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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 2d

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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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 2d

This was so fun to record! Tyler returns for another Simpsons-themed Halloween chat, this time about Itchy and Scratchy, the world’s cuddliest slasher franchise.
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Itchy and Scratchy - The Horror Legacy of the Simpsons

With Tyler Shores, creator of the Simpsons and Philosophy course at UC Berkeley

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 4d

Ooh I’ll look out for it how exciting!

Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 4d

Last week when I was there for the Scottish Storytelling Centre performances I saw one of our posters up next to a display of your books!! I nearly took a photo but there were too many people hurrying in from the rain.

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!! I hope you are well I miss you x

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 4d

Tour dates here:

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 4d

Nice little interview about my Van Gogh play in the Linlithgow Gazette and another here (falkirkherald.co.uk/art…) from the Falkirk Herald.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 5d

Saturday 25th October we're performing the 1616 text for Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and his many (occasionally posthumous) friends. Following that is our season panel discussing the Wyrd in the early modern, the plays we're covered and more - but who are these wonderful panellists?

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 5d

@rebekahking.bsky.social joins us, having previously chatted about the idea of Early Modern Horror on the pod, bringing her knowledge on how magicians were depicted on the early modern stage and much, much more. audioboom.com/posts/874911...

Discussing: Early Modern Horror? with Dr Rebekah King

How early can we talk about Horror? Is early modern too early?

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 6d

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Child Neglect, Secret Rituals, and a Sacrifice for the Insect God

Horror Moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 8d

They are excellent whatever they are!

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks for the share!!

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Mister Slang @misterslang.bsky.social · 9d

Scribes: Don't miss
The Demon that Causes Typos - Titivillus, patron demon of scribes
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A laughing, black-skinned, claw-footed demon, wearing fawn shorts, leaping a valley and on his back carrying a pile of books roped together and, given his job as demon of typos, presumably badly printed. There are the shafts/feathers three arrows in the right foreground

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 9d

Something... Wyrd is coming.
😈Devils!
🐶Demonic familiars!
🧙‍♀️Witches!
😼Cunning Folk!
🥧Unspeakable Pastry!
Five nights of drama, recording for the Beyond podcast, sharing these works not only with the audience in the room, but also the whole world.
Support our work by sharing our work -
If You Dare!

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 12d

😈Have you booked yet for the Beyond Wyrd Revels? A week of devils, witches, cunning folk and horror in the run up to Halloween! #BookNow or Mephistopheles will be very cross... www.ticketsource.co.uk/beyondshakes...

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 13d

The Goreyist Adaptation of Dracula
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The Goreyist Adaptation of Dracula

Horror moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 16d

If you're in London tomorrow catch this hour-long triple bill of strange and scary operas written by young librettist/composer teams. My libretto the middle one which is based on real witch trial records. And there's also a modern Medea and singing bananas... www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/peeled...

Peeled Back: A Triple Bill | Tête à Tête

Three wildly different new operas by emerging opera makers, featuring revenge, witches, and bananas in a surreal, satirical showcase.

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 16d

If you're in London tomorrow catch this hour-long triple bill of strange and scary operas written by young librettist/composer teams. My libretto the middle one which is based on real witch trial records. And there's also a modern Medea and singing bananas... www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/peeled...

Peeled Back: A Triple Bill | Tête à Tête

Three wildly different new operas by emerging opera makers, featuring revenge, witches, and bananas in a surreal, satirical showcase.

www.tete-a-tete.org.uk

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 16d

Powers of the Air by J.D. Beresford
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Powers of the Air by J.D. Beresford

Tea and a Tale: Stories from 'The Bat Book'

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 20d

I'll be at EDGE-LIT tomorrow in Derby. I'll be on a panel called CAME BACK HAUNTED: HOW TO FRIGHTEN AUDIENCES and in the evening I'll be launching AT THE CHANGE OF THE MOON and being interviewed about it. Link to buy ticket in comments below.

See you there if you're going!

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 20d

Is this the Scariest Picture Book?
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Is this the Scariest Picture Book?

Horror Moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 20d

Is this the Scariest Picture Book?
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Is this the Scariest Picture Book?

Horror Moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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Cat Irving @anatomicalcat.bsky.social · 22d

Who wants to hear me talk about the Dance of Death? That’s what I’m going to be doing on Thursday - it’s online, and you can get tickets here:

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Four skeletal figures in a landscape with some architectural arches framing it. Each one holds a different instrument

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 23d

The Devil and the Printing Press
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The Devil and the Printing Press

If you ever visit the British Library, head downstairs as if you’re going to the cloakroom then loop around towards the loos.

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Rebekah King @rebekahking.bsky.social · 27d

Beware Demonic Pets – The Disrespectful Summons
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Beware Demonic Pets – The Disrespectful Summons

Horror Moments, Edward Gorey Edition

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