Restoration Tweets

All things Restoration. Plays, plays, plays. Reading and blogging about a Renaissance or Restoration one play at a time. They, them, or what have you.

[Imp Familiar @ImpFamiliar]

I’m so happy this is a thing that exists. Reading it over the long weekend! #Shakespeare #theatre #theater #rpg #tabletopgames

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

@17thCenturyLady Oh very nice! I hope we get to read it someday.

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Going to sprint through my complete Beaumont & Fletcher this spring

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Reading again! The Maid’s Tragedy by Beaumont and Fletcher. Only one act in, but It doesn’t seem like it’s going to end well… #amreading #theater #plays

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

Reading again! The Maid’s Tragedy by Beaumont and Fletcher. Only one act in, but It doesn’t seem like it’s going to end well… #amreading #theater #plays

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

I need to watch this again!

[Andrea Zuvich @17thCenturyLady]

This week's #FilmSetInThe17thCentury is VATEL (2000) starring Uma Thurman, Gerard Depardieu, Tim Roth, and Julian Sands as Louis XIV.

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

Back to my play-reading project, after a long pandemic productivity meltdown. Kicking off with “Double Falsehood,” supposedly a 1720s adaptation of the missing “Cardenio” by #Shakespeare and #Fletcher, in the Arden Shakespeare edition!

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@ABrit96 Never otherwise!

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Someone, please!

[Ellen Kushner @ellenkushner.bsky.social @EllenKushner]

Hey, Editors! Who wants to buy a new Riverside novel from me?

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New book look from Tim Keenan of https://t.co/C1efJWci75! #drama #theater #theatre #plays #restoration

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

Looks like very nice deal in an interesting book

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

New book loot, all the way from Spain!

#drama #plays #restoration #theater #theatre

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

It’s not the best play, but it’s a *beautiful* book, & maybe ideal for slowly relearning how to enjoy reading books after nearly full year of nothing but audio books & podcasts. It...really was a terrible year, & I’m only starting to feel normal again as hope slowly returns.

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

Through Act III of The Wild Gallant. It’s not the cleverest play, but it’s fine with a few humorous beatings and sword/scabbard-level bawdy jokes. It’s FINE. Montague Summer’s notes are detailed and fascinating, and the book is gorgeously typeset and printed.

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

Through Act III of The Wild Gallant. It’s not the cleverest play, but it’s fine with a few humorous beatings and sword/scabbard-level bawdy jokes. It’s FINE. Montague Summer’s notes are detailed and fascinating, and the book is gorgeously typeset and printed.

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

Read: one act (& a lot of preamble & supporting stuff in other books and online). No writing. It’s not much, but I’m being kind to myself after being wildly unfocused & unproductive for the past year (beyond doing my day job). I did *something,* so: yay me! #amreading #plays

[Catherine Curzon @MadameGilflurt]

This stunning #gloriousGeorgians 18th century banyan and waistcoat sold for £37,250 in 2009 - a bargain! Via Christie’s. #frockingfabulous

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

Lovely!

[Kitty Pridden @18thCent_Kitty]

#FridayNightFrills Bodice detail of 18th Century European sack back court dress, 1765

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Read another act of The Wild Gallant, but can’t keep my eyes open after a very long day. Also, this is not the best play. Not terrible, but...

More tomorrow.

[Restoration Tweets @RestorationTwt]

@SueCooperBridge @17thcenturyplay Agreed!

[callan davies @callanjd]

*very early modern job description*:

"given to John Pursell for Riding to procure Bears in the night [2s 6d]"

(Congleton, 1613) @B4Shakes

[Georgia Vullinghs @gvullinghs]

I really enjoyed making this resource. Sharing again for anyone who missed it before. Would love as many people as possible to make use of it