REP meets regularly online to read & explore drama written before the closure of the London theatres in 1642. Each play is introduced by Dr Martin Wiggins.
Joined November 2020
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Please try to save BBC Radio Drama by signing this petition (which I was glad to do). @BBCRadio3 @BBCRadio4 @PetrocTrelawny @stanley_wells Please RT.
'The BBC had only been on the air 6 months,' writes @AudioAndrea, 'when it broadcast its first play, 12th Night, in 1923'. Please sign this petition to save drama on the radio.
@ShakesInstitute @TheRSC @BirminghamRep @BSAShakespeare
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Delicious fun @LibraryofBham @unibirmingham Shakespeare family day, thanks to @EllaMcHawk & the first great Shakespeare Library in the world - proudly held in common by Birmingham citizens. 🎭📚🏭 ❤️
@BeingHumanFest
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The long tradition of early modern #playreading at the Institute continues! Here we are, cosily ensconced against the dark and cold, reading the gory and metrically-interesting delight that is #Heywood's #Thyestes 🩸🗡️🦵🍽️ – at Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
ALT A photo of the book copy of Thyestes
ALT A photo of our group of readers in the Shakespeare Institute Lounge
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This is how Shakespeare & John Fletcher depict the resignation an Archbishop. From 'All is True' ('King Henry VIII'), 3.2.
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Timothy West
We would like to extend our heartfelt sympathies to Timothy’s family and friends – in particular to his wife Prunella and children, including Samuel, who is an Associate Artist and will play Malvolio in Twelfth Night
ALT Timothy West in the rehearsal room wearing a blue shirt and red scarf
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Mon 4 Nov @ 6.30pm online
PLAYERS & PLAYGOING AT THE ROSE
How did an early modern player perform a virginal girl, a shamefaced blush, a 'dead likeness', or Othello’s trance?
Join Dr Emma Whipday & Dr Simon Smith in conversation to find out...
£5/£8 - trybooking.com/uk/EABX
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Cannot overstate how fun this is. Shoutout to M Wiggins who would writhe on the floor at appropriate early modern death scenes, spectacularly & comically, done in by burning crown or poisoned skull.Once had the room in tears with trembling child voice 'He hath killed me, Mother'.
Play readings at the #Shakespeare Institute - what a beautiful and cosy thing to do as the days get shorter and colder! 📖 🍂
This week we're going back to pre-Shakespeare, reading medieval drama: mystery and morality plays 🎭
Study here and join the fun!
ALT Reading plays in the cosy wood-panelled lounge
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#Theatre people/#Shakespeers, asking for a friend, what are all the calamitous things that have happened to you or others during live performances? (Bonus points if they have involved the Scottish play and related curses.)
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They're here!!! Copies for SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS @ManchesterUP have arrived! 🎊🥳🥂
If you would like a #free copy, RT this post and give us a follow. I will pick a winner at random by the end of the week.
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A pleasure to host this brilliant event @The_Globe for @EnglishAssoc. Such a collection of expert, passionate people in one space who ❤️ English but not the damaging effect of the current GCSE. @BobEaglestone @DrRebeccaFisher @LolaHornsey Lorna Smith, Prof Emma Smith. Inspiring!
Much to celebrate & think on after our successful GCSE English Reform event! @The_Globe as partners & generous supporters- huge thanks ! & to all contributors incl. @BobEaglestone Lola Young @PGCE_English_Br Emma Smith, @lucycuth8 , facilitators & scribes. A significant day!
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So excited to be welcoming and welcoming back our students to the #Shakespeare Institute for the new academic year!
#postgraduate #CPD #MA – at Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
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Research suggests Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus may have been co-written by a ‘forgotten’ dramatist. Dr Darren Freebury-Jones names Henry Porter as likely co-author of the 1604 play after linguistic clues in his surviving work. @Freeburian #ChristopherMarlowe
theguardian.com/culture/2024…
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Full house at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse for the summit on English GCSE reform hosted by @The_Globe and @EnglishAssoc
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Very humbled to be featured in @TheStage. Thank you, @dearjohnbyrne for asking me. #actress #autisticactress #actorslife #olderactress
'If I were to start again, I would be braver in networking with other actors'
Actor @KelleyCostigan tells The Stage about being prepared to muck in on all aspects of productions, and the importance of having interests outside acting 👇 thestage.co.uk/advice/kelley…
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Barry Hines, A Kestrel for a Knave (1968):
It's seldom read or taught now in schools?
However, I've recently used extracts from the film and the novel with students aged 13-16 and they've loved it!
#TeamEnglish #EngChat #books #reading
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Oxford/London/Midlands-based #neurodivergent #actress (45-55) #theatre #film #TV #voiceartist Serious, but flawed a speciality. Equity. Spotlight: spotlight.com/9812-4535-1269
Seeking work in #drama #action #thriller #indiefilm #horror #perioddrama #audio #casting
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Reading a 1580 gun crime investigation and the witness is explaining how the accused were nice young men who lived peacefully and quietly.
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Well, unless you count the hits "Double, double, toil and trouble" and "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow"
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Here's my version of @Philm_Maker's #minimonologue number 7. #actress #actorslife #shopping #bookshop #twist Thanks for the opportunity!