Matteo Pangallo

Louise Geddes and I are excited to share this call for essay proposals for a proposed new volume, "Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama". Deadline to submit a proposal is August 31, 2026! See the attached call for more information. #earlymodern #drama #theater

“Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels…”

In order to submit to publish with Wiley, you now need to grant permission for them to use their AI tools to extract content from your work.

Only Ben Jonson would rhyme “nutmeg” with “slut Meg”.

“To expect therefore, that Plays should be altogether without obscene Passages, were it not to expect that Nature should make Bodies altogether without Privy parts?" - Sir Richard Baker, 1662

This is Sir Francis Verney's idea of flattering poetry, from a poem to the earl of Salisbury (1605): "Men are prone mightie Lords to flatter / Yet wish their heads served in a platter". Not surprisingly, Verney gave up on poetry and playwriting and instead became a pirate on the Barbary coast.

My latest publication is out in Early Theatre: new evidence about a specific playgoer in early modern Worcester (UK)--and not just any other playgoer but one of the rarest kinds to appear in the historical record by name: a middle-class woman. earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre...

A letter from Jacques De Coucy in Boulogne to Lord Lisle, the English lord deputy of Calais, sent on October 18, 1534, translated from French:

"I send you a boar's head. I am sorry I have not got the rest to go with it."

That's it. The whole letter.

Campus alert system not exactly inspiring confidence…

2025 Conference: Program STS 2025 Textual Remediations University of Pennsylvania – May 28-30 Tentative Program WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 8:30 – 9:00 AM (Kislak, 6th floor of Van Pelt Library)Registration and check in 9:00 – 9:15 …

Looking forward to talking about book history pedagogy this afternoon with a stellar panel at the Society for Textual Scholarship conference at UPenn! textualsociety.org/2025-confere...

Sir Francis Verney: the only early modern amateur playwright to appear as a Disney character.

Progressive. Professional. Pangallo!

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That’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor!

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Anyone ever have RSA change their conference session on them and simply not tell them? Two weeks before the conference and I find out indirectly that my paper has been moved to a different panel...

On Feb 4, join Scott Oldenburg and me, along with contributors from our new collection for a discussion about the book, early modern plays about England's relationship to Europe, and how early modern drama can (and can't) help us think about Brexit, Trumpism, and the rise of neonationalism.

Spies! Assassins! Actors! Going to #RSA2025 or #Shax2025 and need a little more espionage in your life? Come listen to me channel my inner John le Carré with "'For Her Majesty’s Special Service': Performers as Spies in Renaissance England"

None a Stranger There None a Stranger There offers a collection of wide-ranging essays that explore the creation and understanding of English identity through the lens of early mo...

Pre-ordering now available for "None a Stranger There"! Paperback is just $35, so only $3.50 per chapter for 10 fantastic works of insightful, original scholarship on the England/Europe relationship in early modern drama as seen through a post-Brexit lens. www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736173...

Proofs have arrived for "None a Stranger There"! #earlymoderndrama #theaterhistory #Shakespeare #Brexit

Matteo Pangallo and Emily B. Todd, "Teaching the History of the Book" (U Massachusetts Press, 2023) - New Books Network

It was a great pleasure be invited on the New Books Network yesterday to discuss my co-edited volume "Teaching the History of the Book" (UMass Press, 2023) with my co-editor, Emily Todd! You can listen to it here (or anywhere you get podcasts): newbooksnetwork.com/teaching-the...

Pre-ordering is now available "None a Stranger There"--a collection of essays by a brilliant group of scholars thinking about early modern drama in the age of Brexit & the rise of neo-nationalism, co-edited by me & the wonderful Scott Oldenburg. www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736173...

Another small liberal arts college is closing its doors (in Vermont, the 4th in the past 5 years). This time it's Goddard College (alma mater of David Mamet and William H. Macy): vtdigger.org/2024/04/09/f... #highered #liberalarts #college #capitalismwilldestroycivilization

An ad in the May 12, 1854 “Oregon Spectator”…

If you work in #earlymodern drama, particularly in the methodologies Bill did so much to support through his scholarship, teaching, and mentoring, please consider submitting to the collection! Email abstract & bio to mapangallo@vcu.edu before August 30, 2024.

Call for essay proposals for a planned volume honoring the memory of William Proctor Williams. Essays are sought on subjects such as #textual criticism, scholarly #editing, #bookhistory, early modern #theater history, #earlymoderndrama, & #Shakespeare. call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/03/...

Took advantage of being in Chicago for RSA to explore some of the highs and lows of local cultural offerings…

Closing out my time at RSA, after presenting on a fantastic panel yesterday, with my perpetual conference goal of finding a decent local greasy spoon for breakfast and avoiding the overpriced conference hotel restaurant.

On my way to RSA and wishing there was some Shakespeare or any early modern drama on stage in Chicago this week. Alas.

Will this be streamed or recorded?