by CCash | Apr 6, 2026 | Alls Well That Ends Well, Blog, Podcast Episodes
In Shakespeare’s plays, we see 6 total references to tennis. Polonius mentions an argument over a tennis game in Hamlet. Henry V and Pericles talk about tennis courts and there’s even a couple of references to “tennis balls” showing up in Shakespeare’s other plays,...
by CCash | Aug 18, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
with Emily Winerock From the lively galliard to the intimate volta, dancing was more than entertainment—it was a statement of identity, politics, and even resistance. In the world Shakespeare inhabited, dance could reveal your rank, signal your intentions in...
by CCash | Aug 11, 2025 | Blog, Detailed Show Notes
with Mark Hutchings When the audience settled in for a performance in Shakespeare’s England, the play wasn’t the only attraction. The interval—an often overlooked segment of early modern theatre—was a moment of transition, expectation, and performance in its own...
by CCash | Aug 4, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
In King Lear, Shakespeare gives us the haunting line, “Break, heart; I prithee, break!”—a cry of grief so intense it seems to carry physical weight. And indeed, it might. Today, doctors recognize Takotsubo Syndrome, or “broken heart syndrome,” a condition where...
by CCash | Jun 9, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Shakespeare wrote his play Hamlet in the early 1600s and by the late 1600s, well after the death of William Shakespeare in 1616, playing troupes are taking plays including Shakespeare’s Hamlet and other works by early modern playwrights, and turning them into...
