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NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 42.3 features essays on knives as personal props for female characters; a Pakistani television adaptation of Hamlet; a reappraisal of Richard III's performance history; and an interview with drag king Loose Willis. muse.jhu.edu/issue/53797

Bernard Charles Krumm reviews Bedlam’s 2024 production of The Assassination of Julius Caesar as told by William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw, dir. Eric Tucker. 🎭: tdf.org/shows/21382/th… 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/935861 📷: Ashley Garrett

Happy new year to all my UK friends and family. We’re bringing up the rear, so we’ll fend off 2024 for a few more hours while you scout out 2025. May it bring you all happiness.

NEW BARDATHON REVIEW: I don't know if Fletcher's THE NIGHT-WALKER has had any modern productions - I don't know of any - but MBU Shakespeare and Performance opened its new Victorian-set production tonight, and the play is just so beautifully funny. Review at the blog: drpeterkirwan.com/2025/02/09/the…

Pascale Drouet reviews Edward’s Boys 2024 production of The Maid’s Metamorphosis, dir. Perry Mills. 🎭: edwardsboys.org.uk/productions/th… 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… 📷: David Troughton

I'm so excited to share that my Element, 'Shakespeare Broadcasts and the Question of Value' is now available online. It's currently Open Access until the 24th! Below is a short 🧵 on the book and the wonderful people who brought it together... cambridge.org/core/elements/…

Chapter 3 explores how paratexts to The Merry Wives of Windsor imagine Shakespeare at work. How is the play "explained" by a narrative of artistic pressure? For their wonderful supervision of my work with minimal pressure, to Dr. Peter Kirwan & Erin Sullivan (Shakespeare Institute)

NEW BARDATHON REVIEW: A full production of Bartholomew Fair at the Blackfriars, inspired by the Muppets - and with a surprisingly poignant take on escaping religious oppression. drpeterkirwan.com/2025/02/18/bar…

*Out now* The Winter's Tale: A Critical Reader ed. by Dr. Peter Kirwan & Todd Borlik contains cutting-edge essays covering critical & performance history as well as new scholarship on themes of ecology, hospitality, childhood, and racialisation in the play. bit.ly/4b3D2kN

NEW BARDATHON REVIEW: A pared-down, powerful King Lear American Shakespeare Center which made the bold choice to cut Albany, Cornwall, France, and Burgundy, leaving some big dramaturgical questions, but making space for some outstanding performances. Full review at drpeterkirwan.com/2025/02/22/kin…

Now available in paperback: Shakespeare’s Histories on Screen bit.ly/41kEID0 Arden of Faversham: A Critical Reader ed. by Dr. Peter Kirwan & @DuncanSalkeld bit.ly/4hIlgpM Reconstructing Shakespeare in the Nordic Countries bit.ly/4hKBLS8

Hi everyone heading to #Shax2025 and #RSA2025 - don't miss your chance to see Tourneur's Atheist's Tragedy on Saturday afternoon, in a wild four-person (+puppets) adaptation by Streetlight Shakespeare Ensemble. Some pics to whet the appetite (Miscellaneous Media Photography)!

I am bursting with pride for our amazing Mary Baldwin Shakespeare & Performance MFA students, who just played their riotous, hilarious, and surprisingly moving Atheist’s Tragedy to a standing-room only audience Shakespeare Association of America #shax2025

NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 42.4 features Claire Kimball's essay on visual dramaturgy, Jennifer Birkett's essay on the 50/50 Shakespeare project, and a special reviews section on the Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival. 📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/53960

🇹🇷 Publication Alert 🇹🇷 The latest Shakespeare Bulletin includes a #OA review by our team member Burak Urucu on kemal aydoğan Kemal Aydoğan's Othello production moda sahnesi starring figures like caner cindoruk & Yılmaz Sütçü muse.jhu.edu/issue/53960 #TurkishShakespeares #Shakespeare

Here's a sneak peak of our interview with Jennifer Low, the editor of the special reviews section on the Ukrainian Shakespeare Festival.

Check out the full interview with Jennifer on our YouTube! 🎥: youtu.be/n2BPTa8ajcY

Anna Kamaralli reviews Sport for Jove’s 2024 production of I Hate People; or Timon of Athens, dir. Margaret Thanos. 🎭: sportforjove.com.au/timon-of-athen… 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… 📷: Kathy Luu

Dan Venning reviews Patrick Page’s 2023 production of All the Devils are Here, dir Simon Godwin. 🎭: allthedevilsplay.com 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… 📷: Julieta Cervantes

Today’s Extra Credit focuses on Claire Kimball’s open-access article, “Photographing Early Modern Drama in Performance: A Visual Dramaturgy.” Check out these open-access resources to go along with this open-access article! 📰: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…