That Shakespeare Life

By Cassidy Cash

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Hosted by Cassidy Cash, That Shakespeare Life takes you behind the curtain and into the real life of William Shakespeare. Get bonus episodes on Patreon

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Episode Date
The Story of Shakespeare's Birthplace
Apr 22, 2024
Uncovering the Stage Boards Shakespeare Walked Upon
Apr 15, 2024
Alarum and Parley: Military Sounds in Stage Directions
Apr 08, 2024
Robert Armin and Will Kemp, Fools of Shakespeare
Apr 01, 2024
Bible Translations in Shakespeare's Lifetime
Mar 26, 2024
What is Wattle and Daub, anyway?
Mar 18, 2024
Eye glasses, spectacles, and eyeware for Shakespeare's lifetime
Mar 11, 2024
The Battle of Lepanto, 1571
Mar 04, 2024
The Real Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn Compared to All is True
Feb 26, 2024
16th Century Romance Fiction
Feb 19, 2024
Declension of Pronouns with David Crystal
Feb 12, 2024
The Life of Mary Frith, known as Moll Cutpurse
Feb 05, 2024
16th Century Plague, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Microbiology
Jan 29, 2024
Reporting on Scottish News in England
Jan 22, 2024
Childbirth, Midwives, and Pregnancy in the 16-17th Century
Jan 15, 2024
The Marian Civil War
Jan 08, 2024
What Would We Have Seen at a Country House Entertainment?
Jan 01, 2024
Christmas Gifts in Shakespeare's England
Dec 25, 2023
Holiday Ghost Stories
Dec 18, 2023
The Ghost Stories of Anne Boleyn
Dec 11, 2023
Christmas Carols and Madrigals for Shakespeare's Lifetime
Dec 04, 2023
Wool and Wool Sweaters in the 16th Century
Nov 27, 2023
The Pilgrim Psalter, Book of Psalms, 1612
Nov 20, 2023
Table Manners for Shakespeare's England
Nov 13, 2023
Napkins in Shakespeare's England
Nov 06, 2023
The Legends and Folklore of Werewolves for 16th century England
Oct 30, 2023
The 16th Century Legend of Robin Hood
Oct 23, 2023
How Was the First Folio Physically Made?
Oct 16, 2023
Haunted Lover's Ballads
Oct 09, 2023
Maria on Board the Golden Hind
Oct 02, 2023
The History of English Apples
Sep 25, 2023
The Science of a 16th Century Football Found at Stirling Castle
Sep 18, 2023
The 16th Century Bed That Sleeps 12 People
Sep 11, 2023
What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
Sep 04, 2023
Expletives: Exploring 16th Century Curse Words
Aug 28, 2023
Potatoes First Arrived in England in the 16th Century
Aug 21, 2023
The Wadlow Portrait of Shakespeare
Aug 14, 2023
Tewskbury Mustard from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2
Aug 07, 2023
Real 17thC Canon Law in Measure for Measure
Jul 31, 2023
The Arrival of the Exclamation Point During Shakespeare's Lifetime
Jul 24, 2023
The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
Jul 17, 2023
A Fight Director Takes on Queen Margaret
Jul 10, 2023
Stranger's Hall: A 16thC Home for Refugees
Jul 03, 2023
The Establishment of Fort Raleigh in 1587
Jun 26, 2023
New Discoveries about the First Folio
Jun 19, 2023
Farthingales & Poofy Shorts: The World of 16th Century Underpants
Jun 12, 2023
What was it like to be handicapped or disabled in 16th Century England?
