by CCash | Nov 17, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
with John Wyatt Greenlee When we imagine Elizabethan dining tables, we might picture roast meats, trenchers of bread, or tankards of ale.But lurking beneath the surface of rivers, marketplaces, and even the economy itself was a creature so valuable that it could pay...
by CCash | Mar 31, 2025 | Detailed Show Notes, Uncategorized
Sides of Different Dice in the 16th Century Historic Dice Games feature dice that look predominantly like the dice we have today. The most common shape of die in Shakespeare’s lifetime was exactly the kind of dice we have today, the exception being they...
by CCash | Mar 31, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
On previous episodes of That Shakespeare Life, we have talked about the numerous early modern card games that show up in Shakespeare’s plays, and even that Ferdinand and Miranda are playing the game of Chess in the Tempest. What you may be surprised to learn is that...
by CCash | Dec 30, 2024 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
When the weather was cold in England, it could get frigidly cold, even causing the rivers and lakes to freeze over. In Elizabethan England, you may be surprised to learn that ice sports, such as skating, even hockey, were practiced on the ice in wintertime. To share...
by CCash | Nov 25, 2024 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Samoset is a name spoken with respect around American dinner tables every November as we celebrate Thanksgiving, when Samoset is remembered with gratitude, for being willing to bridge the language gap for the English colonists who had just arrived at Plymouth. While...
