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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Our new season of online talks starts this Monday, 13 Oct

Discover the lost domestic tragedy Page of Plymouth, & the new @literatureworks.bsky.social project centred on it, looking at theatre, culture & narratives of ordinary lives in Plymouth then & now

More info & book: bit.ly/3WvdoyH

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Infographic for the online talk, called 'Page of Plymouth: Ben Jonson & Thomas Dekker's Lost Play', with the time and date – 6.30pm 13 Oct – and photos of Helen Chaloner and David Prescott, the two speakers.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

And why not pair Wise-Woman with The Witch of Edmonton? They have a very similar plot, just one is a comedy and the other... well isn't. The White Bear Theatre 21-25 Oct
Book for two different shows, and there's an automatic discount. #WiseWoman #Witch #Horror
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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Our Wyrd Revels is nearly a week away - nowhere else will you get the chance to experience these four/five plays together in one week, plus our bonus post show discussions!
If you want something lighter from the season, Wednesday's The Wise-woman of Hogston by Thomas Heywood is full of city life.

Black background with red slashes across, the image of someone screaming in the slashes, overlaid with text - A week of Devils, witches, cunning folk and Horror - Wyrd Revels 21-25 October 2025 beyondshakespeare.org

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

And why not pair Wise-Woman with The Witch of Edmonton? They have a very similar plot, just one is a comedy and the other... well isn't. The White Bear Theatre 21-25 Oct
Book for two different shows, and there's an automatic discount. #WiseWoman #Witch #Horror
www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

Full cast audio adaptations the Lord Mayor's show, from before 1642 - including other helpful material.

Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Our Wyrd Revels is nearly a week away - nowhere else will you get the chance to experience these four/five plays together in one week, plus our bonus post show discussions!
If you want something lighter from the season, Wednesday's The Wise-woman of Hogston by Thomas Heywood is full of city life.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

We had hoped to produce The Monuments of Honour by John Webster as a live show on the 400th anniversary last year, but alas, sometimes shows don't happen. Instead we recorded this as part of other projects in time for the 401st anniversary. Other LMS are available! audioboom.com/playlists/46...

The Lord Mayor's Show

Lord Mayor's Show 1624 - Full Cast Audio Adaptation

Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 1d

🔊It's October, and you know what that means...
No, not Halloween, it's Lord Mayors Show month!
This year we have two new pods from 400ish years ago (1625 was a plague year, so no show) and we start with 1624 and a bit of John Webster @tracelarkhall.bsky.social
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It's October, so it's Lord Mayors Showtime!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

The Wyrd Revels runs for one week, 5 shows, from 21-25th October at The White Bear in Kennington - where food and other refreshments are available for the weary demonic traveller. #Halloween #Horror #drama #AudioDrama #Live www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

🚨In less than two weeks, this wonderful cast will gather for our Wyrd Revels, a season of plays covering all the witches and demons you could wish for - season tickets are still available, but will be taken out of the mix next week. Tickets for the first show, The Witch of Edmonton, are selling out!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

The Wyrd Revels runs for one week, 5 shows, from 21-25th October at The White Bear in Kennington - where food and other refreshments are available for the weary demonic traveller. #Halloween #Horror #drama #AudioDrama #Live www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

Unattached Fragments 17 (Early Access) | Beyond Shakespeare

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

As well as the cast, we have an excellent panel lined up for the end of season discussion following Doctor Faustus (1616), with Liz Oakley-Brown, Rebekah King, and Tabitha Stanmore chatting with season producer Robert Crighton about all things wyrd. More post (and pre) show announcements soon!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

🚨In less than two weeks, this wonderful cast will gather for our Wyrd Revels, a season of plays covering all the witches and demons you could wish for - season tickets are still available, but will be taken out of the mix next week. Tickets for the first show, The Witch of Edmonton, are selling out!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

🚨A few more tickets sold for our Wyrd Revels - a week of devils, witches, cunning folk, and pastry based horror. Recording live for the podcast, we're also live streaming the audio feed for our £3 tier patrons as well. It'll be a bit rough, but it'll give the people who pay for it all a taste.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 3d

🔊Latest early access release - and we're nearly at the end of a stream of unattached fragments of plays. This one is on reward and punishment. Which is nice. #drama #fragment #BitsAndBobs www.patreon.com/posts/unatta...

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EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · 4d

Getting really interested in Thoms Dekker - is there an early modernist with particular expertise on him?

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

Oct 21-25 - Tickets are on sale now! Buy tickets for multiple shows and an automatic ticket discount applies. Some season tickets are still available, but those will disappear soon! Catch one, catch them all! #drama #horror #Halloween (almost) www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton LIVE! (Middleton's Endgame 3)

Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

We also have some post show discussions and panels - one following Thyestes (details anon) and also this epic post-season discussion with @earlymodlancs.bsky.social @rebekahking.bsky.social @magicnotwitches.bsky.social - this follows the final show of Doctor Faustus 1616 on the Saturday.

Black background with red slashes across, indistinct image of someone screaming, overlaid with text -Saturday 25th (After Faustus) End of Season Panel Discussion with...
Professor Liz Oakley-Brown is Professor in English Literature at Lancaster University. Currently working on Tudor Gothic for Cambridge University Press and teaching Premodern Gothic.
Dr Rebekah King graduated from Cambridge with a PhD in English looking at how magicians were depicted on the early modern stage. As well as being a researcher, she is an award-winning writer.
Dr Tabitha Stanmore Author of Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic, winner of the Katharine Briggs Award 2024 and Editor’s Pick by the New York Times. Tabitha is a specialist in medieval and early modern English magic and witchcraft. A Week of Devils, Witches, Cunning Folk and Horror at the White Bear Theatre in Kenningtonwww.beyondshakespeare.org

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4d

🚨A few more tickets sold for our Wyrd Revels - a week of devils, witches, cunning folk, and pastry based horror. Recording live for the podcast, we're also live streaming the audio feed for our £3 tier patrons as well. It'll be a bit rough, but it'll give the people who pay for it all a taste.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 8d

♟️The second half of our live performance of A Game at Chess by Thomas Middleton has dropped! It's part of a much longer series of recordings from our live event Middleton's Endgame from August last year - and there's still more to come! #ThomasMiddleton #AudioDrama audioboom.com/posts/878525...

The second half of Thomas Middleton's scandalous play, performed live for the 400th anniversary.

Higgins' Mirror for Magistrates | Exploring 6 (Exclusive) | Beyond Shakespeare

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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 5d

Anyone aware of any non-Shakespeare early modern plays being performed Jan-Mar 2026 in London? Setting texts for a Renaissance Drama module and would love to track down something the students can go and see!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 5d

We have a season planned very late March, but DM us if you have a request we could look into.

Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 5d

🔊Exclusive for patrons - More from the Higgins iteration of A Mirror for Magistrates - and a bit more on the general downward mobility of King Albanact the Youngest Son of Brutus. #drama #poetry #audio www.patreon.com/posts/higgin...

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 8d

Dr Tabitha Stanmore is new to the podcast, but as the author of Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic, helps us to draw together all of the themes of our Wyrd Revels.
To catch this panel, book now for the Saturday matinee of Doctor Faustus (1616) www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...