by CCash | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
“Get me the ink and paper.” Cleopatra demands in Antony and Cleopatra (I.5) In Henry IV Part I, Peto says “Nothing but papers, my lord.” (II.4) These are just two of over 100 references to paper in Shakespeare’s plays, with characters reading papers, carrying...
by CCash | Apr 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Text on this page is a rough transcript from our interview (unless otherwise noted). Details under the images are related to the picture or artifact and are not reflective of any comments by the guest. Paper Was Made From Linen In a word—rags. If the paper was meant...
by CCash | Oct 16, 2023 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Access over 150 additional episodes on Patreon! Join today at http://www.patreon.com/thatshakespearelifeIn the year 1623, close to a decade after William Shakespeare died, the First Folio was published, which is a collection of some of Shakespeare’s plays selected by...
by CCash | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Our website uses affiliate links. If you purchase items through our links, we make a small commission. Welcome to Episode #178 of That Shakespeare Life, the podcast that takes you behind the curtain and into the life of William Shakespeare. There...
by CCash | Mar 8, 2021 | Detailed Show Notes
Why, they will allow us ne’er a jordan, and then we leak in your chimney; and your chamber-lie breeds fleas like a loach. Second Carrier Henry IV Part 1, (II.1) Toilet at Little Moreton Hall. | Little Moreton Hall is a moated 15th and 16th-century half-timbered manor...
