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A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

A staged reading of Joanna Baillie’s 1798 comedy THE TRYAL. The text has been modified for the stage: it has been shortened but there is also a scene added to clarify the plot. This reading brings to life a text Baillie was unable to produce in her own day.

5/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ksanlDElU

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays & Psychological Horror

Dr Helen Dallas explores the intersections of the Gothic, powerful emotions, psychology, & stage performance, & makes the case for what was innovative about Baillie’s work, & why she’s overdue a comeback

4/5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJGoCMk85A

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #gothic #horror

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

“the particular configuration of A Collection of Poems – a gathering of poems from various authors strictly to benefit a needy family, a family whose name was unknown to almost all of the subscribers – was certainly unusual & possibly unique in the Romantic era”

3/5

https://branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=thomas-mclean-donation-and-collaboration-joanna-baillies-a-collection-of-poems-chiefly-manuscript-and-from-living-authors-april-1823

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie supported working-class poets & female writers. She inspired Byron & was considered by Harriet Martineau “second only to Shakespeare”. The Royal College of Surgeons of England has volumes of her work in their Research Room

2/5

https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/joanna-baillie/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism #workingclasswriters

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018

A 🎂🧵

1/5

https://doodles.google/doodle/joanna-baillies-256th-birthday/

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #19thcentury #womenwriters #romanticism #drama #playwright #theatre #stage #romanticism

Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

[18th-century-content warning: possible racism, animal cruelty, homophobia, sexism, slut-shaming. Let me know of any problems.]

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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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The murky lagoon harbouring a centuries-old maritime mystery
By Jon Daly

The elusive Deadwater wreck is Western Australia's longest-running maritime mystery, encompassing colonial eyewitness accounts, artefacts tenuously linked to the wreck, and vivid folklore involving treasure, matricide and piracy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/deadwater-wreck-mystery-baffles-centuries-on/107050790

#History #18thCentury #HumanInterest #19thCentury #Historians #Archaeology #LibrariesMuseumsandGalleries #JonDaly

Roseberry’s Summerhouse: What Was It For? Nobody Quite Knows

A while has passed since I last posted a photo of Roseberry’s summerhouse.
I call it a summerhouse, though nobody agrees on what this odd building was for. The National Park have stuck a plaque on it calling it a shooting box. Fine, except a sketch by George Cruit puts ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/07/03/roseberrys-summerhouse-what-was-it-for-nobody-quite-knows/

#NorthYorkMoors #RoseberryTopping #18thcentury #history