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Publishing scholarly editions of Shakespeare’s plays since 1899. Home of the Third Series, Complete Works and cutting-edge Shakespeare & Early Modern research. 🎭 www.bloomsbury.com/theardenshakespeare

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 14

"A fourth? Start, eyes!"

The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.

Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social · 1d

Discover a new way to engage with academic thought. 🎧📚

Available on Spotify, Audible or wherever you listen to audiobooks!

#Nonfiction #Booksky

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Prof. Marvin Hunt, one of our NVS ‘Hamlet’ editors, on the publication of Volume 2 of ‘Hamlet: The Critical Tradition’! @ardenpublisher.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/hamlet-97...

Hamlet

A companion to volume 1, Hamlet: Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition, Volume 2 presents key critical accounts of Hamlet from 1885-1964. The volume offers, in s…

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · 4d

Our Director Dr. Robert Stagg has written a foreword to ‘Richard Barnfield’s Poetics: Early Modern English Poetry Beyond Shakespeare’, ed. Camilla Caporicci, Fabio Ciambella and Cristiano Ragni. @ardenpublisher.bsky.social

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 12d

Richard Burbage: the Elizabethan De Niro to Shakespeare’s Scorsese

Read @siobhankeenan.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com

https://theconversation.com/richard-burbage-the-elizabethan-de-niro-to-shakespeares-scorsese-263962

Richard Burbage: the Elizabethan De Niro to Shakespeare's Scorsese

Inhabiting some of Shakespeare's most famous characters, this Elizabethan actor deserves some proper recognition for inspiring the Bard.

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 13d

Applications for The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with @writersandartists.bsky.social are now open.

If you're an early career researcher, based in the UK, looking to get published, apply before 1st October 👉 https://bit.ly/4nd2sBp

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 15d

New research out now:

'Queering Early Modern Death in England' edited by Lauren Shohet & Christine Varnado interrogates the profoundly queer, strange, excessive, camp and uncanny dimensions of death in early modern English literary, theatrical, and material archives.

https://bit.ly/3K5rbcE

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 16d

Now in paperback:

Sheila T. Cavanagh's 'Multisensory Shakespeare and Specialized Communities' looks at drama practitioners working with people who are incarcerated, neurodiverse, veterans, have physical or emotional disabilities, those experiencing homelessness & more.

https://bit.ly/42qjNP8

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 19d

New reference resource out now:

'Early Modern Performance Beyond the Public Stage' edited by Amrita Sen & Jennifer Linhart Wood explores and analyses the popular 'extra-theatrical' performances which occurred in late medieval & Renaissance England.

https://bit.ly/4ngNA56

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 19d

Have you made the most of our Back to Uni sale? All the books you need to start the new academic year at 30% off until 5th October🎓

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

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 20d

Out today:

'Shakespeare’s Fascist Followers' by Richard Wilson demonstrates how in the 20th century Shakespeare's plays and poems were persistently misread as documents which voiced the fascist sympathies of their author.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4nyJc1l

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siobhankeenan.bsky.social @siobhankeenan.bsky.social · 22d

If you're interested in learning more about Richard Burbage's impact on Shakespeare, you might enjoy the piece I've just written for The Conversation @uk.theconversation.com - theconversation.com/richard-burb...

Richard Burbage: the Elizabethan De Niro to Shakespeare’s Scorsese

Inhabiting some of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, this Elizabethan actor deserves some proper recognition for inspiring the Bard.

theconversation.com

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 22d

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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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 23d

Becoming Shakespeare’s Richard III

Read an extract from @siobhankeenan.bsky.social's 'Richard Burbage and the Shakespearean Stage' on Shakespeare & Beyond blog @folger.edu

https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/becoming-shakespeares-richard-iii/

Becoming Shakespeare's Richard III | 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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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 26d

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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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 28d

Kick off the new academic year with a browse through our most recent and forthcoming books 📚

July-September 2025 catalogue: https://t.co/1rwwi1caNt

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Daniel Kilby @eurotrashed.bsky.social · Aug 22

#nowreading ‘YOU’ AND ‘THOU’ IN SHAKESPEARE; A Practical Guide for Actors, Directors, Students and Teachers, by Penelope Freedman #nonfiction #femalewriter #shakespeare #ardenperformancecompanions @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 21

*Out now*

Siobhan Keenan's 'Richard Burbage and the Shakespearean Stage' is the first in-depth study of the ‘star’ actor and theatrical impresario's career & his contribution to the development of professional theatre in Shakespearean London.

bit.ly/3H0viFr

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David McInnis @dnmcinnis.bsky.social · Aug 19

Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies… in the ‘post’colonies!

So grateful to Amrita Dhar & Amrita Sen for the chance to write about Australian Indigenous Shakespeare with my wonderful new colleague Margaret Harvey 🙂

Photo of newly published scholarly collection “Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies”, pictured against a backdrop of heavily flowering Leafless Rock Wattle (Acacia aphylla)

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Zachary Lesser @zacharylesser.bsky.social · Aug 14

Very excited to share this....

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 14

"A fourth? Start, eyes!"

The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.

Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇

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claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social · Aug 14

soon-to-be material texts!

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 14

Find out more: www.bloomsbury.com/discover/blo...

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Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies @acmrs.bsky.social · Aug 15

Arden Shakespeare fourth series is coming! Read Titus 🥩 🥧 co-edited by Ayanna Thompson in May '26.

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 14

"A fourth? Start, eyes!"

The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.

Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇

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Jim Marino @jamesjmarino.bsky.social · Aug 14

Here it comes!

#Arden4

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 14

"A fourth? Start, eyes!"

The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.

Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇

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David McInnis @dnmcinnis.bsky.social · Aug 14

It’s getting real…!

The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 14

"A fourth? Start, eyes!"

The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.

Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 14

Find out more: www.bloomsbury.com/discover/blo...

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · Aug 14

"A fourth? Start, eyes!"

The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.

Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇

2 8 29