
Reposted by Erin E. KellyChuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY 4448031656
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026😈Latest exclusive release for our wonderful patrons - it's an exploring session working through Chapter 50 of Doctor John Faustus, the book which was the source of the play. We're nearing the end of the text now, but still in some of the jest book type material. www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...patreon.comDoctor John Faustus - Chapter 50 (Exclusive) | Beyond ShakespeareWelcome to more from our monthly read through and discussion of The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus, 022
Reposted by Erin E. KellyChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It ys the seasoun of decoratif gourdes, ye knaves 420543
Reposted by Erin E. KellyDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Giving you a side-eye from 1530, a woman painted a la Cranach by Hans Baldung Grien. Today is his day. 212622
Reposted by Erin E. KellyMedieval Institute Publications @mip-medpub.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Early Drama, Art, and Music series is getting a new title soon! 'Gendered Violence and Violent Genders on the Premodern Stage,' edited by Melissa Ridley Elmes and Matthew Charles Carter, will be out later this fall. Preorders are available now! wmich.edu/medievalpubl... 053
Reposted by Erin E. KellyThe Workers Circle @workerscircle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026More than 10,000 people including Workers Circle Democracy Circles from North VA are fighting back to stop the demolition of the Kennedy Center. #DemandDemocracy 9034711051
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🔊📹Latest Behind the Scenes release for our wonderful patrons - it's a further look at work on The World and the Child, with audio from workshops for £5+ tiers, and video for £10+ tier. We're increasingly doing more R&D on possible projects, releasing most weeks. www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...patreon.comBTS World and the Child | Workshop (21/07/26) | Beyond ShakespeareHello, As part of our ongoing development of certain small scale productions, we returned to The World and the Child which we staged during 012
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🎄Yeah, we know, Christmas... bit early... but we do have a fun line up of entertainments this 6 December. They are, mostly, on the silly end of the spectrum of drama (though we might occasionally be serious and mention the ghost of Lent to come). #BookNow! #show www.ticketsource.com/beyondshakes... 053
Reposted by Erin E. KellyJames Damron @runswindows95.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Word hates my book about decapitation. It keeps removing my headers. 59321
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🔊Latest exclusive release for our wonderful patrons: another dive into the criminal underworld of early modern literature with 👮♂️The Cony-Catchers👮♀️ This month we complete The Third and Last part of Cony-catching by Robert Greene, before we go off on a new tangent. www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...patreon.comThe Cony-Catchers ep.36 (Exclusive) | Beyond ShakespeareHello! The team complete Book 3 - The Third and Last part of Cony-catching, with the new devised knavish art of Fool-taking. The like Cosnag 033
Reposted by Erin E. KellyZach the Soulstealer @zachthenarratorguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I love Monk, Psych, Clouseau, My Life is Murder and Columbo…but they all pale in comparison to the class and wit of the Thin Man. Myrna Loy and William Powell are AMAZING as Nick and Nora, sleuths whose blood is at least 150% proof alcohol. #watchingtonight #moviesstatic.klipy.comNora Charles in Thin ManALT: Nora Charles in Thin Man 5181197
Reposted by Erin E. Kellyshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14/09/2026he did many of cher’s and dolly’s most glamorous gowns but what i will always remember most about bob mackie was this iconic look. and i think he’d be fine with that. 13161771039
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 13/09/2026🐴Tomorrow (Monday) we will be running our first live-stream of the autumn season. At 2.30pm BST we will share the recording session of Maroccus extaticus or, Banks’ Bay Horse in a Trance – Available for £3+ tier patrons, who get early access to all our releases. www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...patreon.comAutumn Season from Beyond! | Beyond ShakespeareWe're doing some shows! Quite a lot of shows, starting this autumn with live audio streaming, ending with a final celebration in time for Ch 111
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026🔊Latest fragmentary fun time - it's a look at fragment featuring two reprobates with an innocent soul who probably shouldn't be working as a tapster. #drama #audio #theatre audioboom.com/posts/894500...audioboom.comTwo Thieves and a Gullible Tapster (Fragment)Two reprobates walk into a bar, the tapster says "Ouch!" 032
