Matteo Pangallo
@pangallo.bsky.social
Dad, woodlander, trail-maker (literally), gamer, gardener, piano-player, book-collector, English prof. Books: “None a Stranger There”, “Teaching the History of the Book", "Shakespeare's Audiences", "Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater". He/him.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
In order to submit to publish with Wiley, you now need to grant permission for them to use their AI tools to extract content from your work.
Only Ben Jonson would rhyme “nutmeg” with “slut Meg”.
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Only Ben Jonson would rhyme “nutmeg” with “slut Meg”.
“To expect therefore, that Plays should be altogether without obscene Passages, were it not to expect that Nature should make Bodies altogether without Privy parts?" - Sir Richard Baker, 1662
July 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“To expect therefore, that Plays should be altogether without obscene Passages, were it not to expect that Nature should make Bodies altogether without Privy parts?" - Sir Richard Baker, 1662
This is Sir Francis Verney's idea of flattering poetry, from a poem to the earl of Salisbury (1605): "Men are prone mightie Lords to flatter / Yet wish their heads served in a platter". Not surprisingly, Verney gave up on poetry and playwriting and instead became a pirate on the Barbary coast.
July 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is Sir Francis Verney's idea of flattering poetry, from a poem to the earl of Salisbury (1605): "Men are prone mightie Lords to flatter / Yet wish their heads served in a platter". Not surprisingly, Verney gave up on poetry and playwriting and instead became a pirate on the Barbary coast.
My latest publication is out in Early Theatre: new evidence about a specific playgoer in early modern Worcester (UK)--and not just any other playgoer but one of the rarest kinds to appear in the historical record by name: a middle-class woman. earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre...
In Great Haste to See a Play: A Woman Playgoer in Jacobean Worcester | Early Theatre
This note transcribes a letter written by Mary Ingram of Worcester sometime between 1607 and 1614, in which she describes going to see a play. The note provides some context about Mary, and her sister to whom she sent the letter, and what performance she might have gone to see, and what her letter reveals about early modern women as playgoers in the provinces.
earlytheatre.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My latest publication is out in Early Theatre: new evidence about a specific playgoer in early modern Worcester (UK)--and not just any other playgoer but one of the rarest kinds to appear in the historical record by name: a middle-class woman. earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre...
A letter from Jacques De Coucy in Boulogne to Lord Lisle, the English lord deputy of Calais, sent on October 18, 1534, translated from French:
"I send you a boar's head. I am sorry I have not got the rest to go with it."
That's it. The whole letter.
"I send you a boar's head. I am sorry I have not got the rest to go with it."
That's it. The whole letter.
June 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A letter from Jacques De Coucy in Boulogne to Lord Lisle, the English lord deputy of Calais, sent on October 18, 1534, translated from French:
"I send you a boar's head. I am sorry I have not got the rest to go with it."
That's it. The whole letter.
"I send you a boar's head. I am sorry I have not got the rest to go with it."
That's it. The whole letter.
Campus alert system not exactly inspiring confidence…
May 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Campus alert system not exactly inspiring confidence…
Looking forward to talking about book history pedagogy this afternoon with a stellar panel at the Society for Textual Scholarship conference at UPenn! textualsociety.org/2025-confere...
2025 Conference: Program
STS 2025 Textual Remediations University of Pennsylvania – May 28-30 Tentative Program WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 8:30 – 9:00 AM (Kislak, 6th floor of Van Pelt Library)Registration and check in 9:00 – 9:15 …
textualsociety.org
May 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Looking forward to talking about book history pedagogy this afternoon with a stellar panel at the Society for Textual Scholarship conference at UPenn! textualsociety.org/2025-confere...
Sir Francis Verney: the only early modern amateur playwright to appear as a Disney character.
May 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Sir Francis Verney: the only early modern amateur playwright to appear as a Disney character.
Progressive. Professional. Pangallo!
We have more to do to ensure that #SalemMA continues to be safe and welcoming, affordable and forward-looking -- a city led with competence and with compassion.
That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor!
Join our campaign at www.pangalloforsalem.com.
That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor!
Join our campaign at www.pangalloforsalem.com.
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Progressive. Professional. Pangallo!
Reposted by Matteo Pangallo
We have more to do to ensure that #SalemMA continues to be safe and welcoming, affordable and forward-looking -- a city led with competence and with compassion.
That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor!
Join our campaign at www.pangalloforsalem.com.
That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor!
Join our campaign at www.pangalloforsalem.com.
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We have more to do to ensure that #SalemMA continues to be safe and welcoming, affordable and forward-looking -- a city led with competence and with compassion.
That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor!
Join our campaign at www.pangalloforsalem.com.
That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor!
Join our campaign at www.pangalloforsalem.com.
Anyone ever have RSA change their conference session on them and simply not tell them? Two weeks before the conference and I find out indirectly that my paper has been moved to a different panel...
March 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Anyone ever have RSA change their conference session on them and simply not tell them? Two weeks before the conference and I find out indirectly that my paper has been moved to a different panel...
