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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

41% staffing cuts in the Faculty of Arts at UoN. We're entering a wilderness of creativity and critical thinking.

Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cheers & to you & everyone else. Not really on here much these days but very much aware this is a sector-wide concern here in the UK and elsewhere

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm on strike again. Depending on how things go, I may not teach another class until the end of October. Depressing, for many reasons. The University of Edinburgh continues to press ahead with massive job cuts, coming off the back of the largescale programme closures announced earlier this month.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Incidentally, while the fifth chapter will have a different title, the epigraphs and opening paragraph will remain the same

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have finally started a document for Chapter 4, the penultimate chapter and the first of two focusing on different kinds of playgoing repetition.

$Title, in larger font: Chapter 4: Doctors Faustus: Repetition, Difference, and Audience Response Three epigraphs follow: Then if our wares shall seem to you well-woven, good and fine, We hope we shall your custom have again, another time Prologue to Robert Wilson, The Three Ladies of London And then he dines; then sees a comedy; And then he sups, and goes to bed again: Thus round he runs without variety, Save that sometimes he comes not to the play, But falls into a whore-house by the way. Sir John Davies of Hereford, ‘In Fuscum’, XXXIX Hieronimo is mad againe Title page of Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy The first paragraph of an essay follows the epigraphs: Doctor Faustus was damned on the 2nd October 1594. He was damned again, the following week and for a third time, later that same month. Faustus was damned on the stage of the Rose playhouse eight times in 1594, a further seven times the following year, and another eight times in 1596. Across the period for which daily accounts of the Rose playhouse survive, Philip Henslowe recorded the damnation of Faustus 25 times. Scholars regularly view the damnation of Faustus, or indeed, the death of any tragic protagonist, as a singular event; one long descent into Hell from which Faustus can never return. But Faustus did return. Again, and again, and again. The 25 performances recorded by Henslowe represents a fraction of the total number of times the play was performed across its early stage life.$

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Have you ever heard Bob Dylan's 1994 live version of Desolation Row? Heard it for the first time this week and can think of little else.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Does anyone know why the Irukandji jellyfish venom is so strong? What possible purpose could it serve? Or is it just a weird quirk of our physiology that it has such an absurd effect on humans? Am genuinely interested to know, should anyone have an answer.

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Peter Adkins @peteradkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you're in Edinburgh this afternoon and free at 4pm, consider coming along to "Much Ado About Climate" to see a group of talented young peolpe improv a Shakespearean play about climate change and hear @eoinprice.bsky.social and myself offer our thoughts! www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

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Babes in arms policy: Babies are not allowed in the venue, please refer to the age suitability for the show

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is tonight. If you are in Edinburgh why not come along to hear about & then to see, this still very resonant & powerful tragedy. Oh, and it's in a church, if that adds interest (I think it does).

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It's Gosson, obv, but he is talking, in part, about his own play, so very Trump

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

These Playes are good playes and sweete playes, and of al playes the best playes and most to be liked, woorthy to bee soung of the Muses Stephen Gosson or Donald Trump?

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Save the date for our next #Shakespeare Webinar with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social. On 7 September at 6pm she will be joined by Dr Harry Newman (Royal Holloway) to explore The Winter's Tale. #WintersTale Free, but registration required. Find out more:

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English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare Webinar Series with Professor Emma Smith

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Thinking of the time when Aphra (a dog) saw a minke whale and also of the time when she saw a walrus.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

For some reason, the Introduction to Reprints and Revivals appears to be open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/r... not sure for how long, so why not take a look while you can?

