Early Modern Drama Discussion Group

Inactive for Now

Jessica C. Murphy — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:18:49 +0000

The members of the EM Drama Discussion Group have scattered all over, and the group is therefore in hibernation. I would be more than happy to hand over control of the blog to someone who’d like to get the group going again. Just email me at jessica.c.murphy at gmail.

Big News! We are Moving to Google Wave

Jessica C. Murphy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:54:09 +0000

Early Modern Drama Discussion Group Enthusiasts,

We are going to be moving our discussions into Google Wave for our next meeting. Please email Jessica at jessica.c.murphy_at_gmail.com if you’d like a wave invitation to be included in our next discussion (play tba).

Jessica

The Insatiate Countess 12/2/09 10:30 AM PST

Jessica C. Murphy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:20:21 +0000

Early Modern Drama reading group will be meeting over gmail-chat this WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 at 10:30 am PST to discuss John Marston’s The Insatiate Countess. You can link to the text at

http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC00904105&id=q4gLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105#v=onepage&q=&f=false

email Jessica if you’d like to be included: jessica.c.murphy_at_gmail.com

The Witch of Edmonton Rowley, Dekker, Ford &c.

Jessica C. Murphy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:44:30 +0000

November 4, 2009 10:30 am PST

We will be discussing Rowley, Dekker, Ford &c.’s The Witch of Edmonton. Please email Jessica at jessica.c.murphy at gmail.com if you would like to join the conversation.

There is a full text version of the play available on Luminarium: http://www.luminarium.org/editions/witchofedmonton.htm

What to Read?

Jessica C. Murphy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:15:26 +0000

I refuse to let our group languish. Thoughts about possible early modern English plays to read? I always like a good witchcraft or chastity play. I would like to have our online discussion at the end of October right after GEMCS in Dallas.

Please post your thoughts here as comments, thanks!

May 1, 10-11am in the EMC: Fulgens & Lucrece and The Knight of the Burning Pestle

Jessica C. Murphy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:22:44 +0000

Please join us for the second meeting of the Early Modern Drama Discussion Group at UCSB on Friday, May 1, 10-11am, in the Early Modern Center. We will be discussing Fulgens and Lucrece and The Knight of the Burning Pestle.

Shrews–April 10, 2009, 10-11am in the EMC

Jessica C. Murphy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:10:39 +0000

Please join us for our first meeting of the Early Modern Drama Discussion Group at UCSB on April 10, 2009, 10-11am, in the Early Modern Center.

We will be discussing The Taming of a Shrew, Supposes, and Janet Clare’s “‘Better a Shrew than a Sheep’: Intertextuality and the Shrew Taming Plays,” Shakespeare Studies 45 (2007): 26-44. The first two are available via Google Books (click the links) and the article is in Jessica’s mailbox in the Sankey Room for copying.