On Feb 4, join Scott Oldenburg and me, along with contributors from our new collection for a discussion about the book, early modern plays about England's relationship to Europe, and how early modern drama can (and can't) help us think about Brexit, Trumpism, and the rise of neonationalism.
January 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On Feb 4, join Scott Oldenburg and me, along with contributors from our new collection for a discussion about the book, early modern plays about England's relationship to Europe, and how early modern drama can (and can't) help us think about Brexit, Trumpism, and the rise of neonationalism.
Pre-ordering now available for "None a Stranger There"! Paperback is just $35, so only $3.50 per chapter for 10 fantastic works of insightful, original scholarship on the England/Europe relationship in early modern drama as seen through a post-Brexit lens. www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736173...
None a Stranger There
None a Stranger There offers a collection of wide-ranging essays that explore the creation and understanding of English identity through the lens of early mo...
www.uapress.ua.edu
September 30, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Pre-ordering now available for "None a Stranger There"! Paperback is just $35, so only $3.50 per chapter for 10 fantastic works of insightful, original scholarship on the England/Europe relationship in early modern drama as seen through a post-Brexit lens. www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736173...
Proofs have arrived for "None a Stranger There"! #earlymoderndrama #theaterhistory #Shakespeare #Brexit
May 24, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Proofs have arrived for "None a Stranger There"! #earlymoderndrama #theaterhistory #Shakespeare #Brexit
It was a great pleasure be invited on the New Books Network yesterday to discuss my co-edited volume "Teaching the History of the Book" (UMass Press, 2023) with my co-editor, Emily Todd! You can listen to it here (or anywhere you get podcasts): newbooksnetwork.com/teaching-the...
Matteo Pangallo and Emily B. Todd, "Teaching the History of the Book" (U Massachusetts Press, 2023) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
May 7, 2024 at 12:51 PM
It was a great pleasure be invited on the New Books Network yesterday to discuss my co-edited volume "Teaching the History of the Book" (UMass Press, 2023) with my co-editor, Emily Todd! You can listen to it here (or anywhere you get podcasts): newbooksnetwork.com/teaching-the...
Pre-ordering is now available "None a Stranger There"--a collection of essays by a brilliant group of scholars thinking about early modern drama in the age of Brexit & the rise of neo-nationalism, co-edited by me & the wonderful Scott Oldenburg. www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736173...
April 11, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Pre-ordering is now available "None a Stranger There"--a collection of essays by a brilliant group of scholars thinking about early modern drama in the age of Brexit & the rise of neo-nationalism, co-edited by me & the wonderful Scott Oldenburg. www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736173...
Another small liberal arts college is closing its doors (in Vermont, the 4th in the past 5 years). This time it's Goddard College (alma mater of David Mamet and William H. Macy): vtdigger.org/2024/04/09/f... #highered #liberalarts #college #capitalismwilldestroycivilization
April 10, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Another small liberal arts college is closing its doors (in Vermont, the 4th in the past 5 years). This time it's Goddard College (alma mater of David Mamet and William H. Macy): vtdigger.org/2024/04/09/f... #highered #liberalarts #college #capitalismwilldestroycivilization
An ad in the May 12, 1854 “Oregon Spectator”…
April 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM
An ad in the May 12, 1854 “Oregon Spectator”…
Call for essay proposals for a planned volume honoring the memory of William Proctor Williams. Essays are sought on subjects such as #textual criticism, scholarly #editing, #bookhistory, early modern #theater history, #earlymoderndrama, & #Shakespeare. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/03/...
March 24, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Call for essay proposals for a planned volume honoring the memory of William Proctor Williams. Essays are sought on subjects such as #textual criticism, scholarly #editing, #bookhistory, early modern #theater history, #earlymoderndrama, & #Shakespeare. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/03/...
Took advantage of being in Chicago for RSA to explore some of the highs and lows of local cultural offerings…
March 23, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Took advantage of being in Chicago for RSA to explore some of the highs and lows of local cultural offerings…
Closing out my time at RSA, after presenting on a fantastic panel yesterday, with my perpetual conference goal of finding a decent local greasy spoon for breakfast and avoiding the overpriced conference hotel restaurant.
March 23, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Closing out my time at RSA, after presenting on a fantastic panel yesterday, with my perpetual conference goal of finding a decent local greasy spoon for breakfast and avoiding the overpriced conference hotel restaurant.
On my way to RSA and wishing there was some Shakespeare or any early modern drama on stage in Chicago this week. Alas.
March 21, 2024 at 1:27 PM
On my way to RSA and wishing there was some Shakespeare or any early modern drama on stage in Chicago this week. Alas.
Reposted by Matteo Pangallo
"So, if the projections by these agencies range from weak growth to stability to very slight decline, why are administrators preaching cliffs, crises, and cuts?"
Putting The "If" In "Enrollment Cliff"
Academic administrators are being prescribed Ponzi austerity by consultants who work for EdTech investors to solve a hypothetical demographic "crisis" with unsettling racist dog whistles.
theamericanvandal.substack.com
March 5, 2024 at 2:07 PM
"So, if the projections by these agencies range from weak growth to stability to very slight decline, why are administrators preaching cliffs, crises, and cuts?"