Ep 82: Shane Ann Younts on Iambic Pentameter

by CCash | Nov 11, 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 #82 of That Shakespeare Life, the...

Ep 76: Susan Anderson on Disability in Shakespeare’s England

by CCash | Sep 30, 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 #76 of That Shakespeare Life, the...

Did Shakespeare Use a Gauntlet?

by CCash | Sep 28, 2019 | Blog, Did Shakespeare

IMAGE: Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel; Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester; Thomas de Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham; Henry, Earl of Derby (later Henry IV); and Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick, demand Richard II to let them prove by arms the...

Episode 65: Who were Shakespeare’s Siblings? With David Kathman

by CCash | Jul 15, 2019 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

One of the ways we fund the podcast is through affiliate links to books, products, and resources. 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. If you have any...

Did Shakespeare Practice Falconry? (New on YouTube)

by CCash | Sep 29, 2018 | Blog, Did Shakespeare

In his plays and poems, Shakespeare frequently used phrases that reference large birds of prey. He either observed or participated in falconry (also called hawking) in and around his hometown of Stratford, one rural town like the ones where falconry was known to be...