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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 10d

🔊Early access release for our wonderful patrons - it's a chat with @audioandrea.bsky.social about pre-modern drama on the radio, the challenges and freedoms that the medium allow. Our patrons get early access to pod releases every Wednesday! #drama #AudioDrama #Radio www.patreon.com/posts/discus...

Discussing: Pre-Modern Drama on the Radio with Dr Andrea Smith (Early Access) | Beyond Shakespeare

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 25d

Are you an early career researcher, based in the UK, looking to get published? The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with @writersandartists.bsky.social, may be for you.

Applications now open until 1st October 👉 https://bit.ly/4nd2sBp

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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay; it was really important to me when I wrote a new introduction to the New Cambridge Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet that I included a page of 'Advice and Support', which I hope might be useful for students, teachers, actors, readers... Here it is

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Advice and support

Romeo and Juliet is a dramatic fiction and its characters are not real people. Many people of all ages sometimes struggle with their mental health, and some will have suicidal thoughts. The websites listed here offer advice and support, particularly aimed at young people and those supporting them, in the UK.

The Samaritans www.samaritans.org can be contacted on 116 123 for free (also in Ireland), 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Shout www.giveusashout.org is a text-based crisis line for those struggling to cope and who need immediate help: text 85258. It is a free service for all the major UK mobile networks, available 24/7.

Papyrus www.papyrus-uk.org is a suicide prevention charity. For support and advice, call 0800 068 41 41 or text 07786 209697 Monday–Friday 10am–10pm, weekends 2pm–10pm, bank holidays 2pm–5pm.

CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) www.thecalmzone.net has a helpline 0800 585858 available 5pm-midnight, 365 days a year, and many resources on the website, especially for peer-peer support, and for young men.

Young Minds www.youngminds.org.uk has resources for young people and their adult support networks.

In an emergency situation, if someone has taken steps to end their life or if you are worried for your own or someone else’s safety, always call 999 (UK) or go straight to A&E. Mental health emergencies are serious; asking for help isn’t wasting anyone’s time.

Forced marriage continues to take place in many different communities, and can affect people of all genders. The websites listed here offer advice and support, and link to many other resources.

Childline www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/crime-law/forced-marriage/ provides information and sources of support.

Karma Nirvana www.karmanirvana.org.uk supports victims and survivors of Honour Based Abuse, including forced marriage, and campaigns to end it.

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 29d

It's that time of year 🎓 🍂 Stock up on all the books you need for class at 30% off in our sale until 5th October.

Shop The Arden Shakespeare https://bit.ly/47KN7mO

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Dr Andrea Smith @audioandrea.bsky.social · 28d

Three weeks today I'll be talking about #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #IpswichBookFestival with my friend and University of Suffolk colleague, Dr Jenny Amos.
Can't wait!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#BookSky #BookCommunity
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Jenny (left) and Andrea outside the Ipswich Institute

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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · 28d

Term is well and truly underway and that can mean only one thing - BSA's Online Teacher Day is coming up! Join us on Sat 27 Sept, 11am-4pm GMT for talks, discussions and resources to support and inspire your classroom practice. Register for FREE at the link below

Online Teacher Day. - British Shakespeare Association

27 September 2025 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm - The British Shakespeare Association would like to invite teachers of Shakespeare to participate in a day of talks and discussions aimed at supporting and inspi...

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Jul 7

Wow - so many people already signed up for our Wills Project Transcribathon later this month! 🙏

If you drop by you can transcribe some lines & help make 25,000 English wills more accessible for all.

In person & online, join us here: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com

#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Palaeography

A poster advertising the 'Wills Project Transcribathon' on Thursday 24 July, 1-4pm BST, in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter, and on zoom. The poster features black text on green and yellow backgrounds, and three images - a box of folded will manuscripts, an unfolded will manuscript, and the painting Thomas Braithwaite of Ambleside making his will, Abbot Hall, 1607. Photo: Lakeland Arts.

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Dr Andrea Smith @audioandrea.bsky.social · Jun 30

And it was also lovely to see my book #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 on the @edinburghup.bsky.social.
Thank you to everyone involved - what a great event! (2/2)
#BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Andrea standing in front of the stand holding the book: Shakespeare On The Radio

Close up of pendant - skull wearing headphones

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Dr Andrea Smith @audioandrea.bsky.social · Jun 28

Last day of #BSA2025 😢
Fab conference full of fascinating discussions and generous people sharing their knowledge, including Abigail Rokison-Woodall from the Shakespeare Institute talking at the moment about #Shakespeare and #Lecoq
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(Dr.) Diana Henderson @dianahenderson.bsky.social · Jun 29

It was a treat to be part of all this—including final night hanging out w/ Jennifer, Miranda, Virginia, Ben & more!

