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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Is it infrastructure week yet?

Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Grateful for this nuanced review of my 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐𝘐 edition and discussion of the play itself. #marlowe #shakespeare #textualediting #queer

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

But will it treat an eye-adjacent stab wound in addition to morning puffiness? #christophermarlowe #thereckoning

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

There are already enough Os in this world: always finish your Qs.

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Matt @bestatfailing.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In his @ardenpublisher.bsky.social edition of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II, @jmasten.bsky.social carefully separates the original text from the play’s reputation to allow for fresh interpretations and discovers a new copy of the First Quarto in the process. Impressive.

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Matt @bestatfailing.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

From @jmasten.bsky.social's @ardenpublisher.bsky.social edition of Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II: “These notations represent centuries of prior readers who, along with me, now welcome you to collaborate in the reading, staging and interpretation of Edward II.” Powerful stuff.

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

*Out now!* This new edition of Edward II edited by @jmasten.bsky.social distils its importance for the history of queer sexuality, historical drama and modern performance alike. Get your copy here: bit.ly/4sSjOGh

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Great audience of Chicago-area colleagues and old and new friends. Pictured, Jay Grossman, Lisa Freeman, and my Arden general editor, Suzanne Gossett.

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I did a little book launch for Edward II @theunderstudychi.bsky.social, Chicago's drama bookshop, on Tues. A little reading from the new @ardenpublisher.bsky.social edition, plus some topics in the vol.: glossing #queer language, politics of punctuation, #Tilda, #Jarman, #IanMcKellen, #PattiLuPone

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Not too out there at all— it’s been so formative and influential. I discuss the film, as well as its impact on subsequent productions and adaptations. There’s a robust critical tradition around the film itself, so my discussion hits some key topics, while also trying to showcase what follows.

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Glad to see it out there in the world — thanks, @drewdaniel.bsky.social . And it’s already sustained some (additional) damage, very thematic.

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Christopher #Marlowe’s devastating #queer historical tragedy is now out in a new @ardenpublisher.bsky.social edition. Amply illustrated, w/ an intro to its historical meanings, sexual politics, early readers, & extensive performance/adaptation history. Sneak peek at link mailchi.mp/bloomsbury/e...

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Edward II: discover the new edition

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

That’s a tough one — I own a copy and the paper is crumbling. Beautiful binding, though. And a very scholarly edition.

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy possibly-Shakespeare's-birthday and certainly-Judy-Garland's-Carnegie-Hall-concert-anniversary to all who celebrate! #shakespeare #judygarland #thatsentertainment

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/04/2026

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

While one early reader of 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐𝘐 did bind it with other religious texts, here I’m not shown praying over the edition but reading from the preface—on the historical Edward’s graffitied tomb & the persistence of writing “on” Edward II. Ebook now available; paperback for pre-order (5/14)! Write on.

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

During last week's SAA Conference, we were happy to join Jeffrey Masten for a celebration of his new edition of Christopher Marlowe's surprisingly queer historical drama Edward II. Pre-order your copy today: bit.ly/41iNpgB

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

*Coming soon!* Edward II has captivated generations with its evocative portrayal of passionate friendship, kingly power and brutal retribution. This modernised, comprehensively annotated edition edited by @jmasten.bsky.social publishes in May! Find out more: bit.ly/4sSjOGh

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

With "a clear and authoritative text," ample explanatory glosses, textual notes, and a guide to reading a page of the 1594 first edition. Pre-order available now. 4/4 #marlowe #drama #theatre #tragedy #queer #LGBTQ #history #royalfamily @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @ardenpublisher.bsky.social

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

With new research on earliest readers. Robust performance history, including recent theatre and opera versions, a rare film find from 1906...2/4 #marlowe #drama #theatre #tragedy #queer #LGBTQ #history #royalfamily @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @ardenpublisher.bsky.social

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

My new Arden edition of Christopher Marlowe's 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐𝘐 is out soon, pre-order available now. Ebook April, paper in May. A play radical in Marlowe's time and ours...1/4 #marlowe #drama #theatre #tragedy #queer #LGBTQ #history #royalfamily @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @ardenpublisher.bsky.social

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

“What? Are you moved that Gaveston sits here? / It is our pleasure; we will have it so.” Furniture to die for! #marlowe #performance

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 “Why should a king be subject to a priest? / Proud Rome, that hatchest such imperial grooms . . . .” (𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐𝘐)

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A rift that took 500 years to repair: King Charles prays with the pope

Joint prayer in Sistine Chapel is symbolic act of rapprochement between Catholic church and Church of England after centuries of division

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

For those new to #Shakespeare's contemporary Christopher #Marlowe, his #queer Edward, and its significance both for drama and the history of sexuality and performance, a paragraph from the preface and the introduction --

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Jeffrey Masten @jmasten.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I'm moving over from the X box. Meanwhile my edition of #Marlowe's Edward II @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social is available for pre-order. With ample critical, performance, & textual intro, annotations, plus 22 illus of C20-21 performance, early texts & readers. www.bloomsbury.com/us/edward-ii...

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Edward II

Critically, theatrically, and politically, the time is ripe for a new edition of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II. Critically, the play has come to be, in the pa…

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