Is Hamlet a Christmas play?

Is Hamlet a Christmas play?

Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, gives us a brief look at Christmas in Shakespeare’s lifetime when Marcellus, one of Hamlet’s friends who was in on Hamlet’s plot to make everyone think he’s crazy before he kills his uncle for betrayal. And there’s this one speech by...
Did Shakespeare Have a Dog?

Did Shakespeare Have a Dog?

William Shakespeare mentions the word “dog” or “dogs” several hundred times in his works collectively. Shakespeare was the first writer to use the noun “Watchdog” (in the Tempest) and he is credited with coining the phrase “a dog will have his day” which is featured...