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David McInnis
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Professor of Shakespeare & Early Modern Drama (Melbourne) | Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly (with Vanessa I. Corredera & Arthur L. Little, Jr) | Lost plays | Editing Behn, Shakespeare, & Marlowe.
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10/10, no notes from this Shakespearean
Real estate advertising board for townhouse 2B: ‘2B or not 2B, that is the question’
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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With the usual prudent caveats about first examples in the OED; I love that Jonson is the first to be cited for "I told you so"
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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We’re doing a staged reading of *Volpone* next year! 🦊

Put it in your diary, Melbourne folk!

Wednesday 18 November, 6:30pm

www.bellshakespeare.com.au/events
Ad for Bell Shakespeare’s staged reading series, Play In A Day, which will be Jonson’s Volpone next year in Melbourne.
September 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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The University of Melbourne English and Theatre Studies Statement on the closure of Meanjin.

12 September 2025
The University of Melbourne English and Theatre Studies Statement on the closure of Meanjin. 12 September 2025 Melbourne University's English and Theatre Studies Programme calls on the University of Melbourne to act on its educational mission and find a way to support Meanjin, one of Australia’s most precious cultural institutions. For generations Meanjin has offered established and emerging writers a home for testing talent, fostering debate, and exploring ideas. But Meanjin needs no defence. It speaks for itself. It speaks for its former publisher as well: that Meanjin is the only publication cited—twice—on MUP’s “About Us” page is evidence enough that it carries much of the literary prestige to which the press can lay claim. The decision of Melbourne University Publishing’s Board to close Meanjin involved no consultation with those of us at the University of Melbourne most invested in its past and its future. The only rationale offered by the Board—that the decision was taken “on purely financial grounds”—is, as others have noted, both inexplicable and an act of "cultural vandalism.” It is also a betrayal of the University’s role as an educator, enricher and supporter of cultural life. Meanjin has a value that cannot and should not be measured in financial terms. A way forward can and must be found that allows Meanjin to continue its important work, in consultation with the University’s most affected communities, disciplines, and concentrations of expertise—including creative writing, literature and theatre studies, publishing and editing. We call on the University of Melbourne’s leadership and the board of Melbourne University Publishing to work together to preserve Meanjin’s future on grounds that take into account its ongoing cultural value, whether in Naarm or Meanjin. Dr Sarah Balkin, A/Prof Justin Clemens, Prof Deirdre Coleman, Dr Sara Fernandes Crouch, Dr Michael Falk, Dr Lindsay Goss, Dr Margaret Harvey, Dr Joe Hughes, Dr Ryan Johnson, Dr Jessica Marian, Prof David McInnis, Dr Beth McLean, Dr Marc Mierowsky, Dr Lynda Ng, Prof Peter Otto, Dr Elliot Patsoura, Prof Paul Rae, Dr Miranda Stanyon, Dr Mairi Stirling Hill, Prof Stephanie Trigg, Prof Clara Tuite, Prof Denise Varney
September 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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@quaritch1847.bsky.social's new catalogue of annotated books might just be the greatest bookseller's catalogue of all time. Just sayin'.

Take a moment to appreciate the fun they clearly had:
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screenshot of Quaritch's new catalogue of annotated books; the bookseller's description of each item is itself annotated, highlighted, and adorned with manicules pointing out significant features
September 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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What conversations are we having or should we be having, in Shakespeare studies? Authors are invited to submit articles for publication in the first issue of the SQ under the new editorial leadership, with a focus on the Twenty-First century and Shakespeare.
3 Oct 25
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CFP for special issue of Shakespeare Quarterly on Shakespeare's Twenty-First Century. What conversations are we having or should we be having, in Shakespeare studies? Authors are invited to submit articles for publication in the first issue of the SQ under the new editorial leadership, with a focus on the Twenty-First century and Shakespeare. 3 Oct 25 https://academic.oup.com/sq/pages/call-for-papers-shakespeares-twenty-first-century
September 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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First page of our chapter on Australian Indigenous Shakespeare, pictured alongside flowering Swan River Pea (Gastrolobium celsianum)
August 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies… in the ‘post’colonies!

