Reposted by Shakespeare NewsDr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪 16617180
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This week's Shakespeare News: "…what if the Scottish king was actually a 13-year-old child star at the height of early 2000s TV fame?"shakespearenews.comEuphoria, Puppet Eroticism, and macb*tchesPlus: 001
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Shakespeare is the Met Gala: step up, strap in, grab 14 kinds of tape and your scariest friend and take that intensely stupid dress for a ride.shakespearenews.comShakespeare is the Met GalaPlus: King John, understatement, and energy-sucking butt magnets 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Swordfighters, Sets, and Secret Shakespeare Fans + Macbeth with catsshakespearenews.comSwordfighters, Sets, and Secret Shakespeare FansPlus: Macbeth but with cats 001
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 05/05/2026So much Shakespeare news / even Gielgud mixed up Cordelia/Ophelia.shakespearenews.comH.P. Lovecraft, Golf Carts, and LeeksPlus: "All I can tell you is get a light Ophelia." 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Plus: Justice for Roger Rees' Malcolm sweater.shakespearenews.comStick Figures, Sweaters, and Sleep No MorePlus: Happy 462nd Birthday! 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Celebrate Shakespeare's Birthday with a double dose of Shakespeare News! Featuring @lucycmunro.bsky.social on Shakespeare's London house, plus Olivier on Mastermind, and that time the Pope accidentally stole a Folio.shakespearenews.comShakespeare’s London House Exactly Where We ThoughtPlus: Ice cream, the Pope, and lighting yourself on fire 011
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This week's Shakespeare News is out and I did not know it was possible to make Titus more horrifying. But smash it together with “My Little Pony” and… PIXIE POO: “Ack! What happened to your hoofsies?!”shakespearenews.comJoe McCarthy, Stephen King, and My Little Titus AndronicusPlus: Handsome Dan in "Midsummer" 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Kicking off Shakespeare's birthday month with R&J, Agatha Christie, and lots of faerie smut. Link in bio. 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Plenty of Romeo and Juliet to kick off Shakespeare’s birthday month, starting with the 30th anniversary of John Leguizamo blowing up a gas station.shakespearenews.substack.comMirrors, Murder, and Magic SheetsPlus: R+J @ 30 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"If his authorship is simply a matter of incubation—if the experiences we’re watching him live through are not in fact formative—then why bother dramatizing his life at all?"shakespearenews.substack.comBachelorettes, Branagh, and BiofictionPlus: “The Fool…is replaced in this production by a turtle” 010
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 23/03/2026"People often say to me, oh, is Reduced Shakespeare supposed to be the antidote to boring Shakespeare? And the question just always flummoxes me because I've never seen anything that I consider to be boring Shakespeare.”shakespearenews.substack.comBridgerton, Boys, and Baking PowderPlus: Sure, add live deer to "As You Like It," what could possibly go wrong? 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 15/03/2026St. Patrick’s Day and the Ides of March have a surprising number of things in common. #1: When your wife says, “Don’t go out.” DON’T GO OUT.shakespearenews.comSt Patrick’s Day vs the Ides of March, How Are You Celebrating?Plus: Justice for Calpurnia 001
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Hamlet in the original Klingon, “…a gyrating stripper Paris", and @jbf1755.bsky.social on Martha Andresen's Shakespeare class.shakespearenews.comStar Trek, Strippers, and Student MatineesPlus: “Okay, I *was* going to bring up lesbian Othello…” 010
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Aaron Hill’s Henry the Fifth (1723) is wild. Henry’s ex-lover Harriet whom he seduced and abandoned follows him to France, sneaks into his tent disguised as a boy, tells him he’s an a$$hole, gives him letters exposing Scroop et. al., and stabs herself.shakespearenews.comThe Grinch, Houdini, and Baz Luhrmann Walk Into Stoned King LearPlus: Groff, As You Like It 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Alll the season announcements in Shakespeare Newsshakespearenews.comMuch Ado on Broadway, Game of Thrones at the RSC, and Macbeth at the MetPlus: A German Richard III lost his horse *and* his sword 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 16/02/2026This week's Shakespeare News "Welcome the ghosts."shakespearenews.comSteadicams, Sports, and Show StopsPlus: All the Macbeths: pop, drag, “Friends”, ha ha, therapy, lipstick 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 16/02/2026“I would have liked to have played Hamlet.” “That train has left the station.” “Oliver played him when he was 42.” “Olivier was a better actor than you.” #ShakespeareSundayshakespearenews.comStella, Stencils, and Sacred SpacesPlus: McKellen does More & Maggie mudlarks 011
