While one early reader of 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐𝘐 did bind it with other religious texts, here I’m not shown praying over the edition but reading from the preface—on the historical Edward’s graffitied tomb & the persistence of writing “on” Edward II. Ebook now available; paperback for pre-order (5/14)! Write on.

During last week's SAA Conference, we were happy to join Jeffrey Masten for a celebration of his new edition of Christopher Marlowe's surprisingly queer historical drama Edward II.
Pre-order your copy today: https://bit.ly/41iNpgB

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

*Coming soon!*

Edward II has captivated generations with its evocative portrayal of passionate friendship, kingly power and brutal retribution.

This modernised, comprehensively annotated edition edited by @jmasten.bsky.social publishes in May!

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4sSjOGh

With "a clear and authoritative text," ample explanatory glosses, textual notes, and a guide to reading a page of the 1594 first edition. Pre-order available now.
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#marlowe #drama #theatre #tragedy #queer #LGBTQ #history #royalfamily
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Intro includes Derek #Jarman, #AnnieLennox, #IanMcKellen, #Tilda, #Thatcher (the historical homophobe & theatrical hallucination), #HarryandMeghan, even #PattiLuPone..3/4
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With new research on earliest readers. Robust performance history, including recent theatre and opera versions, a rare film find from 1906...2/4
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My new Arden edition of Christopher Marlowe's 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐𝘐 is out soon, pre-order available now. Ebook April, paper in May. A play radical in Marlowe's time and ours...1/4
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“What? Are you moved that Gaveston sits here? /
It is our pleasure; we will have it so.”

Furniture to die for! #marlowe #performance

A rift that took 500 years to repair: King Charles prays with the pope Joint prayer in Sistine Chapel is symbolic act of rapprochement between Catholic church and Church of England after centuries of division

𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆
“Why should a king be subject to a priest? / Proud Rome, that hatchest such imperial grooms . . . .” (𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘐𝘐)

For those new to #Shakespeare's contemporary Christopher #Marlowe, his #queer Edward, and its significance both for drama and the history of sexuality and performance, a paragraph from the preface and the introduction --

Edward II Critically, theatrically, and politically, the time is ripe for a new edition of Christopher Marlowe's Edward II. Critically, the play has come to be, in the pa…

I'm moving over from the X box. Meanwhile my edition of #Marlowe's Edward II @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
is available for pre-order. With ample critical, performance, & textual intro, annotations, plus 22 illus of C20-21 performance, early texts & readers. www.bloomsbury.com/us/edward-ii...