So grateful to Amrita Dhar & Amrita Sen for the chance to write about Australian Indigenous Shakespeare with my wonderful new colleague Margaret Harvey 🙂
Photo of newly published scholarly collection “Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies”, pictured against a backdrop of heavily flowering Leafless Rock Wattle (Acacia aphylla)
August 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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It’s Melbourne Rare Books Fair time! 🙂

A book Walter Raleigh had with him in the Tower, anyone…?

(Maggs brought it out; I didn’t ask the price.)

rarebookfair.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Today’s attempt to avoid work whilst on leave thwarted by Sovereign Hill
July 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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📣 CFP: Shakespeare Quarterly special issue

Shakespeare’s Twenty-First Century / The Twenty-First Century’s Shakespeare

This will be Vanessa I. Corredera, Arthur L. Little, Jr. and my first issue as Editors! Please submit your finest!

More info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Photo (by David McInnis) of Australian artist Jimmy C’s famous mural of Shakespeare in Clink Street near the Globe. It depicts Shakespeare as known via the Chandos portrait, holding a skull like Hamlet does, and a quill, in front of a psychedelic swirl of colour.
June 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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It’s Bell Shakespeare’s Giving Day! I’m proud to serve on the Board.

Our lead supporters will match every donation made today between 8am-8pm. Help us continue sharing Shakespeare’s timeless stories across Australia, reaching further than ever before.

To donate: charidy.com/bellshakespe...
Giving Day is live! Donate now and double your impact. Bell Shakespeare.
June 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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1733. Lewis Theobald advises fellow Shakespeare editors to go naked as they work. (The practice was not, to my knowledge, adopted.)
Let it go, naked Men may see’t the better;] Thus has this Passage been stupidly pointed thro’ all the Editions, as if naked Men could see better than Men in their Cloathes. I think verily, if there were any Room to credit the Experiment, such Editors ought to go naked for the Improvement of their Eye-sights.
May 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Bell Shakespeare’s Play In A Day Reading of Marlowe’s *Tamburlaine* gets underway in about an hour…!

www.bellshakespeare.com.au/play-in-a-da...
May 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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…who wore it better?
April 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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OMG check out the soldier’s side-eye as Timon gives gold to Alcibiades’ concubines Timandra and Phrynia…!

#TimonOfAthens

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April 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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‘Do you use a computer?’ 🙂

Quaint flyer for the Oxford Text Archive (@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social), found amidst a stash of @malonesociety.bsky.social papers I inherited from my predecessor. No date, unfortunately. OTA founded in 1976…
April 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Heading to Boston for SAA? Drop by for the launch of the Cambridge Shakespeare Editions’ new digital resource, *Shakespeare’s Stages* (by @harrymccarthy.bsky.social & Judy Bae)!
March 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Next week!

On Shakespeare, Power and Politics.

Bell Shakespeare's Head of Education Joanna Erskine, Artistic Director Peter Evans, Patricia Karvelas, Dr Emma Shortis and me!

Thurs 13 March @ Science Gallery Melbourne. Tix $40: bit.ly/4aZEULj

Presented in partnership with University of Melbourne.
March 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Tamburlaine!!

You heard right: this year’s Play In A Day — a partnership with Bell Shakespeare and The University of Melbourne — is Marlowe!

Science Gallery Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday 8 May.

Tickets are now on sale.

Book here: bit.ly/4btoPOo
March 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips seemed to have Godolphin’s copy of the last new play before the closing of the theatres… (Folger W.b.142, I think…)
February 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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CFP is live! Submit a proposal for ‘Shakespeare in spirit’ (whether adaptive, religious, or ghostly, to name just a few possibilities), the 2025 ANZSA conference in Brisbane, 2-4 July.

Featuring keynotes from Dennis Austin Britton (British Columbia) & Brandon Chua (Hong Kong)

conference.anzsa.org
Illustration of a seance in progress, the ghost of Shakespeare being summoned
January 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Not quite merch, but this early-to-mid-20thC ad misses the entire point of the R&J line rather well, I feel…
January 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Art imitating life in Google Books
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Poorly angled scan of a book chapter that happens to be called ‘The decline and fall of the players’.
December 9, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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Save the Date! ANZSA 2025 will be in downtown Brisbane, Queensland, Wed 2-Fri 4 July.

Keynotes: Dennis Austin Britton (University of British Columbia), and Brandon Chua (University of Hong Kong).

The theme is ‘Shakespeare in Spirit,’ whether adaptive, religious, or ghostly. conference.anzsa.org
December 4, 2024 at 1:13 AM