While one early reader of ๐๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ did bind it with other religious texts, here Iโm not shown praying over the edition but reading from the prefaceโon the historical Edwardโs graffitied tomb & the persistence of writing โonโ Edward II. Ebook now available; paperback for pre-order (5/14)! Write on.
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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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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
#marlowe #drama #theatre #tragedy #queer #LGBTQ #history #royalfamily
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My new Arden edition of Christopher Marlowe's ๐๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ is out soon, pre-order available now. Ebook April, paper in May. A play radical in Marlowe's time and ours...1/4
#marlowe #drama #theatre #tragedy #queer #LGBTQ #history #royalfamily
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โWhat? Are you moved that Gaveston sits here? /
It is our pleasure; we will have it so.โ
Furniture to die for! #marlowe #performance
๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐
โWhy should a king be subject to a priest? / Proud Rome, that hatchest such imperial grooms . . . .โ (๐๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐)
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 --
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...