Darren Freebury-Jones
@freeburian.bsky.social
FRHistS. Author. Public speaker. Shakespeare scholar. General Ed: Collected Plays of Robert Greene. Associate Ed: Collected Works of Thomas Kyd. Welsh.
https://darrenfj.wordpress.com/2017/11/24/darren-freebury-jones-publications/
https://darrenfj.wordpress.com/2017/11/24/darren-freebury-jones-publications/
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Excited to share a draft of the cover for the paperback version of SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS.
I have been delighted at the public and scholarly engagement with this book and look forward to reaching new readers in paperback form!
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I have been delighted at the public and scholarly engagement with this book and look forward to reaching new readers in paperback form!
share.google/LnS2iT9Bf348...
An updated cover for the paperback version of my book SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS.
Available for pre-order now!
Shakespeare's borrowed feathers: How early modern playwrights shaped the world's greatest writer: Freebury-Jones, Darren share.google/z5SgMosCn5Wf...
Available for pre-order now!
Shakespeare's borrowed feathers: How early modern playwrights shaped the world's greatest writer: Freebury-Jones, Darren share.google/z5SgMosCn5Wf...
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An updated cover for the paperback version of my book SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS.
Available for pre-order now!
Shakespeare's borrowed feathers: How early modern playwrights shaped the world's greatest writer: Freebury-Jones, Darren share.google/z5SgMosCn5Wf...
Available for pre-order now!
Shakespeare's borrowed feathers: How early modern playwrights shaped the world's greatest writer: Freebury-Jones, Darren share.google/z5SgMosCn5Wf...
A lovely morning spent discussing Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' and 'Othello' with #ALevelEnglish groups.
To book sessions please email [email protected]
To book sessions please email [email protected]
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A lovely morning spent discussing Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' and 'Othello' with #ALevelEnglish groups.
To book sessions please email [email protected]
To book sessions please email [email protected]
ICYMI
In the second episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS Rachel Aanstad and I discuss what some food items might have meant for early moderners.
Lots of plays covered, including Richard III, Henry V, Hamlet, Othello, and of course...Titus Andronicus. 🥧
youtu.be/moZBBU2sdto?...
In the second episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS Rachel Aanstad and I discuss what some food items might have meant for early moderners.
Lots of plays covered, including Richard III, Henry V, Hamlet, Othello, and of course...Titus Andronicus. 🥧
youtu.be/moZBBU2sdto?...
What was on Shakespeare's menu?
YouTube video by Shakespeare & Friends
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November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
ICYMI
In the second episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS Rachel Aanstad and I discuss what some food items might have meant for early moderners.
Lots of plays covered, including Richard III, Henry V, Hamlet, Othello, and of course...Titus Andronicus. 🥧
youtu.be/moZBBU2sdto?...
In the second episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS Rachel Aanstad and I discuss what some food items might have meant for early moderners.
Lots of plays covered, including Richard III, Henry V, Hamlet, Othello, and of course...Titus Andronicus. 🥧
youtu.be/moZBBU2sdto?...
My next talks are on 'Henry IV Part One' and a bespoke session on 'Measure for Measure' and 'Othello'.
KS4-5 Shakespeare teachers interested in booking outreach sessions please email [email protected]
#Shakespeare #ALevelEnglish #ALevelDrama #GCSE #GCSEEnglish #ALevel
KS4-5 Shakespeare teachers interested in booking outreach sessions please email [email protected]
#Shakespeare #ALevelEnglish #ALevelDrama #GCSE #GCSEEnglish #ALevel
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My next talks are on 'Henry IV Part One' and a bespoke session on 'Measure for Measure' and 'Othello'.
KS4-5 Shakespeare teachers interested in booking outreach sessions please email [email protected]
#Shakespeare #ALevelEnglish #ALevelDrama #GCSE #GCSEEnglish #ALevel
KS4-5 Shakespeare teachers interested in booking outreach sessions please email [email protected]
#Shakespeare #ALevelEnglish #ALevelDrama #GCSE #GCSEEnglish #ALevel
Just published!
The second episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS in which Rachel Aanstad and I engage with the question:
'What was on Shakespeare's menu?'
Plenty of food for thought in this one. 🥧 🍪 🐔
youtu.be/moZBBU2sdto?...
The second episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS in which Rachel Aanstad and I engage with the question:
'What was on Shakespeare's menu?'
Plenty of food for thought in this one. 🥧 🍪 🐔
youtu.be/moZBBU2sdto?...
What was on Shakespeare's menu?
YouTube video by Shakespeare & Friends
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just published!