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 05/02/2026"Sit down in it? I’m going to DIE in it."shakespearenews.comCalifornia Gurls, Tiny Earrings, and Moose HeadsPlus: Which Shakespeare descendants ended up in Australia? 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Also includes: a new "Henry IV" mashup, a funky French "Tempest" with a backflipping harpy, and a comedy version of "R&J".shakespearenews.comBridgerton, Bookclubs, and Banquo on Roller SkatesPlus: Timon Tonight 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 25/01/2026 A snowy Sunday Shakespeare News. Also includes: Al Pacino in OSF costumes, *All* the Shakespeare on "The Traitors", and Puckish Pitt starts. #ShakespeareSundayshakespearenews.comStar Wars, Southern Accents, and Sonic StoriesPlus: Did Shakespeare have his first kiss under this tree? 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 25/01/2026First-half-of-January Shakespeare News (5/5) Also includes: a sci-fi "Tempest", a Lakota "Twelfth Night", and Josh Brolin doing "Caesar" speeches.shakespearenews.comPorters, Pepys, and PensPlus: Romeo and Juliet and Godzilla 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 25/01/2026December Shakespeare News (4/5) Also includes: a new musical Henry V, Paul Rudd lying about Hamlet, and a 19th c. child actor.shakespearenews.comPanto, Demonic Mushrooms, and Shakespeare in SpaceDecember Shakespeare News 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 17/01/2026November Shakespeare News (3/5) Also includes: AI Midsummers, Steve Jobs, and possets.shakespearenews.comMockumentaries, Jack the Ripper, and “Pursued by bear” wineNovember Shakespeare News 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 17/01/2026October Shakespeare News (2/5) Also includes: an onstage wedding, Julia Roberts, and so much "Fate of Ophelia"shakespearenews.comHeadless Teddy Bears, Naughty Swans, and a "Weasel-Like" Academic (defamatory)October Shakespeare News 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Multiple months of Shakespeare news! 1/5 Also includes: Robert Redford, Lorca, and what Marlowe would have smelled like.shakespearenews.comTragedeighs, Netball, and MuppetsPlus: Keanu's Mercutio got him an agent 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 23/09/2025New [Shakespeare] news in the new [chicken] court! Also includes: the "female Hamlet," Scalia plays Macbeth (really), and a perpetual food/booze bequest.shakespearenews.comStrictly, Scilly, and SatirePlus: A fried chicken King Lear 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 17/09/2025New Shakespeare News! Also incudes: lute players, perpetual stew, and "the guy with the eyes" www.shakespearenews.com/p/tyndale-ty...shakespearenews.comTyndale, Tycho, and Title IXPlus: Van Gogh, Joan Baez, and She's the Man: The Musical 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 14/09/2025A month of Shakespeare News 4/4 Also includes: which Shakespeare character must be "comfortable with oligarchy"?shakespearenews.comAudra McDonald, Peter Marks, and Shakespeare's secret gay loverPlus: Hamlet in a g-string 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 14/09/2025A month of Shakespeare News 3/4 Also includes: an ad-rap-tation of Caesar and a “sexy as hell” Richard III.shakespearenews.comBook Nooks, Cookie Cutters, and Dogs in RuffsPlus: Oscar Isaac stabbing lasagna 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 12/09/2025A month of Shakespeare News 2/4 Also includes: wetsuits and whippits.shakespearenews.comWound Men, Wills, and PuppetsPlus: "Sam Shepard shouted, “F*ck Shakespeare!" 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 12/09/2025A month of Shakespeare News! 1/4 Featuring crypto bros, bear spray, and “less smut, more mutt.”shakespearenews.comTaylor Swift, Paul Mescal, and Adam SmithPlus: Juliet isn't dead she's just hibernating (and a bear) 000
Shakespeare News @shakespearenews.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Year Two of Shakespeare News! Featuring an unholy Annie/MacB mashup from @stratfest.bsky.social, Brad Lander sonnets from @drewsof.bsky.social & Lithub, and the history of theater + beer from @kyleathomas.bsky.social.open.substack.comJane Austen, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Fairy DaddiesPlus: Who the %#&$ gave Puck heelys? 032