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Etching of actors facing viewer/engaged in various scenes with the words "April 23, 1735: The Remarkable Charlotte Charke Part II"

As promised, we're back this #theaterthursday with more on the remarkable Mrs. Charlotte Charke.

Unafraid of critiquing politicians and her father alike, check out our blog to read about Charke's participation in controversial stage satire:

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Notes from the field: New Work Using the London Stage Database

We heard about so much exciting research at this year's ASECS conference that we can't help but want to share.

Check out our latest blog post for a sneak peak into some of the projects currently putting the LSDB to use: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

Painting of lady in vibrant blue, gentleman in bright pink, and two onlookers with the words "April 16th, 1760: The Remarkable Charlotte Charke"

It's #theaterthursday ! This week, on the anniversary of her death, we remember Charlotte Charke and her life of "adventures and misfortunes."

As far as London Stage celebrities go, it doesn't get more interesting than Charke...

Check out our blog for more! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

"New Work Using the London Stage Database" is happening at #asecs26 bright and early Saturday morning! Conference attendees, we'll have a password-protected super-special super-secret data drop for you to preview...so grab a coffee and join us at 8am! #digitalhumanities #dh #18thcentury #c18

Cover of play manuscript with the words "April 9th, 1692: Cleomenes and the Crown"

We come to you this #theaterthursday with devastating news: performance of Cleomenes (the new play we've all been waiting for) has been royally PROHIBITED!

Read more about the 👑's censorship of Cleomenes here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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This just in: Never before seen works of Shakespeare have been rediscovered!!!

What’s that? You don’t think it sounds like real Shakespeare?

Surely you must be imagining things.

Grab your tickets and read about this #theaterthursday event on our blog! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

For this #theaterthursday, we're taking it easy (in line with Restoration Era tradition, of course)

Read about it here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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Today we're spotlighting a celebrity of the London Stage-- one SO famous that even her nights out were the subject of public interest.

Check out this week's #theaterthursday to read about the Restoration icon, Nell Gwyn: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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DOGE's use of ChatGPT to terminate 97% of NEH grants (including ours) continues to make headlines this week.

Project director Mattie Burkert sat down with investigative reporter Evan Watson from KGW-8 (NBC news Portland) for an interview.

Read more and watch the video on our blog:

Take your seats, silence your phones, and, whatever you do, PLEASE refrain from climbing onstage!

Check out this week's #theatertthursday on the stage loungers, audience riots, and meddling managers of the London Stage: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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DOGE used ChatGPT to assess whether our NEH grant was "DEI" before terminating it and thousands of others. Project lead @mattieburkert.bsky.social has filed a declaration in the lawsuit led by @historians.org @modernlanguage.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social @authorsguild.org. Read more on our blog:

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Today's #theaterthursday may be more serious than usual, but it’s FULL of intriguing London Stage history!

Curious about male perception of women in 18th century playhouses? Craving details on London’s coffeehouse culture?

Check out our March 5th spotlight here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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Nothing makes us happier than hearing how the London Stage Database helps our users research!

Check out our blog to read about how researcher Lesley Dunlop used the LSDB in her local history article and for a guide on how YOU might go about searching the database!
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Happy #theaterthursday!

This week we celebrate the return of the King’s Company after a fire left them tragically theater-less.

Read about the 🔥 on Drury Lane and the company’s return to the stage here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory

Hey fans of the London Stage! It’s our 3rd #theaterthursday ! 🎉

Feb. 19, 1785: Drury Lane’s Macbeth sees a clash of genres! The witches may have been breaking character SNL-style, but icon Sarah Siddons remained SUBLIME as Lady Macbeth.

Read about it on our blog! blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

#theaterthursday 🎭

On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale!

More RE: Pepys's night out here
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It's #theaterthursday, our new weekly blog series spotlighting London Stage events from this day in history!

Feb. 5, 1704: a story of rival sopranos and ORANGES thrown from the audience!

Read about the 🍊 ordeal here: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's- new Research Assistants for the London Stage Database!?

You heard that right folks! 🎉 Read all about our new RAs, Ceilidh and Rose, in our latest blog post!

blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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Attention all fans of The London Stage Database! 📣

Thanks to a new, internal grant, the LSDB is officially able to resume active development! Read our blog post about the news here:

blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

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The website is back up and running, now with the improved "Related Works" feature and the new "Print Witnesses" extension of that feature. Big shout out to Dennis Pipes for a last-minute assist!

For more on what's new, check out our blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

Friendly reminder that the LSDB website will be down for scheduled maintenance starting at 3:30 Pacific / 6:30 Eastern time.

The LSDB website will be down for about an hour later this week while we roll out a new feature (!!!). The outage is scheduled for Thursday 9/26 at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time. Check out our blog for a preview, and watch this space for more updates. blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...

The LSDB will experience a brief outage around 4pm pacific time today (Tuesday) while we update the database to reflect some recent record housekeeping. It should only last 10-15 minutes. Thanks for your understanding!

TIL that our database includes performances of a play called "A Rehearsal of Kings; or, The Projecting Gingerbread Baker: With the unheard of Catastrophe of Macplunderkan, King of Roguomania and the Ignoble Fall of Baron Troperland, King of Clouts" #academicsky #digitalhumanities #theaterhistory

Red button a black background, with white text that reads "I'm human."

LSDB dataset downloads are now protected with Recapcha. You don't have to pick out the motorcycles, just click a button that says "I'm human." Read about why on the blog: blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...