Another Open Access issue, 43.2 features brilliant reviews from @pascaleexeter.bsky.social, Lucy J S Clarke, Adib Faiz, Laurie Maguire, @cheflory.bsky.social, @rachel-l-spence.bsky.social, @frarke.bsky.social Zola P Feasel and @joestephenson.bsky.social, @terribourus.bsky.social, Bernard Krumm, 1/2

NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.2 is now published via Project Muse! In this open-access issue, scholars and practitioners engage in conversations across time, media, and geographic distance. 📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55948

Laurie Maguire reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2025 production of Twelfth Night, dir. Prasanna Puwanarajah. 🎭: www.rsc.org.uk/twelfth-nigh... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/971403 📷: Helen Murray

Emma Katherine Atwood and Olivia Soileau review Resurgens Theatre Company’s 2024 production of Tamburlaine the Great, Part One and Part Two, dir. Brent Griffin. 🎭: resurgenstheatre.org/past-product... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/971402 📷: John Michael Hoke

Hanh Bui reviews the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2024 production of Pericles, dir. Tamara Harvey. 🎭: www.rsc.org.uk/pericles/pas... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/971401 📷: Johan Persson

Katie O’Hare reviews The Guthrie Theater’s 2024 productions of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V, dir. Joseph Haj. 🎭: www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-ti... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/971400 📷: Dan Norman

We are happy to share that the call for papers for the SAMEMES conference on "Tolerance and Dissent" (Fribourg, 24-26 June 2026), is now open (deadline 15 January 2026). Further information about the conference is available here: samemes2026.com! We look forward to hearing from you!

Scott Shepherd reviews Oh! Ophelia, Ophelia, presented by Choi Sung-ok’s Meta-dance Project as part of the 2024 K Stage Festa at Myeongdong Theater. 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/971399 📷: Sang Hoon Ok

Justin B. Hopkins reviews New York Circus Project’s 2024 production of Hamlet, created by Sam Landa and Emma Owens. 🎭: www.newyorkcircusproject.org/hamlet 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/971397 📷: Steve Sarafian

CFP: Tolerance and Dissent Deadline for abstracts 15 January 2026 Conference: 24-26 June 2026, University of Fribourg Travel grants available for graduate students #EarlyModern #SkyStorians all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/tolera...

ANNOUNCING #BSA2026 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE! AI and Shakespeare: CfP The BSA will meet virtually in 2026, 26–27 Feb, 1–5pm GMT to reflect and take stock on the explosive impact of AI on Shakespeare research, performance and education communities, considering opportunities and threats, briefs and griefs

David Cottis reviews Half Trick’s 2024 production of Antonio’s Revenge, dir. Courtney Bassett. 🎭: halftrick.com#antonio 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 📷: Eliza Roberts

Terri Bourus reviews Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s 2024 production of Henry V, dir. Edward Hall. 🎭: www.chicagoshakes.com/productions/... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 📷: Liz Lauren

Suzy Lawrence reviews the 2024 production of Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican Theatre, dir. Bartlett Sher. 🎭: kissmekatemusical.com 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/971398 📷: Johann Persson

Joseph F. Stephenson reviews Shakespeare’s Globe’s 2024 production of The Taming of the Shrew, dir. Jude Christian. 🎭: www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/the... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 📷: Helen Murray

Very pleased to learn at the end of last week that my article for Shakespeare Survey 78, "The BBC's Television Adaptations of Henry VI and Britain's National Identity Crises," has now been published online. If you'd like to read it, here's the link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Drew Struzan's movie posters were incomparable works of art that uniquely captured the beauty of cinema. Sharing a handful of my many favourites in remembrance following the sad news of his death. RIP Drew Struzan.

If you, or anyone you know, would be willing to provide a 1,000-1,500 word review for Shakespeare Bulletin of Born With Teeth at Wyndham's Theatre, and you're available to attend the matinee performance on Wed 16 October (tomorrow), then please reply/DM here! 🙂

Diane Keaton (1946–2025)

It's a new issue of Shakespeare Bulletin, and it's free to read! #S20 #OpenAccess via @projectmuse.bsky.social #shakespeare #theater #academicsky

A fantastic Performance Reviews section in 43.1, with pieces from @terribourus.bsky.social, @davidcottis.bsky.social, @joestephenson.bsky.social, Justin B. Hopkins, Suzy Lawrence, Scott Shepherd, Katie O'Hare, @hanhbuiwrites.bsky.social, @emmakatwood.bsky.social, Olivia Soileau, and Laurie Maguire.