The second episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS in which Rachel Aanstad and I engage with the question:
'What was on Shakespeare's menu?'
Plenty of food for thought in this one. 🥧 🍪 🐔
youtu.be/moZBBU2sdto?...
The second episode of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS in which Rachel Aanstad and I engage with the question:
'What was on Shakespeare's menu?'
Plenty of food for thought in this one. 🥧 🍪 🐔
youtu.be/moZBBU2sdto?...
It is very much a Shakespeare podcast kinda day today.
Recording two episodes: one as a guest and the other for my own series co-hosted with Rachel Aanstad. More anon!
Recording two episodes: one as a guest and the other for my own series co-hosted with Rachel Aanstad. More anon!
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It is very much a Shakespeare podcast kinda day today.
Recording two episodes: one as a guest and the other for my own series co-hosted with Rachel Aanstad. More anon!
Recording two episodes: one as a guest and the other for my own series co-hosted with Rachel Aanstad. More anon!
Glad to make a start on the chapter titled 'Monsters and Others' in my latest book project SHAKESPEARE & PANTO!
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Glad to make a start on the chapter titled 'Monsters and Others' in my latest book project SHAKESPEARE & PANTO!
My thanks to the brilliant @drwillgreen.bsky.social for having me form part of his exciting special issue on Shakespeare and Middleton, and for his superb editorial work.
My article 'Authorship Attributions in Middleton’s Canon: Collaboration, Revision, and Shakespeare Ascriptions' is now available to read in SHAKESPEARE journal here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D4G7K...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D4G7K...
Authorship Attributions in Middleton’s Canon: Collaboration, Revision, and Shakespeare Ascriptions
Thomas Middleton collaborated with Shakespeare on Timon of Athens, and there have been arguments for his revising hand in Macbeth, Measure for Measure, and, more recently, All’s Well that Ends Well...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My thanks to the brilliant @drwillgreen.bsky.social for having me form part of his exciting special issue on Shakespeare and Middleton, and for his superb editorial work.
Reposted by Darren Freebury-Jones
This piece by @freeburian.bsky.social is the first article from the forthcoming special issue on Shakespeare and Middleton, which I am guest editing. So pleased to see it live 🙂
My article 'Authorship Attributions in Middleton’s Canon: Collaboration, Revision, and Shakespeare Ascriptions' is now available to read in SHAKESPEARE journal here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D4G7K...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D4G7K...
Authorship Attributions in Middleton’s Canon: Collaboration, Revision, and Shakespeare Ascriptions
Thomas Middleton collaborated with Shakespeare on Timon of Athens, and there have been arguments for his revising hand in Macbeth, Measure for Measure, and, more recently, All’s Well that Ends Well...
www.tandfonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This piece by @freeburian.bsky.social is the first article from the forthcoming special issue on Shakespeare and Middleton, which I am guest editing. So pleased to see it live 🙂
My article 'Authorship Attributions in Middleton’s Canon: Collaboration, Revision, and Shakespeare Ascriptions' is now available to read in SHAKESPEARE journal here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D4G7K...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D4G7K...
Authorship Attributions in Middleton’s Canon: Collaboration, Revision, and Shakespeare Ascriptions
Thomas Middleton collaborated with Shakespeare on Timon of Athens, and there have been arguments for his revising hand in Macbeth, Measure for Measure, and, more recently, All’s Well that Ends Well...
www.tandfonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My article 'Authorship Attributions in Middleton’s Canon: Collaboration, Revision, and Shakespeare Ascriptions' is now available to read in SHAKESPEARE journal here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D4G7K...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/D4G7K...
Recording the second episode of our new #YouTube series 'Shakespeare & Friends' this weekend, discussing a...tasty...topic. 🥧 🍰 🍺
The first episode, 'Did Shakespeare's audiences believe in ghosts?', is available here:
youtu.be/Br4N4RA0j_s?...
The first episode, 'Did Shakespeare's audiences believe in ghosts?', is available here:
youtu.be/Br4N4RA0j_s?...
Did Shakespeare's Audiences Believe in Ghosts?
YouTube video by Shakespeare & Friends
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Recording the second episode of our new #YouTube series 'Shakespeare & Friends' this weekend, discussing a...tasty...topic. 🥧 🍰 🍺
The first episode, 'Did Shakespeare's audiences believe in ghosts?', is available here:
youtu.be/Br4N4RA0j_s?...
The first episode, 'Did Shakespeare's audiences believe in ghosts?', is available here:
youtu.be/Br4N4RA0j_s?...
The latest issue of TEACHING SHAKESPEARE is a cracker.
