Darren Freebury-Jones
@freeburian
FRHistS. Author. Public speaker. Shakespeare scholar. General Ed: Collected Plays of Robert Greene. Associate Ed: Collected Works of Thomas Kyd. Welsh.
Looking forward to recording Episode 10 of SHAKESPEARE & FRIENDS #YouTube and #podcast series tomorrow (and tomorrow and tomorrow). Like and subscribe here. 🎧 youtube.com/@shakespeare...
Finished drafting this essay for a collection this evening. One to set aside for a 'frostie morning'.
🏺 If The Odyssey has you hankering for mythology, monsters, and epic storytelling... 👹📚 Why not check out the latest episode of Shakespeare & Friends #podcast series: "What Makes a Monster in Shakespeare?" 🎭 youtu.be/dyYCwydQqWA?... #TheOdyssey #Mythology #Shakespeare
Looking forward to recording episode 10 of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS #podcast and #YouTube series. Here's a visual clue to our topic. youtube.com/@shakespeare...
Really heartening feedback from the great Christopher Luscombe.
Juggling several exciting writing projects currently and have enjoyed the opportunity to turn attention towards structuring this piece for another future book collection. 👻 💀
Join me live on Friday 19.30pm UK time on Substack as I endeavour to answer Shakespeare-related questions with The Tudor Notebook. Going Live with Darren Freebury-Jones - by Amy McElroy share.google/eoVNfacKmntJ...
Hit our first 100 YouTube subscribers for SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS podcast. 🥳 🍾 Thanks to those who have been watching and listening. youtube.com/@shakespeare...
New episode alert! 👹 "What Makes a Monster in Shakespeare?" From mythical creatures to Caliban, we explore the monsters stalking Shakespeare's imagination in the latest episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS podcast. 🎧 Listen and subscribe here. youtu.be/dyYCwydQqWA?...
Recording a monstrous episode of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS podcast this evening. 🎧 Listen and subscribe here: youtube.com/@shakespeare...
My latest book project, with the working title SHAKESPEARE & PANTO!, now has a full first 80,000+ word draft! 🥳 I have so enjoyed the escapism this topic has offered and look forward to developing further.
Very much looking forward to giving talks for this exciting new online series headed by Natalie Grueninger, in the company of fabulous historians. 365 Days in Elizabethan England – Natalie Grueninger share.google/pbNU8T2Tqf8R...
Had a tremendous time giving a talk at Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival. Wonderful hosts and audience members and great to sign so many copies of SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS.
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown". In Episode 7 of SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS, Rachel and I pose the question: "Was Shakespeare a Royalist?" This discussion navigates the history plays, dispels a Thomas Kyd pictorial myth, and features Stormzy. youtu.be/Nsc0zjR-VPM?...
Is is here! The Collected Works of Thomas Kyd: Volume Two. Lovely to be able to hold the volume. Feels like the culmination of the formative years of my scholarly career.
A lovely evening speaking on 'Shakespeare and Kingship' at the 1620s House and Garden in Leicestershire.
Enjoyed speaking with Susan Dwyer Amussen about Shakespeare and our respective books SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS and WHAT’S IN A NAME. You can book tickets to stream our conversation here: www.fane.co.uk/susan-darren
It is publication day for THE COLLECTED WORKS OF THOMAS KYD: VOLUME TWO. 🥳 I'm immensely proud of this edition and all contributors. This volume provides detailed cases for an expanded Kyd canon, including collaborations with Shakespeare.
Latest arrival! Thanks so much to Amy McElroy for sending her book on Desiderius Erasmus. It looks copiously great!