Reposted by Erin E. KellyChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Tiramisu yn Latyn ys a fourthe declensioun noun: nom. tiramisū gen. tiramisūs dat. tiramisū acc. tiramisū abl. tiramisū pl nom. tiramisua pl gen. tiramisuum pl dat. tiramisibus pl acc. tiramisua pl abl. tiramisibus 413821
Reposted by Erin E. KellySuzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“Among __________s” #mpprompt #Metaphor #Amongthemetaphors #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #poetryprompt @malformed-poetry.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social 8239
Reposted by Erin E. KellyHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose. 1344044791
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🔊The Wise-woman of Hogston by Thomas Heywood Enjoy our full cast audio adaption, recorded live at The White Bear Theatre during our Wyrd Revels 2025 #drama #theatre audioboom.com/posts/894454...audioboom.comThe Wise-woman of Hogston by Thomas Heywood (LIVE Full Cast Audio Recording)There are two things to know about the wise-woman of Hogston... first! She is a woman! The second is... 011
Reposted by Erin E. KellyEleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now. 708170424805
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBattle Armor Dad @battlearmordad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy Star Trek Day & 60th Anniversary 322508286
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026😈Faustus is feeling a bit horny. Or rather, an unfortunately knight is! #book #chapter #source #Marlowe audioboom.com/posts/894990...audioboom.comDoctor John Faustus (Chapter 30)Faustus feeling horny, horny, horny, horny. 122
Reposted by Erin E. KellyGod @thegodshow.com · 06/09/2026Seriously, they just told Grok to make the imperial officer uniforms from Star Wars but “more Hitlery.” 101492302246
Reposted by Erin E. KellyDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Elizabeth I, born on this day in 1533, in her coronation portrait. Presumably after an original from around 1559, and in a fab (although much later) frame too! Plus miniature of the same. 37516
Reposted by Erin E. KellyInfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The eagle is also smoking a cigarette. 474018515
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBen Keene @whereandback.bsky.social · 05/09/2026What is the best uniform in professional baseball and why is it the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers rebrand as the Wisconsin Brats? 2631138
Reposted by Erin E. KellyKim Gilchrist @kimgilchrist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It’s publication day for my new book! Have a look if you’re interested in romance plays, popular culture, regional and amateur playing, doubling, rogue Stuarts, joy, and the adventures of Mucedorus in the seventeenth century. Info here: bit.ly/4qRZHZ7 Published by @ardenpublisher.bsky.social 2248
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🔥In a little over a month there will be a production of The Massacre at Paris by Christopher Marlowe - we had a chat with the director Stewart McGill about the play, and producing it today. #drama #theatre #Paris #live #performance #directing audioboom.com/posts/894499...audioboom.comDiscussing: Massacre at Paris by Christopher MarloweIt does what it says on the tin. 053
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Always lovely to have some new patrons joining us, two people this last week. Coming, we think, because of the upcoming live-streaming audio recording sessions (yes, bit of a mouthful) hoping to get us 8 more plays, plus fragments, in the can before our Xmas show. www.patreon.com/beyondshakes... 032
Reposted by Erin E. KellyFaculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Our live #Shakespeare webinars continue on 7 Sept at 6pm. Prof Emma Smith will be joined by Dr Harry Newman to explore the new OWC edition of The Winter's Tale, which offers fresh readings of the play’s provocations on genre, psychology, game-play, gender & the role of the non-human. Register now:shakespeare-webinar-the-winters-tale.eventbrite.co.ukEnglish Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Winter's TaleIn this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Winter's Tale from Oxford World's Classics. 0198
Reposted by Erin E. KellyBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026📖We've moved our literature exclusive releases to Wednesdays, to make way for our live-streams of plays on Mondays, so today we get another Merry Tale* of the Mad Men of Gotham. It's the penultimate tale... where will we go next! #comedy? *Merriment not guaranteed www.patreon.com/beyondshakes...patreon.comMad Men of Gotham 19 (Exclusive) | Beyond ShakespeareWelcome to more from The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, gathered together by A. B. of Physic, Doctor. 032
Reposted by Erin E. KellyElise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I’ve had this convo privately enough times in the last week to go public: I don’t think there is any valuable way to use AI in a history classroom. 291454256