Continuing the London Stage Data-Sitters series, Ceilidh McCallum shares some additional research about the Harlequin afterpieces shown with The Beggar's Opera and the people who performed in them: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #dh #18thcentury #theaterhistory #theatrehistory

The scheduled upgrades to the LSDB database are complete, and the site is running normally. Users won't see a difference in functionality, but today's maintenance improved the security and stability of the site moving forward -- big thanks to developer Dennis Pipes!

Attention, LSDB users: the site will be down for scheduled maintenance tomorrow (Tuesday, July 14) at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. The outage should last no more than an hour. We'll post any updates here!

Today, Ceilidh McCallum kicks off our London Stage Data-Sitters series with an interactive visualization of playhouses where Harlequin afterpieces were performed alongside The Beggar's Opera: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #dh #18thc #18c #theaterhistory #theatrehistory

Delighted to be launching a new series of undergraduate research spotlights, the London Stage Data-Sitters! (Yes, it's an homage to *that* Data-Sitters Club.) blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #dh #18thc #18c #theaterhistory #theatrehistory

Today on the blog, librarian Erin Winter explains how recent updates to the London Stage Database could help you discover new connections between people, performances, and dramatic works! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #dh #18thc #18c #theaterhistory #theatrehistory

Today's guest post from research assistant Quynh Tran-Le explains how to get started with text analysis using our new 935-play Drama Corpus. Check it out: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thC #theaterhistory

A final epilogue for LSDB's beloved -- and now, award-winning! -- #TheaterThursday series, now available through a dedicated gallery on our blog. We wrote a poem and everything: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thC #theaterhistory

It's #theaterthursday 's curtain call! 🎭 We've brought you "on-this-day-in-history" London Stage events for four months, so today we're talking about another end of an era: the 1791 closure of Drury Lane. Read about it in our FINAL #theaterthursday blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Update: our Advanced Search is back up and running at full capacity, now with improved protection against the bots that have been a drag on our servers in recent months. You may notice a brief "checking if you're human" test once per session. If you hit more serious snags, please let us know ASAP!

LSDB users: we are experiencing temporary outages of the Advanced Search feature. The development team is working on the issue and expects service to return to normal soon. Thanks for your patience, and please stand by!

LDSB is back online with improved underlying data! Keep an eye on the blog for more details about the latest changes later this week. In the meantime, interested readers can check out the release notes: github.com/LondonStageD...

Please pardon our dust! The LSDB website will be down for a planned upgrade to the database later today, June 1, starting at 3 p.m. Pacific time. The outage is expected to last no more than an hour. Read more on our blog:

We've all had performances fall short of our expectations before, but have you ever had one directly undermine your legitimacy as ruler of a nation? No? Well Queen Mary II did! Read about her experience here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

Have you ever wondered what makes a website accessible? Just in time for the long weekend, we have a special blog post about recent updates to the site's accessibility. Read about footers, landmarks and more at: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #accessibility #projectupdates

A notice for fans of the London Stage! 🔊 The London Stage Database will be down for patching and maintenance today (May 21st) at 3:00 p.m PDT. This is expected to be a very brief outage, lasting only around 10 minutes or so. Thanks in advance for your patience!

Fans of The Stage beware! Your patronage of playhouses may be "corrupting the Morals and Principles of the Youth!" Wait a second— haven't we heard this before? In this week's #theaterthursday, read about turn-of-the-18th-century arguments on theater's morality: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Fairies? Machines? Children Dancing with swords?! Sometimes #theaterthursday events are as confusing as exciting. For this week's blog, we parse out some perplexing oddities of Punch's Theatre: London's not-to-be-missed puppet attraction! Read about it here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Late last week, a federal judge in New York ordered that the NEH grants terminated by DOGE (including ours) must be reinstated. Read about what comes next for the London Stage Database on our blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

It's #theaterthursday ! Do you have a coworker who makes your job that much harder? Makes you wish they'd retire already? Well, the sentiment was shared, even in London playhouses. Read about the rivalry and retirements of a starlet and a stage manager here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Wishing another royal wedding was on the UK's horizon? Wish no longer! For this #theaterthursday, join us in celebrating the (1736) marriage of Prince Frederick and Princess Augusta! Read our blog to learn how the match was celebrated- London Stage style! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

As promised, we're back this #theaterthursday with more on the remarkable Mrs. Charlotte Charke. Unafraid of critiquing politicians and her father alike, check out our blog to read about Charke's participation in controversial stage satire: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

We heard about so much exciting research at this year's ASECS conference that we can't help but want to share. Check out our latest blog post for a sneak peak into some of the projects currently putting the LSDB to use: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/... #digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

It's #theaterthursday ! This week, on the anniversary of her death, we remember Charlotte Charke and her life of "adventures and misfortunes." As far as London Stage celebrities go, it doesn't get more interesting than Charke... Check out our blog for more! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

"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