British Shakespeare Association

A poster advertising the 'Wills Project Transcribathon' on Thursday 24 July, 1-4pm BST, in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter, and on zoom. The poster features black text on green and yellow backgrounds, and three images - a box of folded will manuscripts, an unfolded will manuscript, and the painting Thomas Braithwaite of Ambleside making his will, Abbot Hall, 1607. Photo: Lakeland Arts.

Wow - so many people already signed up for our Wills Project Transcribathon later this month! 🙏

If you drop by you can transcribe some lines & help make 25,000 English wills more accessible for all.

In person & online, join us here: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com

#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Palaeography

Stand covered in books

Andrea standing in front of the stand holding the book: Shakespeare On The Radio

Close up of pendant - skull wearing headphones

Publicity sign about the book

And it was also lovely to see my book #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 on the @edinburghup.bsky.social.
Thank you to everyone involved - what a great event! (2/2)
#BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Last day of #BSA2025 😢
Fab conference full of fascinating discussions and generous people sharing their knowledge, including Abigail Rokison-Woodall from the Shakespeare Institute talking at the moment about #Shakespeare and #Lecoq
@bsashakespeare.bsky.social

It was a treat to be part of all this—including final night hanging out w/ Jennifer, Miranda, Virginia, Ben & more!

Greensleeves: Text and Textiles in Early Modern English Culture - Society of Antiquaries of London This interdisciplinary conference takes the iconic sixteenth century ballad Greensleeves as a focal point through which to explore the interconnections of texts, textiles and material culture in early...

Today is the last day for signing up to our #multidisciplinary #Greensleeves #conference, either in person or online. Recordings will be available if you can't be there for the livestream.
www.sal.org.uk/event/greens...
@antiquaries.bsky.social

Dr Emma Whipday stands behind a podium before a large screen with the title slide of her presentation on 'the dramaturgy of single motherhood' projected onto it

Our third #BSA2025 keynote @emmawhipday.bsky.social takes us on an five-act exploration of the dramaturgy of single motherhood in early modern England, including autobiographical insights into the influence of early modern stigmas in the present day

Dr Emma Whipday stands behind a podium before a large screen with the title slide of her presentation on 'the dramaturgy of single motherhood' projected onto it

Our third #BSA2025 keynote @emmawhipday.bsky.social takes us on an five-act exploration of the dramaturgy of single motherhood in early modern England, including autobiographical insights into the influence of early modern stigmas in the present day

Thanks for coming along @shakescenery.bsky.social and for a great seminar on Paratexts and Documents of Performance!

It was great fun workshopping scenes from Hamlet with @thepantaloons.bsky.social today at the @bsashakespeare.bsky.social conference on the beautiful University of York campus!

Calling all @bsashakespeare.bsky.social #bsa2025 attendees: last chance to grab display copies of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social’s latest publications for an absolute steal. Some great titles have already gone and I leave at 12.😭BUT conference discount on ordered books runs until July 28th!

"My voice is in my sword" - SIGNED in performance. It gave me goosebumps in the telling of it let alone the performing. BRAVO!

Do pop by for a chat and to grab a deal on our amazing collection of books and journals! @bsashakespeare.bsky.social

We're at #BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social and enjoying catching up with authors and meeting new prospective authors, while showcasing recent publications. If there's a project you'd like to discuss just come and say hello 👋

Melon, two cabbages and celery

Locks and door furniture

Sticks, coconut shells and small watering can

Leather gloves, straws, erasers and dinner knives

#BSA2025 attendees are brilliant! So game for creating sound effects for #Macbeth using some of the items pictured here. Still time to sign up for one of this afternoon's workshops.
@bsashakespeare.bsky.social
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Director Amy Leach sits talking to Mark Love-Smith on a large auditorium stage at the University of York

Back for day two of #BSA2025 and a plenary with director Amy Leach in conversation with Mark Love-Smith, talking about socio-political Shakespeares, intergenerational dialogues, and the impacts of integrated audio description and BSL in theatre

EUP are at BSA 2025: ‘Practising Shakespeare: new collaborations, expanding horizons’ 🎉 #BSA2025 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social