British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 24

Excited to welcome @justjenerally.bsky.social and all of you to @york.ac.uk later this week for #BSA2025! And for this 'Shakespeare in Theory, Theory in Practice' seminar chaired by @alex-thom.bsky.social

Let us know where you're travelling from and what you're looking forward to... 👀

Dr J. E. Nicholson @justjenerally.bsky.social · Jun 21

Hello from Singapore, en route to the @bsashakespeare.bsky.social conference @york.ac.uk (with a few days to get into the correct time zone, first); I’ll be in the Shakespeare/theory/practice seminar on Friday after lunch, & am excited for much to hear, read, discuss, and learn throughout the week!

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · Jun 30

Today is the last day for signing up to our #multidisciplinary #Greensleeves #conference, either in person or online. Recordings will be available if you can't be there for the livestream.
www.sal.org.uk/event/greens...
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Greensleeves: Text and Textiles in Early Modern English Culture - Society of Antiquaries of London

This interdisciplinary conference takes the iconic sixteenth century ballad Greensleeves as a focal point through which to explore the interconnections of texts, textiles and material culture in early...

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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 28

Our third #BSA2025 keynote @emmawhipday.bsky.social takes us on an five-act exploration of the dramaturgy of single motherhood in early modern England, including autobiographical insights into the influence of early modern stigmas in the present day

Dr Emma Whipday stands behind a podium before a large screen with the title slide of her presentation on 'the dramaturgy of single motherhood' projected onto it

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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 28

Our third #BSA2025 keynote @emmawhipday.bsky.social takes us on an five-act exploration of the dramaturgy of single motherhood in early modern England, including autobiographical insights into the influence of early modern stigmas in the present day

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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thanks for coming along @shakescenery.bsky.social and for a great seminar on Paratexts and Documents of Performance!

Shake-Scene Shakespeare @shakescenery.bsky.social · Jun 26

@bsashakespeare.bsky.social thank you for a great day today!

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Steve Purcell @stevetpurcell.bsky.social · Jun 27

It was great fun workshopping scenes from Hamlet with @thepantaloons.bsky.social today at the @bsashakespeare.bsky.social conference on the beautiful University of York campus!

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Elizabeth McDonald @drpastonsrus.bsky.social · Jun 28

Calling all @bsashakespeare.bsky.social #bsa2025 attendees: last chance to grab display copies of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social’s latest publications for an absolute steal. Some great titles have already gone and I leave at 12.😭BUT conference discount on ordered books runs until July 28th!

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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · Jun 26

"My voice is in my sword" - SIGNED in performance. It gave me goosebumps in the telling of it let alone the performing. BRAVO!

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Emily Sharp @emilysharp.bsky.social · Jun 26

Do pop by for a chat and to grab a deal on our amazing collection of books and journals! @bsashakespeare.bsky.social

Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · Jun 25

EUP are at BSA 2025: ‘Practising Shakespeare: new collaborations, expanding horizons’ 🎉 #BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social

Senior Commissioning Editor for Literary Studies, Emily Sharp, is at the EUP table! Head there to chat to Emily, browse our books & journals and pick up a conference deal 📚

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Jun 26

We're at #BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social and enjoying catching up with authors and meeting new prospective authors, while showcasing recent publications. If there's a project you'd like to discuss just come and say hello 👋

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Dr Andrea Smith @audioandrea.bsky.social · Jun 26

#BSA2025 attendees are brilliant! So game for creating sound effects for #Macbeth using some of the items pictured here. Still time to sign up for one of this afternoon's workshops.
@bsashakespeare.bsky.social
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Sticks, coconut shells and small watering can

Leather gloves, straws, erasers and dinner knives

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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 26

Back for day two of #BSA2025 and a plenary with director Amy Leach in conversation with Mark Love-Smith, talking about socio-political Shakespeares, intergenerational dialogues, and the impacts of integrated audio description and BSL in theatre

Director Amy Leach sits talking to Mark Love-Smith on a large auditorium stage at the University of York

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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · Jun 25

EUP are at BSA 2025: ‘Practising Shakespeare: new collaborations, expanding horizons’ 🎉 #BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social

Senior Commissioning Editor for Literary Studies, Emily Sharp, is at the EUP table! Head there to chat to Emily, browse our books & journals and pick up a conference deal 📚

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British Shakespeare Association @bsashakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 25

Kicking off #BSA2025 with a screening of Sam Crane & Pinny Grylls' feature documentary 'Grand Theft Hamlet' shot entirely in-game in Grand Theft Auto during lockdown

A big screen showing a scene from Grant Theft Hamlet. An actor stands 9n stage in-game in GTA

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Darren Freebury-Jones @freeburian.bsky.social · Jun 25

In celebrarion of BSA conference the opening chapter of my book SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS is free to read from Manchester UP here. #BSA2025

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Shakespeare reading list

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