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...
by CCash | Oct 23, 2023 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Access over 150 additional episodes in our back catalog on Patreon! Join today at http://www.patreon.com/thatshakespearelifeWilliam Shakespeare refers to the legend of Robin Hood in his play, As You Like it with the old Duke exiled to the Forest of Arden with a group...
by CCash | Oct 9, 2023 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Haunted Lover’s Ballads for Shakespeare’s lifetime were a special kind of folk song where the ghosts of dead lovers would come back to haunt their unfaithful partners as a warning to future potentially unfaithful lovers. Ghosts and spiritual manifestations...
by CCash | Mar 11, 2019 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Welcome to Episode #47 of That Shakespeare Life, the podcast that takes you behind the curtain and into the life of William Shakespeare. I believe that if you want to understand Shakespeare's plays, then understanding the life of William Shakespeare, the man, is...