**DEADLINE EXTENSION!** Seminar enrolment for the 2026 World Shakespeare Congress has now been extended to 15 December. The full list of seminars can be found here: www.wsc2026.org/seminars/ #WSC2026 #Shakespeare

Hey Bluesky!👋 We're the Revels Office, an academic network for PGRs and ECRS researching all things early modern📚 Our community is a friendly space to share ideas and resources, ask questions, support each other, and meet fellow early modernists. Check out our website for more! revelsoffice.com

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor and director, dies aged 89

Take a look at the latest post on my Substack, Man with a Movie Compulsion, to see what I made of all the films I watched for the first time in August. I think it's fair to say at this point that I am not a Zach Cregger fan. manwithamoviecompulsion.substack.com/p/compulsive... #cinema

One week left to join the seminars @gemmaallred.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are organising for SAA and WSC next year ⏳ Seminar registration for both conferences closes on Monday 15 September! @saaupdates.bsky.social #Shax2026 #WSC2026

In 2026, Gemma Allred @gemmaallred.bsky.social Edel Semple @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are co-organising two seminars: one at SAA @saaupdates.bsky.social in Denver, CO, convened both in-person and virtually; and another at the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona, Italy. #Shax2026 #WSC2026

I've returned to blogging once again to catalogue my thoughts on the films I'm watching. Head over to Man with a Movie Compulsion, my shiny new Substack, if you'd like to see what I made of July's decidedly mixed bag. Link in bio, and also here: manwithamoviecompulsion.substack.com/p/compulsive...

The 2026 World #Shakespeare Congress takes place in Verona, & @gemmaallred.bsky.social @benbroadribb.bsky.social & I are organising a seminar on Shakespeare's Tragedies and their 21st-Century Reverberations - come join us! #WSC2026 Register at www.wsc2026.org

The World Shakespeare Congress is heading to Verona in July 2026, and @gemmaallred.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are organising a seminar on Shakespeare's Tragedies and their Twenty-First-Century Reverberations - and we'd love to have you join us! #WSC2026

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Plenty of Shakespearean performance and adaptation at @camdenfringe.bsky.social this year - if you'd be interested in writing an academic review of any shows for @shaxbull.bsky.social, feel free to contact me here or email me at [email protected] 😊 camdenfringe.com #Shakespeare #Theatre

📣Call for Papers 📣 I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊 Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet turns 30 next year. To mark this milestone, Gemma Kate Allred @gemmaallred.bsky.social Edel Semple @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are running a seminar both in-person and online at SAA in Denver CO next year to explore the film's incomparable legacy and afterlife.

Romeo+Juliet turns thirty in 2026 - come celebrate the influence, legacy, and reception of this iconic film by joining our #shax2026 seminar @saaupdates.bsky.social conference! @benbroadribb.bsky.social @gemmaallred.bsky.social #romeoandjuliet1996 #shakespeare #romeo+juliet

Kelsey Ridge isn't on 🦋, but was kind enough to thank me on ✖️ for reading draft material of her new monograph, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Shakespeare, published by Routledge. Congratulations Kelsey - I can't wait to read the rest now that it's out! www.routledge.com/Post-Traumat...

Goodbye, dear Allan Ahlberg, and thank you for everything.

Allan Ahlberg, beloved children's author, dies aged 87

Early modern/Renaissance/Shakespeare peeps, do any of you have subscription access to Renaissance & Reformation journal? Would be keen to read the following 2 PDFs: jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/re... jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/re...

Very happy to say I will be spending a lot more time with these books over the next year or so, as this week I've signed a contract with @manchesterup.bsky.social to edit the first ever academic collection of essays on the landmark BBC anthology series Inside No. 9 🥳 #InsideNo9

Riding a midweek high after experiencing the brilliant Club Life by @freddeakin.bsky.social at @sohotheatre.bsky.social last night. Such an earnestly joyous, uplifting and heartfelt blend of immersive theatre, autobiography and DJ sets celebrating the club scene of the '80s and '90s. #ClubLife

Very sad news. Madsen's performance as Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs in particular is permanently etched in my mind as a perfect encapsulation of effortlessly cool magnetism paradoxically blended with genuinely terrifying monstrousness. A terrific actor.

*Out now in paperback* 'Shakespearean Biofiction on the Contemporary Stage and Screen' edited by @edelsemple.bsky.social &‬ Ronan Hatfull is the first edited collection to explore Shakespeare's life as depicted on the modern stage and screen. bit.ly/3ZcDet2

So glad to have decided on a whim to watch Robot Dreams tonight. I'd heard good things but knew very little about it. A beautiful film in so many ways. 100 minutes of charming, simple animation that managed to convey joy and sadness equally profoundly. Highly recommended.

Strong camp counselor energy from me and @benbroadribb.bsky.social on this hot day!! Thanks @gemmaallred.bsky.social for capturing the workshop 😃

A typically stimulating first day of #BritGrad2025, including papers on Turkish Macbeths, Ophelia echoes on the contemporary stage and page, teaching Romeo and Juliet via chatbots, Henrician fooling, and interrogating just what theatre critics want Hamlet to be (or not to be). Roll on Day 2!

If you are at #BritGrad2025 and have any questions about @benbroadribb.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social and my seminars at @saaupdates.bsky.social in Denver or the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona next year do track me down!