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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We always love to hear about folks being able to use our site! Though we haven’t been able to add much lately, it means the world to us to know that PLAM continues to be useful to users from all over! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

These performances appear to be German-language productions of Shakespeare's plays, but what is especially interesting is these records help show the continued, global reach of breeches roles!

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

We couldn't wait until tomorrow to add this next batch of performances, because these mark our first in Germany! ✨ We just added 6 records for performances of Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet, performed between 1901-1902 at the Königliches Schauspielhaus in Berlin. 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We were particularly excited to add 13 records from an all-girl production of As You Like It at the Ogontz School for Girls in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania that took place on April 28, 1890! 🎩✨

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We're back with more records! ✨ Today, 34 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Henry V, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, and Richard III, in Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Elkins Park, and Washington, D.C. from 1863-1899 to bring the record total to 8,338. 🎩

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Dr. Alexandra E. LaGrand @aelagrand.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Had such a wonderful time sharing @pointslikeaman.bsky.social as part of this year’s SAA Digital Exhibits! ✨ It was so wonderful to meet everyone and share my project so widely, and to hear from folks who already are using it! Many thanks to SAA for hosting PLAM this year! 🎩 #Shax2026

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

A good opportunity to hear more from recently minted @tamu.bsky.social PhD @aelagrand.bsky.social about the excellent @pointslikeaman.bsky.social digital project at today’s @saaupdates.bsky.social:

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Good morning from Denver! 🏙️🏔️ Be sure to stop by our table during the Digital Exhibits from 10:00AM-12:00PM to learn more about our project! We will even have stickers! ✨ #Shax2026

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Dr. Jess Hamlet (she/her) @jesshamlet.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Can confirm that @pointslikeaman.bsky.social (and newly-minted Dr. @aelagrand.bsky.social, who created it) is excellent!!

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Dr. Alexandra E. LaGrand @aelagrand.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I am so excited to be alongside these incredible scholars and chairing the roundtable on performance. And, who knows, you just might hear me talk about Ellen Terry and her stage debut as Mamillius in Charles Kean’s 1856 production of Winter’s Tale! 🐻

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Dr. Alexandra E. LaGrand @aelagrand.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Be sure to join us for the @nvshakespeare.bsky.social conference on A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Winter’s Tale in February! ✨

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year, everyone! 🥂 For those heading to #shax2026 in April, be sure to check out the Digital Exhibits on Saturday, April 4! We’ll be there and would love to see you there too! ✨🎩 (And yes, we’ll have stickers!)

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

We're celebrating #OAWeek! @awinkler90.bsky.social & @richardschoch.bsky.social 'Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sir William Davenant and the Duke’s Company' is available to read open access via Bloomsbury Collections: bit.ly/3C1PrrL

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

In February we will be hosting a major international symposium about the two plays we have recently published in variorum format online, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘The Winter’s Tale’. More details coming soon! newvariorumshakespeare.org

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

*Available open access* 'Rethinking Theatrical Documents in Shakespeare’s England' (ed. Tiffany Stern) brings together 15 scholars to analyse & theorise the documents, lost and found, that produced a play at the time. Read online this #OAWeek bit.ly/4qqB1qc

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Today, 27 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Henry V, Julius Caesar, King John, King Lear, Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III, and The Tempest in Philadelphia from 1823-1900 to bring the record total to 8,304. ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Thank you so much to the SSEMWG, and many congratulations to the winner, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's writing, and to our fellow Honorable Mention, The Four Books by Alice Thornton! ✨ Read about the other projects at the link below! ⤵️ www.ssemwg.org/2025

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2025 — Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

We have some very exciting news to share! ✨ We just learned that our database has been awarded an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Digital Scholarship, New Media, and Art Award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender! 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Today, 12 records were added for performances of Cymbeline, Henry IV Part I, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Romeo and Juliet in Philadelphia from 1819-1891 to bring the record total to 8,277. ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This batch also helped us grow our number of records for performances in Philadelphia, while also helping us expand into St. Louis. You can see this growth on our interactive map of historic theatres. ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

In this performance, Ellen and Kate Bateman played Richard and Richmond, respectively, while Julia Jones played Prince Edward and Miss Schoolcraft played the Duke of York. The Bateman sisters were famous for playing these roles as young girls, with prints like these capturing their performances.

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This batch included our first performances in St. Louis, Missouri, with one production even having four performances of genderfluidity at once! On October 15, 1850, the St. Louis Theatre had a production of Richard III, with Richard, Richmond, and the two princes all being played by girls or women.

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Today, 93 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King John, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night in Philadelphia and St. Louis from 1822-1878 to bring the record total to 8,265. ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Throughout her doctoral work, @aelagrand.bsky.social has published in open-access journals, worked on several open-access DH sites and developed her own (PLAM!), and has been committed to teaching her classes with all open-access textbooks and materials. ✨

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This award is open to all students, faculty, and staff, and celebrates efforts made towards embracing the value of open access at Texas A&M.

