by CCash | Dec 29, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
with Martin Butler “Say, what abridgement have you for this evening? What masque? what music? How shall we beguile The lazy time, if not with some delight?” — A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V, Scene 1 There are over a dozen mentions of...
by CCash | Jul 1, 2024 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
When Shakespeare mentions ballads in his plays, he uses adjectives like odious and woeful, mentioning both the ballad makers in Coriolanus, and the people who sell them, known as the ballad mongers, in Henry IV Part 1. Shakespeare has over 20 references to ballads...