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Introduction - Reprints and Revivals of Renaissance Drama

Reprints and Revivals of Renaissance Drama - June 2026

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Don't know if it serves a good pedagogical purpose but I wrote one page introductions to each of the plays on the new early modern drama course, largely contextualizing each play (who performed it/when/where/why it might matter plus brief overview of some of the main issues). I enjoyed it, at least

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

For some reason, the Introduction to Reprints and Revivals appears to be open access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/r... not sure for how long, so why not take a look while you can?

cambridge.org

Introduction - Reprints and Revivals of Renaissance Drama

Reprints and Revivals of Renaissance Drama - June 2026

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Especially in those productions were the possibility of fainting is on the horizon of expectation.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Maybe there has been work on this, but would be curious to know more.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Every time I see a story about audience membera fainting (latest - Cleansed at the Almedia) I wonder about the fainter's playgoing experience. Are they angry, disappointed, embarassed? Are they pleased, moved, excited? How do they feel after having had such an intense reaction?

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Christopher Nolan is going to do the Illiad next but he's decided against using Emily Wilson's translation and will instead go straight to the original source: Jennifer Lopez's first edition.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Could also transform...for the worse

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Not a fan of Nolan as such & don't know enough about him to make sensible claims but his status seems interesting. He does crowdpleasing blockbusters but also has the cultural status of an auteur. Heywood also curious - in fact deeply invested in literariness while writing consciously popular work.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Reading Emily Wilson's review of Nolan's Odyssey (which I have not yet seen) reminds me of the discourse around Thomas Heywood's spectacle Red Bull plays in the 17th century. Like Nolan, Heywood took on Greek myths & was accused of favouring noise & spectacle over supposedly literary qualities.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

So pleased it has arrived! Hope you enjoy the collection & thanks again for your brilliant chapter!

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Look what just arrived! Reprints and Revivals of Renaissance Drama ed. @eoinprice.bsky.social and Harry Newman Thanks to Eoin and Harry for all of their work putting together this great collection and their fantastic formative feedback. DM me if you want a copy of my chapter! 📖📚

Book cover with a drawing of a public early modern English theatre
Text: Reprints and Revivals of Renaissance Drama
edited by @eoinprice.bsky.social and Harry Newman

Picture of a book page. Text:

Chapter 12
Frames without Pictures
Shirley's Prologues and Epilogues in Poems &c (1646)
Laura Estill

"What do you call a dramatic paratexts without a play?" asks Helen Smith her review of Thomas L. Berger and Sonia Massai's important reference work, Paratexts in English Printed Drama to 1642. [text continues]

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spain are excellent but with Yamal obviously not fully fit I do think Argentina could have troubled them should they have decided to play some football. Likelihood is they would have lost but there's a way to lose isn't there.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Nico Williams turned the match, I thought.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Aye look he has gone off on one at the end of the match! Madness.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Who is the guy who blasted the ball at the Dutch dugout in the last world cup? Was it Paredes? Madman. Seems impervious to red cards.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Let's hope there isn't another half time show during extra time

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The Fernandez red might make the game *more* turgid, if that is possible.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A fully fit Yamal and Spain would be out of sight already

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Both Argentina CBs subbed off - what a chance now for Spain

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yes they must be the most cynical side

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Out of interest, what are all of your reasons for disliking Argentina? There are many, but am interested in the principal objections.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Morgan Rogers for 150 million or whatever is insane, isn't it? He's pretty good but doesn't look anything like that level.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Even if England win this they'll get hammered by their own media now.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Thomas, just bring on Big Dan Burn, we know you want to.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I suppose one lesson for Tuchel would be to trust his squad more - he clearly lacked faith in a lot of his midfielders and attackers when it mattered most.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Imagine the English press if England were ever as bad as this diabolical French side have been this half.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Less than a week ago people were saying this French side was better than their 98 world cup side...

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Not sure anything can be learned from this but it sure is funny

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

So much of what Tuchel has done has been refreshingly different from Southgate but that last half an hour or so was from the Southgate textbook of not knowing what to do with a lead (Croatia, WC2018; Italy EC2020).

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I like Tuchel and he's obviously a good coach but he's fucked this.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

He's obviously nowhere near as good as he was. And yet...

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This match better end in a massive brawl involving all the subs and coaching staff

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ridiculous how good messi is at 39.

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