"New Work Using the London Stage Database" is happening at #asecs26 bright and early Saturday morning! Conference attendees, we'll have a password-protected super-special super-secret data drop for you to preview...so grab a coffee and join us at 8am! #digitalhumanities #dh #18thcentury #c18

We come to you this #theaterthursday with devastating news: performance of Cleomenes (the new play we've all been waiting for) has been royally PROHIBITED! Read more about the 👑's censorship of Cleomenes here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

This just in: Never before seen works of Shakespeare have been rediscovered!!! What’s that? You don’t think it sounds like real Shakespeare? Surely you must be imagining things. Grab your tickets and read about this #theaterthursday event on our blog! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

For this #theaterthursday, we're taking it easy (in line with Restoration Era tradition, of course) Read about it here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

Today we're spotlighting a celebrity of the London Stage-- one SO famous that even her nights out were the subject of public interest. Check out this week's #theaterthursday to read about the Restoration icon, Nell Gwyn: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

DOGE's use of ChatGPT to terminate 97% of NEH grants (including ours) continues to make headlines this week. Project director Mattie Burkert sat down with investigative reporter Evan Watson from KGW-8 (NBC news Portland) for an interview. Read more and watch the video on our blog:

Take your seats, silence your phones, and, whatever you do, PLEASE refrain from climbing onstage! Check out this week's #theatertthursday on the stage loungers, audience riots, and meddling managers of the London Stage: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

DOGE used ChatGPT to assess whether our NEH grant was "DEI" before terminating it and thousands of others. Project lead @mattieburkert.bsky.social has filed a declaration in the lawsuit led by @historians.org @modernlanguage.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social @authorsguild.org. Read more on our blog:

Today's #theaterthursday may be more serious than usual, but it’s FULL of intriguing London Stage history! Curious about male perception of women in 18th century playhouses? Craving details on London’s coffeehouse culture? Check out our March 5th spotlight here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Nothing makes us happier than hearing how the London Stage Database helps our users research! Check out our blog to read about how researcher Lesley Dunlop used the LSDB in her local history article and for a guide on how YOU might go about searching the database! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Happy #theaterthursday! This week we celebrate the return of the King’s Company after a fire left them tragically theater-less. Read about the 🔥 on Drury Lane and the company’s return to the stage here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

Hey fans of the London Stage! It’s our 3rd #theaterthursday ! 🎉 Feb. 19, 1785: Drury Lane’s Macbeth sees a clash of genres! The witches may have been breaking character SNL-style, but icon Sarah Siddons remained SUBLIME as Lady Macbeth. Read about it on our blog! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

#theaterthursday 🎭 On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale! More RE: Pepys's night out here blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

It's #theaterthursday, our new weekly blog series spotlighting London Stage events from this day in history! Feb. 5, 1704: a story of rival sopranos and ORANGES thrown from the audience! Read about the 🍊 ordeal here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's- new Research Assistants for the London Stage Database!? You heard that right folks! 🎉 Read all about our new RAs, Ceilidh and Rose, in our latest blog post! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #humanities #theaterhistory

Attention all fans of The London Stage Database! 📣 Thanks to a new, internal grant, the LSDB is officially able to resume active development! Read our blog post about the news here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #humanities #theaterhistory

The website is back up and running, now with the improved "Related Works" feature and the new "Print Witnesses" extension of that feature. Big shout out to Dennis Pipes for a last-minute assist! For more on what's new, check out our blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Friendly reminder that the LSDB website will be down for scheduled maintenance starting at 3:30 Pacific / 6:30 Eastern time.

The LSDB website will be down for about an hour later this week while we roll out a new feature (!!!). The outage is scheduled for Thursday 9/26 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time. Check out our blog for a preview, and watch this space for more updates. blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

The LSDB will experience a brief outage around 4pm pacific time today (Tuesday) while we update the database to reflect some recent record housekeeping. It should only last 10-15 minutes. Thanks for your understanding!

TIL that our database includes performances of a play called "A Rehearsal of Kings; or, The Projecting Gingerbread Baker: With the unheard of Catastrophe of Macplunderkan, King of Roguomania and the Ignoble Fall of Baron Troperland, King of Clouts" #academicsky #digitalhumanities #theaterhistory

LSDB dataset downloads are now protected with Recapcha. You don't have to pick out the motorcycles, just click a button that says "I'm human." Read about why on the blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

The London Stage Database website may experience periodic outages tomorrow, August 6, during business hours (U.S. Pacific Daylight Time), due to planned server maintenance. Everything should be back to normal by Thursday, August 7. Thanks for understanding!

New on the blog: check out this this interactive timeline created by Research Assistant Emma Kaisner, which traces the history of backstage drama from Shakespeare to The Studio: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #dh #digitalhumanities #c18 #18thc #academicsky #humanities #theaterhistory

Delighted to share this feature story from @uocas.bsky.social about the London Stage Database project -- what our team has accomplished, how we are moving forward now that our #NEH grant has been cut, and why we believe this work remains important: cas.uoregon.edu/news/the-show-must-go

The London Stage Database team may be defunded, but we're determined to release as much as we can of the data we've been curating this year. Something exciting is coming soon... #digitalhumanities #dh #c18 #18thc #academicsky #theaterhistory #neh #humanities

It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that #NEH grant funding for "Extending the London Stage Database" was terminated abruptly earlier this month. You can help us advocate for the importance of this project and the #humanities more broadly. Read more:

Following the updates to the London Stage Database website, the Legacy Search will be retired on May 1. For more information, head to the website at londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu. We will also be posting a detailed announcement on this decision to our blog at blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/.

Folks attending the annual ASECS conference, make sure to check out the talks from two of our team members on the London Stage Database!

The London Stage Database website has just gotten a major refresh! Check out the new and reorganized content pages at londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu, and read all about the changes on our new blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...