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Doublets, French Hose, and Plunging 16th C Necklines

by CCash | Jun 8, 2026 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

Shakespeare is famous for his costume changes in his plays, including characters that swap genders and seemingly fool the world as their true identity simply by a change of clothes. Since Shakespeare’s playing companies were all male, and still manage to portray some...

Shampoo: How to wash your hair in Shakespeare’s England

by CCash | Jun 1, 2026 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

In Shakespeare’s plays, there are over 150 references to the word “hair” across which Shakespeare talks about a barber fixing someone’s hair, about hair being dyed, about losing your hair being a natural product of old age, combing your hair, and even the weight of...

Throwing Down Your Gauntlet Glove, A History

by CCash | May 25, 2026 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

In Shakespeare’s plays, he uses the word “gauntlet” a total of 6 times. In one instance, the stage directions declare that a character “throws down his gauntlet.” In Hamlet, stage directions again refer to a gauntlet by saying that attendants bring "foils and...