Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
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Benjamin Dreyer
@bcdreyer.social
· Nov 27
Greetings, new people here at House of Copyediting. Besides first-rate, IISSM, prose advice, you'll get:
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
• a random theater photo of the day, sometimes more than one
• birthday alerts for dead actresses, and occasionally live ones
• Sallie updates
And it's all free!
Reposted by Benjamin Dreyer
My first show
Helmet looks silly
Helmet looks silly
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
My first show
Helmet looks silly
Helmet looks silly
🙏🏻
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🙏🏻
Perhaps the Republicans are simply shopping for a large enough bus to throw Howard Lutnick under.
February 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Perhaps the Republicans are simply shopping for a large enough bus to throw Howard Lutnick under.
🙄
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:33 PM
🙄
Reposted by Benjamin Dreyer
Mrs Patrick Campbell, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1865, in London
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Mrs Patrick Campbell, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1865, in London
Happy birthday to Mia Farrow!
February 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Happy birthday to Mia Farrow!
Happy Carmen Miranda's birthday!
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Happy Carmen Miranda's birthday!
today's randomish theater photo:
birthday girl Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Johnston Forbes-Robertson in Romeo and Juliet (1895)
birthday girl Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Johnston Forbes-Robertson in Romeo and Juliet (1895)
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
today's randomish theater photo:
birthday girl Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Johnston Forbes-Robertson in Romeo and Juliet (1895)
birthday girl Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Johnston Forbes-Robertson in Romeo and Juliet (1895)
Not good to wake up with “I love flannel on a man!” stuck in one’s head.
February 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Not good to wake up with “I love flannel on a man!” stuck in one’s head.
You know who else liked to sing in Spanish and it didn't seem to bother anyone?
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 AM
You know who else liked to sing in Spanish and it didn't seem to bother anyone?
Speaking of Wuthering Heights, as one seems to need to, the first time I read it, this passage made me gasp:
Her father-in-law went up, held the light to Linton’s face, looked at him, and touched him; afterwards he turned to her.
'Now—Catherine,' he said, 'how do you feel?'
1/2
Her father-in-law went up, held the light to Linton’s face, looked at him, and touched him; afterwards he turned to her.
'Now—Catherine,' he said, 'how do you feel?'
1/2
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Speaking of Wuthering Heights, as one seems to need to, the first time I read it, this passage made me gasp:
Her father-in-law went up, held the light to Linton’s face, looked at him, and touched him; afterwards he turned to her.
'Now—Catherine,' he said, 'how do you feel?'
1/2
Her father-in-law went up, held the light to Linton’s face, looked at him, and touched him; afterwards he turned to her.
'Now—Catherine,' he said, 'how do you feel?'
1/2
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Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane
So the person who decided to quote-skeet me to call me a moron and got back exactly what he had coming to him is whining and wringing his hands because I wasn't kind to him because he was having a bad day and everyone makes mistakes.
Well, now I guess you're having a worse day, Clive.
Well, now I guess you're having a worse day, Clive.
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
So the person who decided to quote-skeet me to call me a moron and got back exactly what he had coming to him is whining and wringing his hands because I wasn't kind to him because he was having a bad day and everyone makes mistakes.
Well, now I guess you're having a worse day, Clive.
Well, now I guess you're having a worse day, Clive.
I'm not obliged to watch the game now because of good manners or shit, am I.
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I'm not obliged to watch the game now because of good manners or shit, am I.
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Stroke!
Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga as Sky Masterson and Sister Sarah when?
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga as Sky Masterson and Sister Sarah when?
Truly he is the Best Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Truly he is the Best Bunny.
OK, I want you to watch this (feel free to start at around 3:00), and then start casting Elizabeth Montgomery in musicals.
[h/t @kevinddaly.bsky.social]
[h/t @kevinddaly.bsky.social]
VIC DAMONE and LIZ MONTGOMERY at Hollywood Palace 1966
YouTube video by nimbusmiranda
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:50 AM
OK, I want you to watch this (feel free to start at around 3:00), and then start casting Elizabeth Montgomery in musicals.
[h/t @kevinddaly.bsky.social]
[h/t @kevinddaly.bsky.social]
Reposted by Benjamin Dreyer
The amazing six car pile up of "Hey gang! Let's put on Triumph of the Will in my dad's barn!" and they fuck that up too.
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The amazing six car pile up of "Hey gang! Let's put on Triumph of the Will in my dad's barn!" and they fuck that up too.
Even out of context, I'm pleased with my work here.
You know what?
You *really* don't know what you're talking about, and you should, thus, really stop talking.
Just a suggestion.
You *really* don't know what you're talking about, and you should, thus, really stop talking.
Just a suggestion.
February 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Even out of context, I'm pleased with my work here.
Am I supposed to understand what this means?
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Am I supposed to understand what this means?
I don’t need a medal or a cookie or anything, but this sort of thing is much more fun for me than “Name the most overrated novel” and stuff like that.
Like, isn’t the world bitter enough?
Like, isn’t the world bitter enough?
OK, now let's play
PEOPLE OR THINGS IT TOOK YOU FAR TOO LONG TO APPRECIATE
If I may begin:
• Kim Novak
• Natalie Wood
• Moonstruck
• Richard Strauss
• Barbara Stanwyck
OK, you're up.
PEOPLE OR THINGS IT TOOK YOU FAR TOO LONG TO APPRECIATE
If I may begin:
• Kim Novak
• Natalie Wood
• Moonstruck
• Richard Strauss
• Barbara Stanwyck
OK, you're up.
February 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I don’t need a medal or a cookie or anything, but this sort of thing is much more fun for me than “Name the most overrated novel” and stuff like that.
Like, isn’t the world bitter enough?
Like, isn’t the world bitter enough?
OK, now let's play
PEOPLE OR THINGS IT TOOK YOU FAR TOO LONG TO APPRECIATE
If I may begin:
• Kim Novak
• Natalie Wood
• Moonstruck
• Richard Strauss
• Barbara Stanwyck
OK, you're up.
PEOPLE OR THINGS IT TOOK YOU FAR TOO LONG TO APPRECIATE
If I may begin:
• Kim Novak
• Natalie Wood
• Moonstruck
• Richard Strauss
• Barbara Stanwyck
OK, you're up.
February 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
OK, now let's play
PEOPLE OR THINGS IT TOOK YOU FAR TOO LONG TO APPRECIATE
If I may begin:
• Kim Novak
• Natalie Wood
• Moonstruck
• Richard Strauss
• Barbara Stanwyck
OK, you're up.
PEOPLE OR THINGS IT TOOK YOU FAR TOO LONG TO APPRECIATE
If I may begin:
• Kim Novak
• Natalie Wood
• Moonstruck
• Richard Strauss
• Barbara Stanwyck
OK, you're up.
You come at the queen, you best not miss.
Oh hey fuck you.
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
You come at the queen, you best not miss.