About Cassidy Cash
Cassidy Cash is the host of That Shakespeare Life.
Cassidy holds a BA in English from the University of Montevallo, and an MEng (Masters of Engineering) in Information Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Cassidy is a member of the Renaissance Society of America, the Shakespeare Association of America, the International Shakespeare Association and was named an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in London for her contributions to history.
With thousands of listeners across more than 90 countries, Cassidy Cash combines rigorous historical research with engaging storytelling to make historical research accessible, and fun, for her listener, regardless of their level of previous study.
Started on Shakespeare’s birthday in 2018, That Shakespeare Life, is ranked as the #1 Shakespeare history podcast in the world. Her research into history has been published in major publications including Historians Magazine, History Hit, and History Magazine.
Cassidy’s documentary films and 3-minute animate plays based on Shakespeare’s works have won international film awards, including Best Animated Adaptation of Shakespeare play at the Shakespeare Shorts Film competition in Stratford Upon Avon in 2018. Her documentary short, The Art of the Sword won Official Selection at the All Around Film Festival in 2020.
Cassidy regularly presents at history and Shakespeare conferences to share her research into 16th century card games, particularly the games Noddy and Maw. Her work was published on the Lost Plays Database as part of their work into the history of lost plays (and, by extension, lost card games.)
Cassidy has always been an artist before all else, and utilizes her artistic talents to showcase history as a historical map illustrator and building portraitist. See some of her work here.
Cassidy is available as a 16-17th century history consultant for documentaries and tv, having recently consulted on The Importance of Pawns by Keira Morgan, and with The 1620 Experience on their forthcoming documentary film about the life of William Bradford.
You can email Cassidy directly using cassidy at cassidycash dot com or Find her on X
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R&J in three minutes delivers precisely on its title, and in so doing has dash, and wit, and (as you might expect), economy.
Technically, its impressive, as is its lightness of tone. It really highlights both the simplicity of Shakespeare's storytelling at the core, and the enormous leap he makes from the bare bones of the plot highlighted here, to the sublime treatment he applies to the final work.
This film made me smile, and made me lean in to see what happens next, and it made me admire its magic and wizardry. Cassidy Cash has made a memorable and original film.
