David McInnis

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A Village Festival, With a Theatrical Performance and a Procession in Honour of St Hubert and St Anthony. Brueghel, Pieter, the younger (c.1564-1637/8). The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

In 1614, a mother of eight put on a play about her cheating neighbour. The scandalous story changes what we know about women in theatre

David McInnis, The University of Melbourne; Matthew Steggle, University of Bristol, and Misha Teramura, University of Toronto

Only a handful of plays written by women in the early modern period have survived. But the accounts of Alice Mustian’s raunchy stage show shed light on a surprising playwright and impresario.
A calf-bound 1623 copy of the First Folio edition of William Shakespeare’s plays. Matt Dunham/AP

‘Reade him, therefore; and againe, and againe’. It’s the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, a monumental project put together by his friends

David McInnis, The University of Melbourne

In the First Folio, 18 of Shakespeare’s plays were published for the first time. With its appeals to patronage and commerce, and praise of his wit, this iconic book preserved the playwright’s genius.
Ned, played by Johnny Carr and Mortimer (Marco Chiappi) in Edward II. Pia Johnson

One of Marlowe’s finest plays roars into the 21st century

David McInnis, The University of Melbourne

A new production of Edward II by the ‘bad boy of Elizabethan drama’ breathes fresh life into the play, accentuating the story’s political and psychological dimensions.

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