David McInnis

Bell Shakespeare Resident Artist in Education, Emily Edwards (reddy-brown top); the University of Melbourne's David McInnis (tan jacket over red and white striped top) and Bell Shakespeare Artistic Director Peter Evans (blue shirt) standing around a copy of the Shakespeare Second Folio from 1632, discussing Julius Caesar. In the background are objects from the Classical world including earthenware and coins.

'Shakespeare in Depth: Julius Caesar, The Power of Words' -- the second of our three episodes (Bell Shakespeare/ @unimelb.edu.au)! With Emily Edwards, Peter Evans, Jess Tovey, & me.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmX...

Emily Edwards (wearing a green dress), Resident Artist in Education at Bell Shakespeare, and David McInnis (white shirt, cigar-coloured pants) in discussion as they walk through the cloisters of the Old Law building at the University of Melbourne

Frederik Vervaet from Classics (light-coloured short-sleeved shirt) speaking to David McInnis (seen from behind)

Frederik Vervaet speaking with Emily Edwards and David McInnis; in the background an image of a sculpture of Julius Caesar is reflected in the display cases' glass

'Shakespeare in Depth: Julius Caesar, Fact or Fiction' -- the first of our three episodes, a collaboration between Bell Shakespeare & @unimelb.edu.au, featuring the talented Emily Edwards, Frederik Vervaet, & me. (youtu.be/vlhuO2ztsug?...)
With thanks to Jason OLeary, the powerhouse behind it all!

Sweet! Thanks Marina 🙂

Alt link (hope it works this time)🤞 archive.is/202603050102...

23 April (auspicious!) — 10 May.

www.bellshakespeare.com.au/julius-caesar

In which Peter Evans, Brigid Zengeni, Leon Ford and I get to talk about *Julius Caesar* and the upcoming Bell Shakespeare production! (paywall, sorry)

www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/why-...

Photo of Eleanor Collins’ new book, Queen Henrietta’s Men and the Cockpit Repertory—out now in the Revels Plays Companion Library from Manchester University Press. The book has a purple and black cover. It’s in front of a rainbow wallpaper background.

Oooh! So pleased to see Ellie Collins’ book out in our series!! Such wonderful repertory work!

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719090868/

CC @shakesinstitute.bsky.social

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By the beach tonight…

Of course, like many actors, Robbie got his start in Shakespeare (well, an adaptation…) 🙂

Congratulations Hannah!!

Photo of Chris Wallace-Crabbe (1934-2025) and Ian Donaldson (1935–2020) in 2016; Chris in a green sweater, Ian in a dark suit.

Sad to learn that Chris Wallace-Crabbe has joined the majority; here he is with kindergarten friend Ian Donaldson (he still had a bday card from Ian from then; they shared a bday, Chris older by a year). A great loss.

Vale notice from @humanitiesau.bsky.social:

humanities.org.au/our-communit...

Yes! A great start but the same people are still, astonishingly, running the State Library of Melbourne. They're not saying, 'we were wrong' but 'you don't understand it, so we'll re-word it'. Rally tomorrow Saturday, at Library 12.30! We must stiffen our spines! (Ba ha ha, books, I'm very tired.)

Donate to Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph, organized by Sarah Neville Shakespeare scholar Meghan C Andrews passed away in 2023, after a valiant… Sarah Neville needs your support for Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph

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Donate to Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph, organized by Sarah Neville Shakespeare scholar Meghan C Andrews passed away in 2023, after a valiant… Sarah Neville needs your support for Help Publish Meghan's Shakespeare Monograph

Let's make Meghan's life's work Open Access! Chip in if you can...
gofund.me/08aa0ed6b

Hands off our State Library! Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections an...

🚨 Help our State Library!

Executives are trying to cut 11 permanent librarian positions, meaning 10 frontline librarians would remain to run Australia's busiest library.

They are proposing to outsource the library's critical information technology team.

www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...

Cover image for new volume, Care and Contagion in Shakespeare's Changing World, out today

Publication day! Delighted to make my first post here to celebrate this new volume, Care and Contagion in Shakespeare's Changing World. So grateful to my co-editor, Rebecca Totaro, to @ardenpublisher.bsky.social for the stunning production, and to all of our amazing contributors.

Such a loss 🙁

Ancient mask reliefs unearthed at Roman-era theater in southern Türkiye Ongoing excavations in 2,700-year-old ancient settlement in Kastabala, Osmaniye, currently focus on theater area, believed to have been built in 1st century AD during Roman Empire - Anadolu Ajansı

'Ancient mask reliefs unearthed at Roman-era theater in southern Türkiye'
#archaeologynews 🏺

www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/a...

Much Ado About Rom-Coms From Shakespeare’s sparring lovers to Hollywood meet-cutes, this free panel unpacks what keeps us hooked on rom-coms – and why we need them now more than ever.

It’s me!

From Shakespeare’s sparring lovers to Hollywood meet-cutes, this in-conversation event unpacks what keeps us hooked on rom-coms – and why we need them now more than ever.

📅 Thursday 4 Dec, 6–7pm⁠
📍 Southbank Theatre⁠
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Free, but bookings are required: mtc.com.au/much-ado-about-rom-coms

JOB POSTING!

Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu

amherst.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/FSL_Em...

Real estate advertising board for townhouse 2B: ‘2B or not 2B, that is the question’

10/10, no notes from this Shakespearean

In passport line in Aotearoa NZ:

Agent: why are you here?

Me: a conference on editing Shakespeare

Agent: ok, you can enter—just don’t change any of his words

Oh ye shades of Keats and Shelley, are we come to this? 😉

Interior view of the building showing massive stone columns with detailed carvings and colorful hieroglyphs as well as the ceiling. The columns are shaped like lotus or papyrus plants and are closely spaced, supporting a decorated ceiling. 📷 Daniel von Recklinghausen

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3

📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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Really exciting book news out of Norway. And while the article focusses on the sealskin binding, I'm even more excited by the fact that these neumes are not square, which suggests a date well before 1200.

‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

M.W. Rowe | But is it Marlowe? In late 1952, builders working in the Old Court of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, removed two boards from under an...

‘If the violent, sexually transgressive, atheistical and generally self-destructive Marlowe had had a motto, then “What nourishes me destroys me” would have been more than appropriate.’

M.W. Rowe evaluates new evidence concerning the playwright’s only known portrait.

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

It's always a treat to find a gift book owned or given by a woman, and doubly so when the giver is none other than poet Katherine Phillips. #HerBook