Box Office Bears has begun! But who were they and what does it mean? We are delighted to announce the start of the £978,319 AHRC-funded project ‘Box Office Bears (BOB): Animal baiting in early modern England’, officially starting today. Over the next three years we’ll be exploring the lives of the animals and people involved … Continue reading Box Office Bears: a new research project on animal-baiting
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The possible discovery of the Red Lion, London’s first Elizabethan playhouse
In the latest A Bit Lit film, the theatre historian and Before Shakespeare advisor Holger Syme speaks to Andy Kesson about last month's announcement of the discovery of the Red Lion site, complete with a possible playhouse. See the film here, and see ABitLit.co for all of our films.
The Curtain Rises: Post Match Report
On Saturday 21st, we enjoyed seeing the puffed-up knight Huanebango being struck down by a disembodied voice, entering a sixteenth-century smoking area, meeting the cosmopolitan neighbours of 1580s Shoreditch, and learning how to use a sword and buckler... Here at Before Shakespeare we’ve already hit the bar. Here is a love jug, a fear god … Continue reading The Curtain Rises: Post Match Report
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