Senior Commissioning Editor for Literary Studies, Emily Sharp, is at the EUP table! Head there to chat to Emily, browse our books & journals and pick up a conference deal 📚

A big screen showing a scene from Grant Theft Hamlet. An actor stands 9n stage in-game in GTA

Kicking off #BSA2025 with a screening of Sam Crane & Pinny Grylls' feature documentary 'Grand Theft Hamlet' shot entirely in-game in Grand Theft Auto during lockdown

Shakespeare reading list

In celebrarion of BSA conference the opening chapter of my book SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS is free to read from Manchester UP here. #BSA2025

www.manchesterhive.com/page/shakesp...

The wood panelled outside of the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York

We can't wait to welcome you all to the @uniofyork School of Arts and Creative Technologies at for #BSA2025!

So looking forward to this talk from @foremanwrites.bsky.social!

Excited to welcome @justjenerally.bsky.social and all of you to @york.ac.uk later this week for #BSA2025! And for this 'Shakespeare in Theory, Theory in Practice' seminar chaired by @alex-thom.bsky.social

Let us know where you're travelling from and what you're looking forward to... 👀

Excited to see you there @edinburghup.bsky.social!

Will we see you at the British Shakespeare Association Conference? 👋 @bsashakespeare.bsky.social

EUP are attending BSA 2025: ‘Practising Shakespeare: new collaborations, expanding horizons’.

Senior Commissioning Editor for Literary Studies, Emily Sharp will be there! #BSA2025

👉 edin.ac/4mt0ZXY

‘Wilt Break My Heart?’ Takotsubo Syndrome and Shakespeare’s Discourse of Heartbreak in Antony and Cleopatra and King Lear Shakespeare’s characters knew well the dangers and causes of an overcharged heart. This article places representations of heartbreak in Shakespeare’s canon in dialogue with twenty-first-century med...

Do our hearts really 'break'? Shakespeare thought so.
Our own @claireghansen.bsky.social has published an article with Brid Phillips on Takotsubo Syndrome in Antony and Cleopatra and King Lear in the journal Shakespeare! Read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Last day to register for #BSA2025! Join us at the University of York, 25-28 June to explore 'Practising Shakespeare: new collaborations, expanding horizons' 🎉

A yellow graphic card with an illustration from Macbeth and text reading: KS4 teacher CPD: Macbeth in Context.

English teachers! Don’t miss our free online CPD session on Macbeth, this25 June.

Join Professor Emma Smith and author Michael Donkor for fresh insights, tips, and resources on themes of agency and blame.

Book your place: bit.ly/BLCPDMacbeth...

Dr Abigail Rokison-Woodall smiles at the camera against a bright background. She has shoulder length brown hair and wears a white top and cardigan.

⭐️ DR ABIGAIL ROKISON-WOODALL
(Shakespeare Inst, University of Birmingham)
Sr Lecturer in Shakespeare and Theatre Deputy Director of Institute: Education. Abigail headed the ‘Signing Shakespeare’ project and had produced resources on Teaching Shakespeare to Deaf children for schools across the UK.

Dr Emma Whipday smiles at the camera against a dark background. She has shoulder-length brown hair and wears a blue jumper.

⭐️ DR EMMA WHIPDAY
(University of Newcastle)
Senior Lecturer in Renaissance Literature and co-runner of the Newcastle University Performance Research Network. Emma recently completed a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship on brother-sister relationships on the early modern stage.

Director Amy Leach rests her chin in her hand, grinning at something off camera. She has brown hair and wears a red-and-white striped jumper

⭐️ AMY LEACH
(Deputy Artistic Director, Leeds Playhouse)
In conversation with Mark Love-Smith. Amy is co-founder of award-winning theatre company for young people, en masse, and Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East, Leeds Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse's Olivier Award-nominated 'Animal Farm'.

With 2 days to go before registration closes for #BSA2025, say hello to the plenary speakers who will be joining us 25-28 June @york.ac.uk!

Registration closes on 18th June and is open to BSA members in good standing. Register and find out more at www.britishshakespeare.ws/conference/