Jul 30, 2018
Shakespeare is often portrayed wearing bright purple poofy pumpkin pants, characteristic both of the time period and our impression of William. Today, Ninya Mikhaila, a professional historical costumer, joins us to share her experiences of recreating 17th century clothing, and tell us all about how William Shakespeare...
Jul 23, 2018
Douglas joins us today to discuss marketing in the 16th century.
With new plays performed as often as every afternoon, and a large
portion of his target audience being illiterate, how did
Shakespeare fill seats and manage to sell enough tickets to stay in
business?
Douglas Bruster is a professor of
English at the...
Jul 16, 2018
Barbara Traister is the author of The Notorious Astrological Physician of London, and Heavenly Necromancers: The Magician in English Renaissance Drama, as well as former Professor of English at Lehigh University. She joins us today to look at some of Shakespeare’s examples of medicine depicted in his plays and explore...
Jul 9, 2018
Glyn Jones joins us today to talk about kitchen gardens and estate gardens that impacted Shakespeare. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust maintains 5 gardens thought to have been part of William Shakespeare’s home in Stratford and today Glyn Jones is going to help us explore whether or not Shakespeare had a garden...
Jul 2, 2018
Does William Shakespeare belong in the theater and not the
literature department?
Nigel Wood is a Professor of Literature at Loughborough University,
specializing in early modern literature and the staging of dramatic
texts. He joins us today to discuss the evolution of Shakespeare's
plays as a result of reading what...