by CCash | Mar 24, 2025 | Detailed Show Notes, Macbeth
The real King Macbeth was nicknamed the Red King and reigned in Scotland from 1040 to 1057. He ruled during a time of Scottish history known as the Kingdom of Alba. Political centres in Scotland in the early Middle Ages | Author: Angus McLellan, source: Modified by me...
by CCash | Mar 24, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, there’s a famous banquet scene, with a huge food spread and of course, a few ghosts because what’s a party without a few spectres, right? This scene is fictional, but it is based on a real historical person, the real King Macbeth of...
by CCash | Feb 10, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
In Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, Proteus says “Here’s too small a pasture for such store of muttons.” Proteus is speaking metaphorically here, but the phrase refers to the relationship between animals raised in a field, and then processed for...
by CCash | Jan 6, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes, Shakespeare Christmas
January 6 is the day that many celebrate a holiday called Epiphany, the first manifestation of Jesus as the Son of God to the Gentiles, which happened through the visit of the Magi, or the Three Kings, who visited Jesus and brought him the now famous gifts of...
by CCash | Dec 25, 2023 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Access over 150 additional episodes in our back catalog on Patreon! Join today at http://www.patreon.com/thatshakespearelife Merry Christmas! I am thrilled you are spending a piece of your Christmas holiday here with us today. That’s a lovely gift in and of itself to...