Very pleased to be in such excellent company with an article on teaching ROMEO AND JULIET.
www.britishshakespeare.ws/education/te...
Very pleased to be in such excellent company with an article on teaching ROMEO AND JULIET.
www.britishshakespeare.ws/education/te...
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The latest issue of TEACHING SHAKESPEARE is a cracker.
Very pleased to be in such excellent company with an article on teaching ROMEO AND JULIET.
www.britishshakespeare.ws/education/te...
Very pleased to be in such excellent company with an article on teaching ROMEO AND JULIET.
www.britishshakespeare.ws/education/te...
Happy Halloween, folks!
In the first episode of our brand new #YouTube series 'Shakespeare and Friends', Rachel Aanstad and I ponder the question: 'Did Shakespeare's Audiences Believe in Ghosts?'
youtu.be/Br4N4RA0j_s?...
In the first episode of our brand new #YouTube series 'Shakespeare and Friends', Rachel Aanstad and I ponder the question: 'Did Shakespeare's Audiences Believe in Ghosts?'
youtu.be/Br4N4RA0j_s?...
Did Shakespeare's Audiences Believe in Ghosts?
YouTube video by Shakespeare & Friends
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Happy Halloween, folks!
In the first episode of our brand new #YouTube series 'Shakespeare and Friends', Rachel Aanstad and I ponder the question: 'Did Shakespeare's Audiences Believe in Ghosts?'
youtu.be/Br4N4RA0j_s?...
In the first episode of our brand new #YouTube series 'Shakespeare and Friends', Rachel Aanstad and I ponder the question: 'Did Shakespeare's Audiences Believe in Ghosts?'
youtu.be/Br4N4RA0j_s?...
A fabulous evening speaking to the Shipston Literary Society on the topic of 'Shakespeare and the Supernatural'. What a lovely audience!
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A fabulous evening speaking to the Shipston Literary Society on the topic of 'Shakespeare and the Supernatural'. What a lovely audience!
The paperback of SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS is now on Google Books. I love what Manchester UP have done with the cover!
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www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers
A fascinating exploration of the early modern authors who helped to shape Shakespeare's beloved plays. Shakespeare's plays have influenced generations of writers, but who were the early modern playwr...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The paperback of SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS is now on Google Books. I love what Manchester UP have done with the cover!
www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
With self-professed lofty (maniacal?) ambitions of being to Shakespeare and Halloween what Cliff Richard is to Christmas, I am really looking forward to giving a talk on 'Supernatural Shakespeare' tomorrow evening.
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
With self-professed lofty (maniacal?) ambitions of being to Shakespeare and Halloween what Cliff Richard is to Christmas, I am really looking forward to giving a talk on 'Supernatural Shakespeare' tomorrow evening.
Just published!
I had great fun discussing the historical and theatrical context behind the 1998 movie SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE for IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE podcast.
Shakespeare in Love (1998) wit…–If It Ain't Baroque... – Apple Podcasts share.google/29NlmwNmTs7N...
I had great fun discussing the historical and theatrical context behind the 1998 movie SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE for IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE podcast.
Shakespeare in Love (1998) wit…–If It Ain't Baroque... – Apple Podcasts share.google/29NlmwNmTs7N...
Shakespeare in Love (1998) with Darren Freebury-Jones
Podcast Episode · If It Ain't Baroque... · 27/10/2025 · 41m
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October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Just published!
I had great fun discussing the historical and theatrical context behind the 1998 movie SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE for IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE podcast.
Shakespeare in Love (1998) wit…–If It Ain't Baroque... – Apple Podcasts share.google/29NlmwNmTs7N...
I had great fun discussing the historical and theatrical context behind the 1998 movie SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE for IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE podcast.
Shakespeare in Love (1998) wit…–If It Ain't Baroque... – Apple Podcasts share.google/29NlmwNmTs7N...
An enjoyable rant, this.
"Why William Shakespeare was wrong about wildlife in the UK | Eastern Daily Press" share.google/lOkPK3SYS0ab...
"Why William Shakespeare was wrong about wildlife in the UK | Eastern Daily Press" share.google/lOkPK3SYS0ab...
Shakespeare wouldn't pass a GCSE in natural history
The Bard got it wrong about hedgehogs, adders and newts, says our columnist
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October 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An enjoyable rant, this.
"Why William Shakespeare was wrong about wildlife in the UK | Eastern Daily Press" share.google/lOkPK3SYS0ab...
"Why William Shakespeare was wrong about wildlife in the UK | Eastern Daily Press" share.google/lOkPK3SYS0ab...
