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FRHistS. Author. Public speaker. Shakespeare scholar. General Ed: Collected Plays of Robert Greene. Associate Ed: Collected Works of Thomas Kyd ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

 Cardiff, Wales
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Joined April 2009
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โ€˜Entirely convincing.โ€™ โ€“ Times Literary Supplement โ€˜Engrossing and valuable.โ€™ โ€“ StageTalk โ€˜Highly recommended.โ€™ โ€“ CHOICE SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS: HOW EARLY MODERN PLAYWRIGHTS SHAPED THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITER amazon.co.uk/Shakespeares-boโ€ฆ

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World's Greatest Writer

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World's Greatest Writer

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Very much looking forward to recording the first full-length podcast episode drawing from my current book project SHAKESPEARE AND PANTO! with the incomparable @jojo_durrant later in the week.
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What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders? youtu.be/Cv9i5q66EpQ?si=g3M-โ€ฆ Our Halloween-themed special episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS is now available. ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ—ก Listen and subscribe here.
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What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders? youtu.be/Cv9i5q66EpQ?si=-y0Eโ€ฆ via @YouTube

What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?

Darren and Rachel ask What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?Book...

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ICYMI. Our Halloween-themed special episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS is now available. ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ—ก "What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?" Covering a history of true crime; tragic genres; staging murder; and dodgy computational stylistics... youtu.be/Cv9i5q66EpQ?si=fMMAโ€ฆ

What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?

Darren and Rachel ask What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?Book...

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A nice overview of my recent work on Christopher Marlowe's dramatic canon, his relationship with Shakespeare, and major caveats concerning headline-grabbing attributions based on stylometric methods in the latest issue of Journal of Marlowe Studies. journals.shu.ac.uk/index.phpโ€ฆ
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Just published! Our one-year anniversary, Halloween-themed special episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS. ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ—ก "What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?" Covering a history of true crime; tragic genres; staging murder; and dodgy computational stylistics... youtu.be/Cv9i5q66EpQ?si=VAM2โ€ฆ

What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?

Darren and Rachel ask What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?Book...

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Just published! Our one-year anniversary, Halloween-themed special episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS. ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ—ก "What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?" Covering a history of true crime; tragic genres; staging murder; and dodgy computational stylistics... youtu.be/Cv9i5q66EpQ?si=VAM2โ€ฆ

What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?

Darren and Rachel ask What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?Book...

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โ€˜Entirely convincing.โ€™ โ€“ Times Literary Supplement โ€˜Engrossing and valuable.โ€™ โ€“ StageTalk โ€˜Highly recommended.โ€™ โ€“ CHOICE SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS: HOW EARLY MODERN PLAYWRIGHTS SHAPED THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITER amazon.co.uk/Shakespeares-boโ€ฆ

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World's Greatest Writer

Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers: How Early Modern Playwrights Shaped the World's Greatest Writer

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Blending #TrueCrime and early modern playing traditions, Rachel Aanstad and I are recording the latest episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS #YouTube and #podcast series this weekend: "What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?" Watch this space! ๐ŸŽƒ youtube.com/@shakespeareandfโ€ฆ

Shakespeare & Friends

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Blending #TrueCrime and early modern playing traditions, Rachel Aanstad and I are recording the latest episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS #YouTube and #podcast series this weekend: "What are Shakespeare's Foulest Murders?" Watch this space! ๐ŸŽƒ youtube.com/@shakespeareandfโ€ฆ

Shakespeare & Friends

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A fab day giving talks on 'Othello' and 'Supernatural Shakespeare' for a school in Tiverton today.
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Helen Ireland ๐Ÿ’™@TroyvisitorOct 13
Good to meet up with friends at Leamington Literary Society this evening, for an excellent talk by @freeburian on Shakespeare and the Supernatural.
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Helen Ireland ๐Ÿ’™@TroyvisitorOct 13
This was an excellent and very entertaining talk.
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A lovely evening giving a talk on Shakespeare and the Supernatural for Leamington Literary Society in association with Warwick Words Festival. ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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A lovely evening giving a talk on Shakespeare and the Supernatural for Leamington Literary Society in association with Warwick Words Festival. ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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A lovely evening giving a talk on Shakespeare and the Supernatural for Leamington Literary Society in association with Warwick Words Festival. ๐Ÿ‘ป ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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With 'What role do the gods play in Shakespeare?' proving to be a popular episode, I am very excited for our next one, which will be Halloween-themed and a one-year anniversary special for SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS! Here's a visual clue to the topic... ๐Ÿ—ก youtu.be/OxB4Ung9Iug?si=oXi9โ€ฆ
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Looking forward to giving seasonal lectures on Shakespeare and the Supernatural as well as Othello in Leamington and Devon next week. If you are interested in booking talks for schools, colleges, universities, societies, festivals etc please email [email protected]
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