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...
by CCash | Apr 20, 2026 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
In Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Hotspur delivers a chilling threat against King Richard: “I’ll have a starling shall be taught to speak Nothing but ‘Mortimer,’ and give it him To keep his anger still in motion.” It’s a line rooted...