Jun 05, 2023
What It Means to Take a 17thC Covenant in Scotland
May 29, 2023
Huguenots arrive in England during Shakespeare's Lifetime
May 22, 2023
Finding a Lost Aldrovandi Portrait from the 1590s
May 15, 2023
Tomatoes Make a Splash in Shakespeare's England
May 08, 2023
Atlantic Slave Trade in England for the 16th Century
May 01, 2023
Blackfriars, the Parish, The Puritans, and The Theater
Apr 24, 2023
Card Games That Were Popular for Shakespeare
Apr 17, 2023
Lost Plays and the Historians Who Find Them Again
Apr 10, 2023
A Traditional Marriage Ceremony Including the Reading of the Banns
Apr 03, 2023
The Danby Portrait: A newly uncovered painting from life of William Shakespeare
Mar 27, 2023
The Great Fires that Ravaged Stratford Upon Avon in the 1590s
Mar 20, 2023
The Hairy Girls That Captivated Europe With Their Portraits
Mar 13, 2023
The Man Who Established The Lord Chamberlain's Men, Shakespeare's Playing Company
Mar 06, 2023
Heads That Keep Talking After They Are Decapitated (and other wild Royal death stories)
Feb 27, 2023
1582: David Ingram Walks from Mexico to Nova Scotia
Feb 20, 2023
Thomas Kyd inspires a young William Shakespeare to write plays
Feb 13, 2023
Plays Performed at Universities and How They Competed with the Playhouses
Feb 06, 2023
Did your barn float away? Floods, Storms, and Frozen Rivers in the 17th Century
Jan 30, 2023
Mandrakes That Scream and Look Like People Was An Elaborate 16th Century Scam
Jan 23, 2023
Writing letters in Renaissance England using special tricks and antiquated tools
Jan 16, 2023
The Astronomically High Deaths on the First Voyages of the East India Trading Company
Jan 09, 2023
Twelfth Night Celebrations Every January Including Music and Misrule
Jan 02, 2023
Cony Trapper with Ari Friedlander
Dec 26, 2022
Santa Claus did not exist for Shakespeare, but happily, Sir Christmas did
Dec 19, 2022
Nutmeg: So Luxurious it was Given as a Christmas Gift to the Queen
Dec 13, 2022
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Dec 05, 2022
Sport fishing in Shakespeare's England
Nov 28, 2022
Squanto with David and Aaron Bradford
Nov 21, 2022
Gresham College with Valerie Shrimplin
Nov 14, 2022
Cesarean Section with Mary Fissell
Nov 07, 2022
Pirates and Privateers with James Seth
Oct 31, 2022
Pumpkins and The Great Pompion
Oct 24, 2022
Coffee and Tea for Shakespeare's Lifetime
Oct 17, 2022
Waffles and Waffle Irons in 16th Century England
Oct 13, 2022
English Accents with Valerie Fridland
Oct 03, 2022
Acrobats and Tumblers with Clare McManus
Sep 26, 2022
Sweetbreads with Neil Buttery
Sep 19, 2022
Susanna's Garden with Ailsa Grant Ferguson
Sep 12, 2022
Armadillos with Peter Mason
Sep 05, 2022
Curse Words with John Spurr
Aug 29, 2022
Fireworks with Simon Werrett
Aug 22, 2022
Fireworks with Simon Werrett
Aug 22, 2022
Dragons with Carolyne Larrington
Aug 15, 2022
Hobby Horses with Natalia Pikli
Aug 08, 2022
Infant Formula in the 16th Century
Aug 01, 2022
King John with Ralph Turner
Jul 25, 2022
Bears of 1608 with Callan Davies
Jul 18, 2022
Conrad Gessner with Dan Hooley
Jul 11, 2022
How did Shakespeare Sleep? With Sasha Handley
Jul 04, 2022
Did Women Act on Stage? With Pamela Brown
Jun 27, 2022
Catherine de Medici with Estelle Paranque
Jun 20, 2022
