by CCash | Aug 18, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
with Emily Winerock From the lively galliard to the intimate volta, dancing was more than entertainment—it was a statement of identity, politics, and even resistance. In the world Shakespeare inhabited, dance could reveal your rank, signal your intentions in...
by CCash | Jul 28, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
For centuries, popular narratives have painted William Shakespeare as a man who left his wife Anne Hathaway behind in Stratford while he built his legacy in London. But what if that long-standing image is incomplete? A recently analyzed 17th-century letter...
by CCash | Jun 16, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
“Romeo and Juliet” may be Shakespeare’s most famous love story—but it wasn’t entirely his own. Long before the Bard set quill to page, a tale of star-crossed lovers was already circulating in Europe. In this episode, we’re joined by filmmaker Timothy Scott Bogart,...
by CCash | Jun 9, 2025 | Detailed Show Notes
The following slides and images are from Dr. Tiffany Stern’s presentation on puppets for the University of Birmingham in March of 2025. Dr. Stern provided this presentation to me for use in connection with this episode. All credit for the slides belongs to Dr....
by CCash | Jun 9, 2025 | Blog, Podcast Episodes
Shakespeare wrote his play Hamlet in the early 1600s and by the late 1600s, well after the death of William Shakespeare in 1616, playing troupes are taking plays including Shakespeare’s Hamlet and other works by early modern playwrights, and turning them into...
