Alexander Thom
@alex-thom.bsky.social
Lecturer in Early Modern Drama | Leverhulme ECF | University of Leeds (views my own)
Shakespeare • duty and service • exile and imperialism • English Renaissance drama (1575-1625) • law and literature
Shakespeare • duty and service • exile and imperialism • English Renaissance drama (1575-1625) • law and literature
Meanwhile, in Devon...
June 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Meanwhile, in Devon...
The remarkable theatre of Aspendos, built c. 170 AD in a Greco-Roman style. Still used for live performances today.
April 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The remarkable theatre of Aspendos, built c. 170 AD in a Greco-Roman style. Still used for live performances today.
Who needs a hotel lobby when you have the magnificent Boston Public Library? #Shax2025 #RenSA2025 Hope to see some friendly faces here this week!
March 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Who needs a hotel lobby when you have the magnificent Boston Public Library? #Shax2025 #RenSA2025 Hope to see some friendly faces here this week!
Tonight, we screened Sir Steve McQueen's grinding, incandescent masterpiece: 'Mangrove' (2020). A film about Black self-representation, in both a legal and artistic sense; whose visual grammar returns constantly to apertures, lenses, gaps, and the margin.
February 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Tonight, we screened Sir Steve McQueen's grinding, incandescent masterpiece: 'Mangrove' (2020). A film about Black self-representation, in both a legal and artistic sense; whose visual grammar returns constantly to apertures, lenses, gaps, and the margin.
Rufus Sewell for me!
February 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Rufus Sewell for me!
Peter Capaldi as Wittgenstein. #PhilosophyBiopics
February 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Peter Capaldi as Wittgenstein. #PhilosophyBiopics
Rufus Sewell as Jacques Derrida would be fantastic.
February 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Rufus Sewell as Jacques Derrida would be fantastic.
I screened Gregory Doran's 2019 RSC Measure for Measure this evening for my Law and Lit students. Gripping performances by a darting, wry, self-impressed Duke (Antony Byrne) and a truly incredulous Isabella (Lucy Phelps) lowered scene-by-scene into a lake of grief. (P: Helen Maybanks)
February 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I screened Gregory Doran's 2019 RSC Measure for Measure this evening for my Law and Lit students. Gripping performances by a darting, wry, self-impressed Duke (Antony Byrne) and a truly incredulous Isabella (Lucy Phelps) lowered scene-by-scene into a lake of grief. (P: Helen Maybanks)
First full book of the year: Stephen Alford's admirable and admiring biography of Robert Cecil. As one would expect from Alford's back-catalogue, very strong on Burghley, espionage, and diplomacy. The style is light and imaginative, behind which lies a wealth of primary source endnotes.
January 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
First full book of the year: Stephen Alford's admirable and admiring biography of Robert Cecil. As one would expect from Alford's back-catalogue, very strong on Burghley, espionage, and diplomacy. The style is light and imaginative, behind which lies a wealth of primary source endnotes.