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Erin E. Kelly

@eekelly.bsky.social
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Associate professor of English and director of the Academic and Technical Writing Program at University of Victoria. Associate editor of Early Theatre. Ask me about weird, old plays

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Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social · 10h
A few shots from the exhibit on Schomberg's life and library. He collected some of Phyllis Wheatley's library books 🥺
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Sophie Weinberg @sophie-rose-reads.bsky.social · 11h
Putting 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…
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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 11h
Amplifying 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
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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 19h
And 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...
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Mad Men of Gotham 20 (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare
Welcome to our final look at The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, gathered together by A. B. of Physic, Doctor.
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 25/09/2026
Fun 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...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Workinge 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!
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Beyond 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...
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
if 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
harvest festival jug featuring a rather spooky sunshine designthe reverse of the jug, featuring a poem. it reads: "Harvest is come all
busy now in making
of the Barley mow if
you the Barley mow
neglect of Good ale you
can not then expect"
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When 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.
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Internet 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...
Maeve Iwasaki demonstrates microfiche digitization at the Internet Archive's physical archive. Photo by Brad Shirakawa, October 21, 2025.Photo of Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive’s physical archive site. He is leaning forward and looking into a large shipping container used for storage, with pallets visible inside.
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Beyond 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...
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Saint 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.
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Chaucer 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...
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY
cover of NOT POUNDED BY BI ERASURE BECAUSE MY CURRENT HETERO-PRESENTING RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT INVALIDATE MY QUEERNESS featuring a ladybuck in a red suit lookin over at a VERY ANGRY sentient eraser they are on a long street with lush green plants on either side
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Beyond 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...
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Doctor John Faustus - Chapter 50 (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare
Welcome to more from our monthly read through and discussion of The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus,
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It ys the seasoun of decoratif gourdes, ye knaves
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Giving you a side-eye from 1530, a woman painted a la Cranach by Hans Baldung Grien. Today is his day.
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Medieval Institute Publications @mip-medpub.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The 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...
Cover of "Gendered Violence and Violent Genders on the Premodern Stage."Text reading: "Through an approach that includes essays crossing methodologies and the artificial boundaries of periodization, as well as essays that engage with similar concepts in different genres and across national divides in an era in which France and England were decidedly influencing one another, this book provides a single-volume starting point for (re)considering periodization, genre, and the representation of gender according to social contexts."
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The Workers Circle @workerscircle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
More than 10,000 people including Workers Circle Democracy Circles from North VA are fighting back to stop the demolition of the Kennedy Center. #DemandDemocracy
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Beyond 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...
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BTS World and the Child | Workshop (21/07/26) | Beyond Shakespeare
Hello, As part of our ongoing development of certain small scale productions, we returned to The World and the Child which we staged during
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Beyond 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...
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James Damron @runswindows95.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Word hates my book about decapitation. It keeps removing my headers.
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Beyond 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...
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The Cony-Catchers ep.36 (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare
Hello! 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
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Zach the Soulstealer @zachthenarratorguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I 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 #movies
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Nora Charles in Thin Man
ALT: Nora Charles in Thin Man
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
he 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.
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Beyond 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...
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Autumn Season from Beyond! | Beyond Shakespeare
We'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
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Beyond 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...
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Two Thieves and a Gullible Tapster (Fragment)
Two reprobates walk into a bar, the tapster says "Ouch!"
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Tiramisu 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
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Suzy Dobie @suzydobie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Among __________s” #mpprompt #Metaphor #Amongthemetaphors #poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #poetryprompt @malformed-poetry.bsky.social @blueskypoetry.bsky.social
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As 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.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Beyond 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...
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The 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...
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Eleanor Martinez @northstar1939.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Perfectly states what I've been saying for some time, now.
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Battle Armor Dad @battlearmordad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy Star Trek Day & 60th Anniversary
Art Asylum Lt Uhura action figure
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Beyond 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...
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Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 30)
Faustus feeling horny, horny, horny, horny.
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God @thegodshow.com · 06/09/2026
Seriously, they just told Grok to make the imperial officer uniforms from Star Wars but “more Hitlery.”
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Elizabeth 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.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/09/2026
Black text on white page that reads:

In 1882, 10,000 workers marched up Broadway in the first-ever Labor Day parade. Led by democratic socialists and organized by New York’s unions, they rallied the movement that went on to win us weekends, safety standards, overtime pay, a minimum wage, and social security.

None of those victories were guaranteed. And none are permanent.

We created the first-in-the-nation Office of Worker Power to put the full weight of City Hall behind the people who keep New York running. On Labor Day, we honor the workers who came before us by fighting for the workers who come next.

Happy Labor Day, New York. The future of worker power is ours to build. Learn more at nyc.gov/workerpower.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The eagle is also smoking a cigarette.
Text image with a checkered background. The text reads, "We ran out of AI prompt credits, but imagine this is a picture of a bald eagle holding a golden sign that says 'Low Prices & Prosperity'." At the bottom, there is an "INFOWARS" logo.
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Ben Keene @whereandback.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What is the best uniform in professional baseball and why is it the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers rebrand as the Wisconsin Brats?
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Kim Gilchrist @kimgilchrist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’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
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Beyond 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...
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Discussing: Massacre at Paris by Christopher Marlowe
It does what it says on the tin.
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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Always 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...
Deep red background with white text. The Beyond Shakespeare Company podcast - Sponsored by The Malone Society - the permanent utility of original texts. Live Streams this Autumn - live streamed audio recording sessions on Monday afternoons - available for all £3 tier patreons - Banks' Bay Horse in a Trance - 14th September - Hick Scorner - 28th September - Youth / Abraham and Isaac - 12th October - Lusty Juventus - 26th October - The Baptism & the Temptation by John Bale - 9th November - Mankind - 23rd November
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem taught America that sexism is a symptom of a system that can be changed. 

From the fight for equal pay to abortion access and political representation, she showed that progress comes when people organize, build power and refuse to accept inequality as inevitable.

She staged protests, established domestic violence shelters, created a magazine owned and operated entirely by women and helped build a movement that fundamentally changed this country.

Her legacy is the millions of people she inspired to believe that a more just world was possible.

She lived in New York for 70 years. We were lucky to have her. We mourn her loss and will carry her work forward.
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Judy Weston @westonjk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our 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:
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English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Winter's Tale
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Winter's Tale from Oxford World's Classics.
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Beyond 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...
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Mad Men of Gotham 19 (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare
Welcome to more from The Merry Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, gathered together by A. B. of Physic, Doctor.
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Elise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’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.
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