Ben Blyth
@benblyth.bsky.social
Ph.D. Scholar-Practitioner of Medieval & Early Modern Drama @ UCalgary, Treaty 7 🍁 ⚔️ 🎭
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This is the making of @benblyth.bsky.social — please read and follow…
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is the making of @benblyth.bsky.social — please read and follow…
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😈Doctor John Faustus continues with chapter 19 - oh dear, a rout of Devils appear unto him, threatening him sharply. Very sharply.
Literal pitchforks people, devils with pitchforks.
#demon #devil #DoctorFaustus
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Literal pitchforks people, devils with pitchforks.
#demon #devil #DoctorFaustus
audioboom.com/posts/874511...
Doctor John Faustus (Chapter 19)
Whereupon the rout of Devils appeared unto him, threatening him sharply...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
😈Doctor John Faustus continues with chapter 19 - oh dear, a rout of Devils appear unto him, threatening him sharply. Very sharply.
Literal pitchforks people, devils with pitchforks.
#demon #devil #DoctorFaustus
audioboom.com/posts/874511...
Literal pitchforks people, devils with pitchforks.
#demon #devil #DoctorFaustus
audioboom.com/posts/874511...
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Applications are now open for the International Writing Workshops. The scheme is designed to help early-career researchers enhance their writing skills and increase the uptake of their research in academic publications. Learn more: buff.ly/OdmgXOf
July 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Applications are now open for the International Writing Workshops. The scheme is designed to help early-career researchers enhance their writing skills and increase the uptake of their research in academic publications. Learn more: buff.ly/OdmgXOf
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"My voice is in my sword" - SIGNED in performance. It gave me goosebumps in the telling of it let alone the performing. BRAVO!
June 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"My voice is in my sword" - SIGNED in performance. It gave me goosebumps in the telling of it let alone the performing. BRAVO!
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We're at #BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social and enjoying catching up with authors and meeting new prospective authors, while showcasing recent publications. If there's a project you'd like to discuss just come and say hello 👋
June 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We're at #BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social and enjoying catching up with authors and meeting new prospective authors, while showcasing recent publications. If there's a project you'd like to discuss just come and say hello 👋
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Erin Julian reviews Crow’s Theatre’s 2024 production of The Land Acknowledgement or As You Like It, created by Cliff Cardinal.
🎭: www.mirvish.com/shows/the-la...
📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/956906
📷: Dahlia Katz
🎭: www.mirvish.com/shows/the-la...
📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/956906
📷: Dahlia Katz
April 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Erin Julian reviews Crow’s Theatre’s 2024 production of The Land Acknowledgement or As You Like It, created by Cliff Cardinal.
🎭: www.mirvish.com/shows/the-la...
📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/956906
📷: Dahlia Katz
🎭: www.mirvish.com/shows/the-la...
📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/956906
📷: Dahlia Katz
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One of the things I love about the discovery reported in today’s Guardian is that it puts paid to the prejudice you see in a lot of biofiction that Anne Shakespeare/Hathaway would have been illiterate. Nope!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One of the things I love about the discovery reported in today’s Guardian is that it puts paid to the prejudice you see in a lot of biofiction that Anne Shakespeare/Hathaway would have been illiterate. Nope!
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Check out our latest blog post on 'Dark Arcadia and the wider Shakespeare Republic universe' by @sallymclean.bsky.social! We were proud to support 'Dark Arcadia' with #BSASmallGrants in 2024 and excited to see more #Shakespeare adaptation on screen. Follow the the link in our bio to read more!
April 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Check out our latest blog post on 'Dark Arcadia and the wider Shakespeare Republic universe' by @sallymclean.bsky.social! We were proud to support 'Dark Arcadia' with #BSASmallGrants in 2024 and excited to see more #Shakespeare adaptation on screen. Follow the the link in our bio to read more!
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It's #nationalpoetrymonth -- here's my poetry on a billboard on Calgary's Deerfoot Trail, courtesy @wordfest.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's #nationalpoetrymonth -- here's my poetry on a billboard on Calgary's Deerfoot Trail, courtesy @wordfest.com
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Hello Bluesky! We are excited to be here and even more excited to announce that registration for #BSA2025 Conference 'Practising Shakespeare' is open now! 25-28 June, University of York, School of Arts & Creative Technologies
Follow the link in our bio to register and view the provisional programme
Follow the link in our bio to register and view the provisional programme
April 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Hello Bluesky! We are excited to be here and even more excited to announce that registration for #BSA2025 Conference 'Practising Shakespeare' is open now! 25-28 June, University of York, School of Arts & Creative Technologies
Follow the link in our bio to register and view the provisional programme
Follow the link in our bio to register and view the provisional programme
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NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 42.4 features Claire Kimball's essay on visual dramaturgy, Jennifer Birkett's essay on the 50/50 Shakespeare project, and a special reviews section on the Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival.
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53960
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53960
April 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 42.4 features Claire Kimball's essay on visual dramaturgy, Jennifer Birkett's essay on the 50/50 Shakespeare project, and a special reviews section on the Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival.
