James Armstrong, Playwright

A recent issue of The Coleridge Bulletin  contained an article shedding light on William Linley, the brother-in-law of Richard Brinsley Sher...

This morning, I finished reading Zapolya: A Christmas Tale , S.T. Coleridge 's holiday story of love, usurpation, and alleged lycanthrop...

After Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s verse tragedy Remorse  became a hit in 1813, many writers with literary ambitions turned to the stage, hopin...

I previously blogged about theatre articles that appeared recently in The Byron Journal . Today, I want to write about an article in The Co...

A recent issue of The Coleridge Bulletin  published some new letters from Sara Coleridge, daughter of poet and dramatist Samuel Taylor Coler...

I'm pleased to find that my new book Romantic Actors, Romantic Dramas  has been positively reviewed in The Byron Journal . Julie Carlson...

Noted scholar Julie Carlson has reviewed my new book Romantic Actors, Romantic Dramas: British Tragedy on the Regency Stage  in the latest i...

If you've been wanting to order a copy of my new book, Romantic Actors, Romantic Dramas , but were putting it off because copies were to...

After a long wait, my new book Romantic Actors, Romantic Dramas: British Tragedy on the Regency Stage  is now available from publisher Palgr...

Covid-19 has cancelled a number of conferences, or at least driven them online. Last week, the  British Association for Romantic Studies be...

The Irish actress Sarah Smith was supposed to be the next big thing in the early nineteenth century. Unfortunately, the m...

On this day in 1814, Edmund Kean appeared as Shylock on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. It would launch Kean's career,...