Miranda Fay Thomas (they/she)
@drmirandafay.bsky.social
Asst Prof at Trinity College Dublin | Shakespeare and Performance Studies | Drama Critic and Cultural Historian | Views own, but I’m usually right (except politically)
I'm trying to be a collage artist because it brings me joy and fires up a part of my brain that inspires me to keep going, so I might try and post stuff here when I make it. This is called 'Unnecessary journeys'.
October 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I'm trying to be a collage artist because it brings me joy and fires up a part of my brain that inspires me to keep going, so I might try and post stuff here when I make it. This is called 'Unnecessary journeys'.
Hi Dr Davies, I’m fascinated by Caliban too! Just a note to say that the punctuation of that bit of the Tempest actually changes the meaning significantly, as pointed out by Christine Dymkowski. I’ve quoted her here, in a work-in-progress piece I’ve been developing this summer.
August 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hi Dr Davies, I’m fascinated by Caliban too! Just a note to say that the punctuation of that bit of the Tempest actually changes the meaning significantly, as pointed out by Christine Dymkowski. I’ve quoted her here, in a work-in-progress piece I’ve been developing this summer.
Hi Bloomsbury - including Arden Bloomsbury - I will never be opting in to allow my work to be used by AI. Never, never, never, never, never. @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @ardenpublisher.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Hi Bloomsbury - including Arden Bloomsbury - I will never be opting in to allow my work to be used by AI. Never, never, never, never, never. @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @ardenpublisher.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
‘He was in great distress, kevin’ and howlin’’
June 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
‘He was in great distress, kevin’ and howlin’’
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not
May 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not
I forgot what Mount Rushmore was called and now I’m embarrassed about my google search history.
May 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I forgot what Mount Rushmore was called and now I’m embarrassed about my google search history.
[Brass Eye voice] this is the one thing we didn’t want to happen
May 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
[Brass Eye voice] this is the one thing we didn’t want to happen
His name is Winnicott. He also enjoys lying down.
May 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
His name is Winnicott. He also enjoys lying down.
It’s getting to the point where I can imagine the news both-siding King Herod
April 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
It’s getting to the point where I can imagine the news both-siding King Herod
I thought Rosemary Pork-Meatballs was a Reform candidate in the last election
March 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I thought Rosemary Pork-Meatballs was a Reform candidate in the last election
My mum would have been so proud of this.
February 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My mum would have been so proud of this.
To be clear, the National Theatre is also guilty of the star-cast cat-fishing strategy...
February 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
To be clear, the National Theatre is also guilty of the star-cast cat-fishing strategy...
Discussing recent(ish) RSC productions with my postgraduates this morning and we realised that their advertising/marketing of production posters prior to actual performances constitutes cat-fishing
February 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Discussing recent(ish) RSC productions with my postgraduates this morning and we realised that their advertising/marketing of production posters prior to actual performances constitutes cat-fishing
Finally getting a chance to watch the RSC's 2024 Midsummer Night's Dream and Mat Baynton is giving Jim Carrey playing Ian Brown in a film about the Stone Roses. In a good way!
February 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Finally getting a chance to watch the RSC's 2024 Midsummer Night's Dream and Mat Baynton is giving Jim Carrey playing Ian Brown in a film about the Stone Roses. In a good way!
Power cut. Actually rather meditative.
February 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Power cut. Actually rather meditative.
Hmmmmm..... I found myself teaching a class I had scheduled on the Loncraine R3 film the morning after Trump was elected. We were all rather unnerved.
January 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hmmmmm..... I found myself teaching a class I had scheduled on the Loncraine R3 film the morning after Trump was elected. We were all rather unnerved.
Got a programme note to write, and the weather remains stormy, so what better time to revisit King Lear?
January 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Got a programme note to write, and the weather remains stormy, so what better time to revisit King Lear?
Just found out that an old tweet of mine - where I re-wrote the lyrics of 'Ironic' by Alanis Morissette - appears in the newly-published Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron.
January 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just found out that an old tweet of mine - where I re-wrote the lyrics of 'Ironic' by Alanis Morissette - appears in the newly-published Oxford Handbook of Lord Byron.
I found a great barber who has given me the hairstyle I didn’t know I needed, and after years of struggling found a pair of jeans that look fantastic and are comfy af
December 31, 2024 at 1:37 PM
I found a great barber who has given me the hairstyle I didn’t know I needed, and after years of struggling found a pair of jeans that look fantastic and are comfy af
I started working on collage.
December 31, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I started working on collage.
I got five tattoos, including two magnificent shoulder pieces
December 31, 2024 at 1:14 PM
I got five tattoos, including two magnificent shoulder pieces
I wrote a programme essay for Shakespeare’s Globe.
December 31, 2024 at 1:09 PM
I wrote a programme essay for Shakespeare’s Globe.
I gave a talk onstage at the actual RSC, and for the very first time found one of my books in an actual bookshop
December 31, 2024 at 1:01 PM
I gave a talk onstage at the actual RSC, and for the very first time found one of my books in an actual bookshop
I wrote a review essay of new publications on Shakespeare in performance.
December 31, 2024 at 12:57 PM
I wrote a review essay of new publications on Shakespeare in performance.