ShakespeareinIreland

Early modern talks, plays, and happenings across Ireland - tweets by Edel Semple, founded by @DerekVindice & Emily O'Brien

[Paul_Edmondson @Paul_Edmondson]

How would you set about writing about Judith (Shakespeare) Quiney? I look forward to hearing what the excellent Laurie Maguire has to say - tomorrow, Wednesday 11th December 5.00 p.m. Come join us (free to register). @ShakespeareBT @EFernie @magdalenoxford https://t.co/Tgvl8CyaQo

[ShakespeareinIreland @shakesinireland]

The Irish Renaissance Seminar is just starting @UCD_English with a keynote from Prof Ross of Victoria Uni, Wellington, NZ. Today’s theme is #EarlyModern Women’s Writing.

[Gate Theatre @GateTheatreDub]

⚡️ JUST ANNOUNCED ⚡️

Conleth Hill in KING LEAR
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Roxana Silbert

🗓️ Opens: 26th February 2025 / Previews: From 21st February 2025
🎟️ General tickets on sale tomorrow Friday 8th November, from 10.30am.

#KingLear #ConlethHill #WilliamShakespeare

[Marsh's Library @MarshsLibrary]

The title page of a 1668 edition of 'Markhams Maister-Peece', Gervase Markham's seminal book on the care of horses #TitlePageTuesday

[Shakespeare B Trust @ShakespeareBT]

Join us next week for our penultimate online Research Conversation as we welcome Dr. Varsha Panjwani, who will talk to us about the continuous contribution by women to the success of Shakespeare.

📅 13 November
⏲️ 5-6pm
👉 Book your free place: https://t.co/Ll4iIBTEi7

[Emanuel Stelzer @StelzerEmanuel]

Truly excited for the upcoming international conference on the receptions of Ophelia, 1599-1900: https://t.co/AbDGCxpsvw Brilliant people discussing Shakespeare's character from an interdisciplinary point of view!. For the Zoom link, DM me! #shakespeare #ophelia #hamlet

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

5 Nov 1566: 30 MPs and Lords are summoned to court #otd by Elizabeth I to hear her message regarding the succession which was to vent her irritation at #parliament for pressing her on the matter

(National Trust images)

[Dr Robert Bohan @RobertBohan]

Thread: Halloween, as the world knows it, is an Irish invention from ancient Irish-Celtic roots. It’s correct name is Samhain & marks the end of the Harvest. It was culturally appropriated by the Christian Church as All Hallows’ Eve. Here’s an overview. #Samhain

[ShakespeareinIreland @shakesinireland]

@austintichenor @Ben_Broadribb @gemmaallred I love St Trinian’s 2 so much I found a way to write about it for an article in #TWC43, open-access in case anyone is tempted! Read "Anti- #Shakespeare shrews: Women, sexism, and talking back to the Bard in #UpstartCrow and All Is True" here: https://t.co/o9Pfxs1PDj @TWC_Comms

[CharlotteRose Millar @drcmillar]

Ghost Conference Alert!! @SnedAndrew @tait_clodagh and myself are delighted to be organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern #twitterstorians #emotions #emostorians

[British Shakespeare Association @BSAShakespeare]

@BSA_Conference 2025 first round Call for Participation is open!

#BSA2025 'Practising Shakespeare: new collaborations, expanding horizons' will be hosted by the University of York, 25-28 June. View the full CfP via the link in our bio!

📷 'Shakespeare's Rivals' (2019)

[British Shakespeare Association @BSAShakespeare]

The BSA Bulletin - BSA 2025 CfP & AGM details - https://t.co/aFEb9xoXyZ

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

6 Oct 1620: Richard Boyle, who became the richest man in the Three Kingdoms of #England, #Scotland & #Ireland created Earl of #Cork #otd

[Shakespeare B Trust @ShakespeareBT]

How were women involved in the daily management of early modern playhouses? Who were they and what was there social status?
Join our latest #ResearchConversation led by Prof. Lucy Munro

📅 9 October, 5-6pm
👉 Book now: https://t.co/7fdqACesz5
#TheWomenWhoMadeShakespeare

[The Renaissance Society of America @RSAorg]

Have you registered for our October 2 Seminar? Narrative nonfiction authors will present insider knowledge on trade-list writing, including how a trade-list book differs from an academic volume, getting a book deal, and more! https://t.co/To2n7H3WEV #RenTwitter

[Victoria Grainger @VGrainger]

🎭 #MaggieSmith as #Shakespeare’s Beatrice 🤍 in #FrancoZeffirelli’s #MuchAdo at the National Theatre 1965| And 🎨 Beatrice by #TFDicksee 1883

📽 A clip of the TV adaptation👇https://t.co/mwpHVLnadn “I wonder that you will still be talking
 Signior Benedick, nobody marks you”!

[Edward Worth Library @EdwardWorthLib]

Our new online exhibition on 'The Practice of Medicine in Early Modern Europe' is now available:
https://t.co/tuMgcY9rlS
Please retweet! @WellcomeLibrary @wellcometrust @BHMjournal @HarvardHistMed @SSHMedicine @HistMedLibOx @EuiHosm @OxfordHSMT @HistorSci @museumofhstm

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

Lady Arbella Stuart d. in the Tower of London #otd, 25 Sept 1615, her death accelerated by refusal to eat. She was in prison for having married against the king’s wishes. Emilia Lanier's poem 'Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum', 1611, is dedicated to her (GovernmentArtColl)

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

22 Sept 1588: William Fitzwilliam Lord Deputy of #Ireland orders the arrest & execution of all Armada wreck survivors who washed up on Irish shores #otd

[dSTERLINGb @_theBrownprint_]

🎭👇🏿FYI: #Shakespeare fans, anti-fans, lovers, likers, etc. Check out the open-access issue of @TWC_Comms! #ShakeRace #RaceB4Race #fandom #antifandom

🤓🎭Table of contents pictured below...#OpenAccess