Did Shakespeare Go Trick or Treating?

Did Shakespeare Go Trick or Treating?

When it comes to the tradition of trick or treating on October 31, we can trace the origins of this practice back to Tudor England. Some say it was even under Queen Mary that the phrase “All Hallow’s Eve” was reportedly first used. The practice of trick or treating...
Extremely Short Book Review: Greenblatt, Bate, & Akroyd

Extremely Short Book Review: Greenblatt, Bate, & Akroyd

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Is Hamlet a Christmas play?

Is Hamlet a Christmas play?

Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, gives us a brief look at Christmas in Shakespeare’s lifetime when Marcellus, one of Hamlet’s friends who was in on Hamlet’s plot to make everyone think he’s crazy before he kills his uncle for betrayal. And there’s this one speech by...