by CCash | Sep 17, 2024 | Detailed Show Notes, Shakespeare Christmas
“Ah, where’s my man? give me some aqua vitae…” — Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, III.2 Artist’s representation of distillation apparatus for aqua vitae, from Liber de arte Distillandi, by Hieronymus Brunschwig, 1512 | Two figures...
by CCash | Sep 16, 2024 | Detailed Show Notes
Figures and Geese in the Grounds of a Tudor House by English artist Philip Norman (1842–1931). | Public Domain | Source Domestic Geese vs Wild Geese Shakespeare’s plays talk about geese being sold at market, and they also mention wild-geese. Dale explains...
by CCash | Sep 10, 2024 | Detailed Show Notes, Special Effects
Costa Rican Pottery Whistle dated c. 800-1525. This pottery whistle is similar to the one shown in the video version of today’s podcast by our guest Chris Johnston. Thank you to Alexander Sovronsky for sharing the history of this artifact and how it would...
by CCash | Sep 9, 2024 | Detailed Show Notes
Scroll down to view all the extras for this episode. The Tooth Puller by Pieter van der Borcht (fl. 1559–circa 1611) | Published by Published by Bartholomeus de Momper, MET Museum | Public Domain | Source Toothbrushes in Early Modern England Tooth brushing as an act...
by CCash | Sep 4, 2024 | Detailed Show Notes
This content coordinates with our Ep 333 on Single Women in Shakespeare’s Lifetime with Amy Froide. You can listen to the episode here. This marriage bond, dated November 28, 1582 states that there was nothing to prevent William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway’s...
by CCash | Aug 19, 2024 | Detailed Show Notes
And, though I kill him not, I am the cause, His death was so effected – Alls Well That Ends Well (III.2) The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt. [1572-1617]: In English, in …, Volume 2By Great Britain. Courts, Sir Edward Coke | This report talks about the...