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53960
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53960
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I do! Looking forward to discussing Titus Andronicus with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social in this free webinar next month.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-fa...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-fa...
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I do! Looking forward to discussing Titus Andronicus with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social in this free webinar next month.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-fa...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-fa...
Huge congratulations to this year’s ENGL401 cohort at #STMUCalgary for their fantastic capstone conference today! Brilliant papers on subjects from Katherena Vermette to Medieval Monsters! Not truly the end, just a new beginning. The future is bright. So proud of you all! 👏
April 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Huge congratulations to this year’s ENGL401 cohort at #STMUCalgary for their fantastic capstone conference today! Brilliant papers on subjects from Katherena Vermette to Medieval Monsters! Not truly the end, just a new beginning. The future is bright. So proud of you all! 👏
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Lecture series!👩🏫 'Performing (in) the Early Modern City': join myself, Dr Lydia Valentine, and Prof. Clare McManus Thursdays 29th May-12th June to hear about secret performance, sky-high performance, and the influence of civic performance on race-making in early modern London.
🧵more info below!
🧵more info below!
April 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Lecture series!👩🏫 'Performing (in) the Early Modern City': join myself, Dr Lydia Valentine, and Prof. Clare McManus Thursdays 29th May-12th June to hear about secret performance, sky-high performance, and the influence of civic performance on race-making in early modern London.
🧵more info below!
🧵more info below!
Massive crowd in #yyc tonight for eventful @mark-carney.bsky.social rally. Security tight with 1000+ outside. These are difficult times, but in the words of great Tsuu T’ina leader Travis Meguinis: “it’s a good sign when the sun and the moon are together in the sky!” #cdnpoli #abpoli #elbowsup 🇨🇦
April 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Massive crowd in #yyc tonight for eventful @mark-carney.bsky.social rally. Security tight with 1000+ outside. These are difficult times, but in the words of great Tsuu T’ina leader Travis Meguinis: “it’s a good sign when the sun and the moon are together in the sky!” #cdnpoli #abpoli #elbowsup 🇨🇦
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James Stokes's new Records of Early English Drama collection for the whole county of Suffolk is now LIVE and up on the REED site: ereed.org/collections/...
What East Anglian riches await...
#theatrehistory
What East Anglian riches await...
#theatrehistory
REED Online:
Collection: Suffolk
ereed.org
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
James Stokes's new Records of Early English Drama collection for the whole county of Suffolk is now LIVE and up on the REED site: ereed.org/collections/...
What East Anglian riches await...
#theatrehistory
What East Anglian riches await...
#theatrehistory
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Two new #earlymodern designs, and just in time for Spring! www.zazzle.com/store/dredit...
April 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Two new #earlymodern designs, and just in time for Spring! www.zazzle.com/store/dredit...
Wise words from Fletcher and Massinger’s “Rollo” that hit a little different on a Monday morning 🍻
March 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from Fletcher and Massinger’s “Rollo” that hit a little different on a Monday morning 🍻
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Latest issue of Shakespeare now online, with articles by @callanjd.bsky.social @drsheeha.bsky.social and many more #earlymodern folks! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/c...
Shakespeare
Volume 21, Issue 1 of Shakespeare
www.tandfonline.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Latest issue of Shakespeare now online, with articles by @callanjd.bsky.social @drsheeha.bsky.social and many more #earlymodern folks! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/c...
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A brilliant reflection on and advocacy for humanities research, teaching, and engagement in these trying but urgent times for SHAPE academia, with a forceful intro from Regenia Gagnier and including @jennyrichards.bsky.social on English and @englishassociation.bsky.social work.
In a new thematic collection published in the Journal of the British Academy, Fellows reflect on recent course closures and threats of further cuts across the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Introduction: the state of the university, the university and the state
Today the purpose of a university education is under question Should it provide technicians and workers for productivity and international competition Should it be a liberal education,…
journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A brilliant reflection on and advocacy for humanities research, teaching, and engagement in these trying but urgent times for SHAPE academia, with a forceful intro from Regenia Gagnier and including @jennyrichards.bsky.social on English and @englishassociation.bsky.social work.
Congratulations to #RSA2025 & @saaupdates.bsky.social for a jam-packed joint conference in Boston, from we three musketeers (w. Jade Elizabeth Standing & Nate Szymanski)!
March 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Congratulations to #RSA2025 & @saaupdates.bsky.social for a jam-packed joint conference in Boston, from we three musketeers (w. Jade Elizabeth Standing & Nate Szymanski)!
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Here at #RSA2025 #SHAX2025 digital exhibit showcasing the work-in-progress Shakespeare’s Theaterscape project. Watch this space!
shakespearestheaterscape.org
shakespearestheaterscape.org
March 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Here at #RSA2025 #SHAX2025 digital exhibit showcasing the work-in-progress Shakespeare’s Theaterscape project. Watch this space!
shakespearestheaterscape.org
shakespearestheaterscape.org