Dr Anna Blackwell

Assistant Professor in Drama, UoN. Shakespeare, actors, adaptation, craft, digital culture. Tweets my own and (I'll be honest) mainly about dogs. She/her.

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@justintherhymer @DMUSpecialColls @dmuleicester @LibraryDMU @ArchiveHashtag @AStitchinTime13 @explorearchives @JaneAustenHouse @ERAresources @ahrcpress Happy 1st November! 🥳

[Nottingham English @UoNEnglish]

Discover MA English (Online) on November 2 at 10am. MA English (Online) is our innovative online masters programme which allows you to specialise in a range of areas within English, building your own curriculum at your own pace.

➡️ https://t.co/bqyPrNzloL

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@DrJessUrwin @routledgebooks Incredible! I really want to read this! (And hang out with you again 🙈)

[Ben Spiller - they / them @MxBenSpiller]

I am looking for a Midlands-based actor to play Leontes and Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale later this year.

Rehearsals are in Nov at Attenborough Arts in Leicester, then 3 shows there in Dec, before 3 shows including a livestream in Jan at Derby Theatre Studio.

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[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

That's me! And I can say confidently after only 7 hours in the role that you will join the loveliest virtual cohort of students who are busy supporting one another through their studies.

[Peter Stockwell @PeterJStockwell]

1st August - Happy New Academic year!

Delighted that @ablackwell89 is the new Director of our world-leading online MA English course scheme: 12 named pathways, no assessment deadlines, flexible structure, pay as you go, tutors and a personal advisor.

https://t.co/Rh7Xs22WKY

[Jane Austen First Drafts @Austen1stDrafts]

All of us during the Olympics:

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@mazzyg What!!! This is wild.

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

What a wonderful and unique opportunity to learn about part of Stratford-upon-Avon's theatre history that most people don't know exists! Sign up! 🚨

[Andre Cowen @AndreCowen]

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WITCHER: A COMPANION!

Have a perspective on Sapkowski's The Witcher or ANY of its Adaptations? Consider getting in contact!
Deadline is 28th June, topics are not limited to just those below, so be as creative as you want! @baftss @adaptstudies

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@DrPeteKirwan @MaryBaldwinU Woohoo! Congratulations!

[Association of Adaptation Studies @adaptstudies]

The deadline might have passed for the 2024 AAS conference but not for our #ECR and #PGR bursaries! The organising committee for #AAS2024 are extending the deadline for applications until THIS FRIDAY January 26, 2024. Access the application form here: https://t.co/euAgLzz8uM

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@sjblackwell1979 @SnakeyDavid

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

We're left in no doubt that Burton will triumph, when I wanted uncertainty and possibility - the collective inhale that Branagh described when playing Hamlet. Also, justice for Elizabeth Taylor who deserves a postscript too! Tuppence Middleton is a delight.

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

In a pause from marking I took myself off to The Motive and the Cue. An incredible and hugely enjoyable production. It thinks really interestingly about the contingencies of fame and performance, failure, and Shakespeareanism so perfect research for my bad!Shakespeare project.

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

I disliked the ending though, which in its combination of postscripts explaining Burton's and Gielgud's success, the soundtrack (Zadok the Priest) and Burton in the Yorick pose, overdetermines the subsequent moment of performance.

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

Come and join me in thinking about defining Shakespeareanism, bad!Shakespeare, casting, accessability and more!

[British Shakespeare Association Conference @BSA_Conference]

Seminar enrolment and submission of abstracts for panel presentations for #BSA2024 'Shakespeare's Writing Lives' is now open! Join us at De Montfort University, 26-28 June 2024. Lots of exciting seminars on offer -- full details here: https://t.co/gatGWRIjis

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@drhannahrobbins @shelleypchan @MantleBooks Oooh, I got this for Christmas and I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed it. I must admit that I've forgotten what happened in the first one, though! 🙈

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@DrMirandaFay I absolutely adore that this appeared immediately before @EarlyModernista's post, sharing her excitement about 'excellent women and excellent women's academic achievements'.

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@shakesinireland @markbur08007930 @Ardenpublisher @DrPeteKirwan You're very welcome! I was very pleased to see my copy arrive today. Well done!

[Dr Anna Blackwell @ablackwell89]

@ronanhatfull @BloomsburyBooks @reduced @Ardenpublisher Well done! This sounds great.