by CCash | Mar 17, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
The last time we talked about Judith Quiney was to discuss her youth as the younger sister of Susanna Shakespeare, the twin of Hamnet, and the overall blacksheep of her famous family due to her husband’s excommunication and the marriage scandal causing her father,...
by CCash | Mar 17, 2025 | Detailed Show Notes
I think we should clarify right way that the famous “Quiney Scandal” where Judith’s husband was excommunicated happened in March of 1616, just a month before William Shakespeare died. We talk more about that event, in our first episode with Grace, but let’s pick up...
by CCash | Mar 3, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
A “Last Will and Testament” is a document listing out the instructions for how to handle your remaining worldly goods after your death. It is an opportunity for the living to share their wishes from beyond the grave. In As You Like It, Orlando mentions this practice...
by CCash | Mar 3, 2025 | Detailed Show Notes
From the top left: These are all images of Shakespeare’s will. The first image is a close up of Shakespeare’s signature. While not yet required legally, a signature was common place on wills during Shakespeare’s lifetime. | This is a close up of the...
by CCash | Jun 18, 2018 | Podcast Episodes
Welcome to Episode #009 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...
