by CCash | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Love Shakespeare history? Access our entire back catalog of shows (over 100 episodes!) when you join us as a patron on Patreon. Shakespeare mentions a “weather-cock” in his plays Merry Wives of Windsor, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Love’s Labour’s Lost, which is a...
by CCash | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog, Patrons Only Back Catalog, 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 #133 of That Shakespeare Life, the...
by CCash | Jul 20, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
William Shakespeare uses the word “basilisk” in Parts 2 and 3 of Henry VI, in Henry IV Part 1, as well as in Cymbeline, Richard III, Henry V, and a Winter’s Tale. The references themselves are not incredibly descriptive, but demonstrate that his audience had an...
by CCash | Jul 13, 2019 | Blog, DIY History
Continuing our series on Shakespeare and Mythological Animals (our new course that will be available in full inside the membership area at the end of July), we are taking a look at the unicorn in Shakespeare's plays. From the Bible to the ships of famous explorers,...