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The Shakespearean Breeches Performance Catalogue | Curating records of Shakespearean breeches performance from 1660-1900 | Project Director: @aelagrand.bsky.social | www.pointslikeaman.com

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Nov 15

Welcome to the Bluesky profile for Points Like A Man: The Shakespearean Breeches Performance Catalogue. This catalogue is a digital project aiming to curate records of individual Shakespearean breeches performances by actresses from 1660 to 1900. ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 21h

Among these performances was our first record for a performance in Love's Labor's Lost! ✨ On January 6, 1862, Mrs. Charles Henri played Moth (also known as Mote) in Love's Labor's Lost at the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 21h

Today, 34 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1854-1864 to bring the record total to 8,084! ✨🎩

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

We are thrilled to be the cover story in the Texas A&M English Department’s student-designed and student-written newsletter:

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 2d

From this trip, she has been able to gather 237 records for performances in Philadelphia, and another 31 records for performances in Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC! ✨

She is now in the process of cleaning up these records and getting them ready to add to our database site! 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 2d

This summer, @aelagrand.bsky.social visited the Library Company of Philadelphia and UPenn's Kislak Center to consult playbills and collect records of women's breeches performances in Philadelphia! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · 2d

Check it out! Our project director, @aelagrand.bsky.social won the @honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social Book Collecting Prize for her collection of materials related to Shakespearean breeches actresses! ✨🎩 Points Like A Man even gets a shout-out!

Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 12d

Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
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Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize

Alexandra E. LaGrand has won the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for her archive documenting Shakespearean breeches actresses over the long 19th century.The annual prize, which rewards American...

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jul 5

After a bit of a break, we are back to bring you some more records! ✨ Today, 17 records were added for performances of Romeo and Juliet in Dublin, Leeds, Liverpool, London, and Torquay from 1809-1830 to bring the record total to 8,050. 🎩

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Alexandra E. LaGrand @aelagrand.bsky.social · Jun 15

Celebrating reaching 8,000 performance records on my database today 🎉 Since @pointslikeaman.bsky.social launched in 2023, it has grown exponentially, reaching 8,033 performances by 1,090 actresses at 133 theatres, representing 90 roles across 25 Shakespearean plays in cities throughout the world.

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 15

Both of these bills are from The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, from the “Macbeth ephemera, 1840-1857” portfolio. See its catalog record below! ⤵️

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 15

These bills feature Rignold as Macbeth at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, in 1842, and Bateman as Macbeth at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, in 1852 when she was just ten years old! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 15

Not every day that you see actresses playing Macbeth! ✨ We’re preparing our next batch of records and came across these two playbills featuring Patricia Rignold and Kate Bateman as the titular Macbeth. 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 9

24 records were just added for performances of Twelfth Night in Edinburgh, Liverpool, and London from 1811-1877 to bring the record total to 7,955! ✨🎩

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 9

One of our Associate Digital Editors Dr. Kris May has won the David Greetham Prize (alongside former @tamu.bsky.social professors Heidi Craig and @lauraestill.bsky.social) for an article about trans-inclusive bibliography. Congratulations! newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 8

These mark our first performances in Chicago and Providence, as well as our first of actresses in the role of Curio in Twelfth Night. With these, we have reached 130 theatres represented in our database throughout the world and 84 roles from the Shakespearean canon! ✨🎩

Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 8

We are inching ever so close to 8,000 records! ✨ Today, 50 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Cymbeline, and Twelfth Night in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, London, New York, and Providence from 1820-1901 to bring the record total to 7,931. 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 8

This playbill is from The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and has the call number “MWEZ + n.c. 7591.” Check out its catalog record at the link below! ⤵️

legacycatalog.nypl.org/record=b2119...

New York Public Library / All Locations

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 8

Moment of appreciation to the Polish-American actress Helena Modjeska, who was so renowned that she was billed simply as “Modjeska.” ✨

See, for example, this 1887 playbill for Twelfth Night from the Hollis St. Theatre in Boston, which listed her last name first and in bold type! 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 7

For instance, on April 22, 1884, Helena Modjeska played the role of Viola alongside Lulu Stevens as Valentine in Twelfth Night at the Cincinnati Music Hall! ✨🎩

See these performance records and more on our site at the link below! ⤵️
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Points Like A Man – The Shakespearean Breeches Performance Catalogue, 1660-1900

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 7

Among these performances were our first in Cincinnati and Ipswich, our first by renowned actresses Helena Modjeska and Julia Marlowe, and our first performances of the roles of Sebastian and Valentine in Twelfth Night! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 7

Today, 27 records were added for performances of As You Like It and Twelfth Night in Birmingham, Boston, Cincinnati, Ipswich, London, and New York from 1869-1900 to bring the record total to 7,881. ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 1

See this one and more at the link below! ⤵️
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Points Like A Man – The Shakespearean Breeches Performance Catalogue, 1660-1900

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 1

Among these performances are some interesting ones, including Clara Fisher's performance as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at the Theatre Royal, Margate, on August 26, 1822, when she had just turned eleven years old! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 1

These performances took place in Birmingham, Dublin, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, London, and Manchester, and include our first in Margate, Prescot, Swansea, and Worcester! ✨🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · Jun 1

We're back with a large batch of performance records! ✨ Today, we added 176 records for performances of The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the Shrew from 1751-1843 to bring our record total to 7,854. 🎩

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Points Like A Man @pointslikeaman.bsky.social · May 22

These records include our first performances in Boston, Norwich, Stafford, Walsall, and Windsor, and our first performance of an actress in the role of Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice! ✨ Actress Caroline Villiers played Lorenzo at the theatre in Walsall on September 19, 1845. 🎩

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