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

We are thrilled to share that our project director, @aelagrand.bsky.social, has been selected as one of two recipients of Texas A&M University Libraries' 2025 Open Access Award! ✨

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Folger Shakespeare Library @folger.edu · 09/10/2025

Shakespeare's plays are filled with unforgettable women—but too often, their voices are cut short. On the podcast, acclaimed actor Dame Harriet Walter talks about her book, "She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said": www.folger.edu/podcasts/sha...

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Harriet Walter: New Words for Shakespeare's Women | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

In this batch of records were our first breeches performances in Othello. In February 1863, an actress by the name of Miss Miller played a page in Othello at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. While other tragedies have often seen breeches performances, Othello almost never has.

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Today, 88 records were added for performances of Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Richard III, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1863-1865 to bring the record total to 8,172. ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Among these performances was our first record for a performance in Love's Labor's Lost! ✨ On January 6, 1862, Mrs. Charles Henri played Moth (also known as Mote) in Love's Labor's Lost at the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today, 34 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1854-1864 to bring the record total to 8,084! ✨🎩

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We are thrilled to be the cover story in the Texas A&M English Department’s student-designed and student-written newsletter: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

From this trip, she has been able to gather 237 records for performances in Philadelphia, and another 31 records for performances in Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC! ✨ She is now in the process of cleaning up these records and getting them ready to add to our database site! 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This summer, @aelagrand.bsky.social visited the Library Company of Philadelphia and UPenn's Kislak Center to consult playbills and collect records of women's breeches performances in Philadelphia! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Check it out! Our project director, @aelagrand.bsky.social won the @honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social Book Collecting Prize for her collection of materials related to Shakespearean breeches actresses! ✨🎩 Points Like A Man even gets a shout-out!

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

After a bit of a break, we are back to bring you some more records! ✨ Today, 17 records were added for performances of Romeo and Juliet in Dublin, Leeds, Liverpool, London, and Torquay from 1809-1830 to bring the record total to 8,050. 🎩

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Dr. Alexandra E. LaGrand @aelagrand.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Celebrating reaching 8,000 performance records on my database today 🎉 Since @pointslikeaman.bsky.social launched in 2023, it has grown exponentially, reaching 8,033 performances by 1,090 actresses at 133 theatres, representing 90 roles across 25 Shakespearean plays in cities throughout the world.

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Both of these bills are from The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, from the “Macbeth ephemera, 1840-1857” portfolio. See its catalog record below! ⤵️ legacycatalog.nypl.org/record=b1643...

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New York Public Library / All Locations

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

These bills feature Rignold as Macbeth at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, in 1842, and Bateman as Macbeth at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, in 1852 when she was just ten years old! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Not every day that you see actresses playing Macbeth! ✨ We’re preparing our next batch of records and came across these two playbills featuring Patricia Rignold and Kate Bateman as the titular Macbeth. 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

24 records were just added for performances of Twelfth Night in Edinburgh, Liverpool, and London from 1811-1877 to bring the record total to 7,955! ✨🎩

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

One of our Associate Digital Editors Dr. Kris May has won the David Greetham Prize (alongside former @tamu.bsky.social professors Heidi Craig and @lauraestill.bsky.social) for an article about trans-inclusive bibliography. Congratulations! newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

These mark our first performances in Chicago and Providence, as well as our first of actresses in the role of Curio in Twelfth Night. With these, we have reached 130 theatres represented in our database throughout the world and 84 roles from the Shakespearean canon! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

We are inching ever so close to 8,000 records! ✨ Today, 50 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Cymbeline, and Twelfth Night in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, London, New York, and Providence from 1820-1901 to bring the record total to 7,931. 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

This playbill is from The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and has the call number “MWEZ + n.c. 7591.” Check out its catalog record at the link below! ⤵️ legacycatalog.nypl.org/record=b2119...

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New York Public Library / All Locations

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Moment of appreciation to the Polish-American actress Helena Modjeska, who was so renowned that she was billed simply as “Modjeska.” ✨ See, for example, this 1887 playbill for Twelfth Night from the Hollis St. Theatre in Boston, which listed her last name first and in bold type! 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

For instance, on April 22, 1884, Helena Modjeska played the role of Viola alongside Lulu Stevens as Valentine in Twelfth Night at the Cincinnati Music Hall! ✨🎩 See these performance records and more on our site at the link below! ⤵️ www.pointslikeaman.com

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Points Like A Man – The Shakespearean Breeches Performance Catalogue, 1660-1900

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Among these performances were our first in Cincinnati and Ipswich, our first by renowned actresses Helena Modjeska and Julia Marlowe, and our first performances of the roles of Sebastian and Valentine in Twelfth Night! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Today, 27 records were added for performances of As You Like It and Twelfth Night in Birmingham, Boston, Cincinnati, Ipswich, London, and New York from 1869-1900 to bring the record total to 7,881. ✨🎩

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