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Dr. Kay Daly, she/her 📚💙
@kaydaly.bsky.social
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#Earlymodern nerd. Hired pen. Curator of hipsters. Snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. #Tudor? Sure. #Jacobean? SIGN ME UP.

Coming Spring 2027, "Wilton House," a novel of Lady #MaryWroth. @regalhouse.bsky.social. Stay tuned! https://www.kaydalywriter.com
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Hey, #English, #theater, #drama, #Shakespeare and #humanities teachers! I made this handy table for my upcoming presentation for the #education team at Chicago Shakespeare Theater! Feel free to download/copy, or DM me if you want a slide deck or PDF of it.
A table showing all the plays in Shakespeare's career, in chronological order and color coded according to History, Comedy, Problem Play, Tragedy, and Romance
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I'm sorry, but as pretty as Branagh's "Hamlet" is, it is one tone-deaf rendering of that play. Every time the generic "this is a big moment" music swelled under EVERY soliloquy, I wanted to claw my own ears out. And why is Hamlet always pushing on 40? While Ophelia is 21? Gross.
Aging Branagh grasping the chin of 21-year-old Kate Winslett's Ophelia. Ewwwww.
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Just classifying hashtag#Shakespeare's plays, like ya do.
#theater #humanities #publichumanities
list of all of shakespeare's plays with color coding to indicate History Glittering comedies Dark comedies Tragedy Romance Revenge Tragedies
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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#halloween
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Starting to work on my presentation about 'Hamlet' for @Chicago Shakespeare Theater. It will open with "There's an episode of 'Gilligan's Island...'"

#iykyk #shakespeare #gilligansisland #Hamlet #artseducation #arted #publichumanities
Still from Gilligan's Island showing Gilligan as Hamlet and Ginger as Ophelia
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Goth Velma

#halloween #costume #scooby #goth
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Arthur Miller called the Salem Witch trials, wherein 20 people were executed, "one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history.

Arthur, a word please.
photo of arthur miller
October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Exploring new #career paths! Here are some #jobs I'm eyeing. LMK if you see anything like these! #publichumanities #culture

Program Manager, STAGE Center shorturl.at/NLk7B
Deputy Director, Ragdale shorturl.at/yDg0M
Associate Director of Research & Practice, Play On Shakespeare shorturl.at/0ToCS
3 characters from a shakespeare play in colorful costumes
October 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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#cats #halloweencats #creepy
Picture on left: 2 nearly identical tortoiseshell tabbies, one on a wooden chest covered in a plaid blanket, the other on the arm of a couch, closely adjacent. The creepy twins from the Shining
October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Reproachful.
a small tortoiseshell tabby peeks over a pillow at the lady taking the picture. Also visible: book in the lady's lap.
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Coolest. Job Title. Ever.
clip from job ad for "Director, Threat Hunting"
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Current mindset: "Ain't I a li'l devil?"
A cute devil with a red face, black horns, pointed ears, enormous eyes, and an endearing grin.
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Absolutely fed up with my workplace, eager to move on, and did a reading asking what conditions I need to create. I laughed so hard when these cards came up, I had to explain myself to those around me. #tarot #hireme
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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#nokings
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Just had this #question answered for me by a friend. What do you think? No wrong answers.

What do the #halloween colors orange and black stand for?
a jack o lantern and spider in black set in a field against an orange background. Happy Halloween is written in black.
October 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I guess it's time for a rewatch.
DVD cover for "over the garden wall"
October 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Peggy and Val's new wave album just dropped.
#cats
October 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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#cats
October 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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It's that time again.
Hallowing decorating laid out in a living room.
October 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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@popupkaraoke.com
Picture of an otter in a job interview with a mug that says "I love fish" and a nametag identifying him as Steve. Two otters face him, taking notes. Caption reads: At the interview steve is asked if he can perform under pressure. Steve is 100% sure he knows all the lyrics, but he's about to try his best.
October 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#cats
2 tortoiseshell tabbies in a blanket lined box. One stares out, resigned, as the other licks her.
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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#cat #catbutt ✳️
Tortoiseshell tabby, flat on her back, asterisk butt to camera
October 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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AIE, I WANT TO SEE THIS SO BADLY!!!!

www.rsc.org.uk/born-with-te...
Screengrab from the website for the play "Born with teeth" produced by the Royals shakespeare company.
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Peggy would like you to justify your existence.
#cat
Cat starting dead down the camera
October 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM