Did Shakespeare Write During Plague?

by CCash | Mar 21, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorized

Did Shakespeare Write During Plague? Elizabethan theaters were frequently shuttered in London during outbreaks of the bubonic plague, which claimed nearly a third of the city’s population. The official rule was that once the death rate exceeded thirty per week,...

Ep 86: Amy Lidster about Philip Henslowe’s Diary

by CCash | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

One of the ways we fund the podcast is through affiliate links. If you purchase these items through our links, we make a commission. This, and all the posts here on our website, may contain such affiliate links.  Welcome to Episode #86 of That Shakespeare Life, the...

Did Shakespeare Meet Pocahontas?

by CCash | Oct 26, 2019 | Blog, Did Shakespeare

IMAGE: Portrait of Pocahontas, wearing a tall hat, and seen at half-length. Around the oval lettering reads: “MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ”. Below oval “Ætatis suæ 21. Ao / 1616.” Below: “Matoaks aľs...

Ep 78: Samuel Jermy and the Lord Mayor’s Show

by CCash | Oct 14, 2019 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

One of the ways we fund the podcast is through affiliate links. If you purchase these items through our links, we make a commission. This, and all the posts here on our website, may contain such affiliate links.  Welcome to Episode #78 of That Shakespeare Life, the...

Ep 71: Interview with Emma Smith on The Bodleian Library

by CCash | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

One of the ways we fund the podcast is through affiliate links. If you purchase these items through our links, we make a commission. This, and all the posts here on our website, may contain such affiliate links.  Welcome to Episode #71 of That Shakespeare Life, the...