Maps with Peter Barber
Jun 13, 2022
The First English Lottery with Elizabeth Norton
Jun 06, 2022
Medlars with Neil Buttery
May 30, 2022
Banbury Cheese with Helen Forde
May 23, 2022
John Caius with Vivian Nutton
May 16, 2022
Transplant Surgery with Paul Craddock
May 09, 2022
William Adams with Timon Screech
May 02, 2022
Stephen Hopkins with Andrew Buckley
Apr 25, 2022
The Moon with Rachel Aanstad
Apr 18, 2022
John Taylor the Water Poet with Bernard Capp
Apr 11, 2022
Cocktails with Jared and Anistatia Brown
Apr 04, 2022
Cataracts Surgery with Chris Leffler
Mar 28, 2022
Laundry and Touching Disease with Steph Bennett (Ep 205)
Mar 21, 2022
Herballs with Sarah Neville (Ep204)
Mar 14, 2022
Pregnancy at Sea with Kasia Burzyńska
Mar 07, 2022
Lady Elizabeth Russell and the Blackfriars (Ep 202)
Feb 28, 2022
Shakespeare's Violence with Jared Kirby and Seth Duerr
Feb 21, 2022
Old Tom Parr with Emma Kate Lanyon (Ep 200)
Feb 14, 2022
Beer Making with Richard Unger (Ep 199)
Feb 07, 2022
St. Swithun's Day with Philippa Brewell (Ep 198)
Jan 31, 2022
Sound Effects with Chris Johnston and Alexander Sovsronsky (Ep 197)
Jan 24, 2022
Body Language with Miranda Fay Thomas (Ep 196)
Jan 17, 2022
Ep 195: The Ottoman Empire with Aisha Hussain
Jan 10, 2022
Ep 194: Clouds, Lightning, and Special Effects with Frank Mohler
Jan 03, 2022
Ep 193: King of Moors Pageant with Maria Shmygol
Dec 27, 2021
Ep 192: Purple Carrots with Phil Simon
Dec 21, 2021
Ep 191: Pearls with Saoirse Laarachi
Dec 13, 2021
Ep 190: Metallurgy with Alan Williams
Dec 06, 2021
Ep 189: Cunning Folk with Owen Davies
Nov 29, 2021
Ep 188: Plymouth Colony with David and Aaron Bradford
Nov 22, 2021
Ep 187: The Arquebus Rifle with Jonathan Ferguson
Nov 15, 2021
Ep 186: Stratford Upon Avon Floods in 1588 with Laurie Johnson
Nov 08, 2021
Ep 185: Witch Bottles, Charms, and Mummified Cats with Brian Hoggard
Nov 01, 2021
Ep 184: The Case of Elizabeth Stile with Carole Levin
Oct 25, 2021
Ep 183: Bedlam Hospital with Duncan Salkeld
Oct 18, 2021
Ep 182: The Clink Prison with Alex Lyon
Oct 11, 2021
Ep 181: Letters and the Postal Service with Andrew Pettegree
Oct 04, 2021
Ep 180: Travelling Libraries with Michael Brennan
Sep 27, 2021
Ep 179: Tudor Shoes with Juraj Matejik
Sep 20, 2021
Ep 178: Shakespeare's Toilet Paper with Tiffany Stern
Sep 13, 2021
Ep 177: Shorthand with Kelly McCay
Sep 06, 2021
Ep 176: Leicester's Men with Laurie Johnson
Aug 30, 2021
Ep 175: The King's Men with Lucy Munro
Aug 23, 2021
Ep 174: Elizabethan Hair Care & Wigs with Sue Prichard
Aug 16, 2021
Ep 173: Bridewell Prison with Duncan Salkeld
Aug 09, 2021
Ep 172: Roderigo Lopez with Susan Abernethy
Aug 02, 2021
Ep 171: Joan La Pucelle with Carole Levin
Jul 26, 2021
Ep 170: William Bradford with David and Aaron Bradford
Jul 19, 2021
Ep 169: Tudor Underwear with Bess Chilver
Jul 12, 2021
Ep 168: Court with Natalie Mears
Jul 05, 2021
Ep 167: Shareholders with Lucy Munro
Jun 28, 2021
Ep 166: Elizabethan Street Fighting with Casey Kaleba
Jun 21, 2021
Ep 165: The Broom Besom with Wendy Wall
Jun 14, 2021
Ep 164: Iron Gall Ink with Lucas Tucker
Jun 07, 2021
Ep 163: Crocodiles and Alligators with Spencer Weinreich
May 31, 2021
Ep 162: The Grass Snake and the Basilisk with Rob Lenders
May 24, 2021
Ep 161: The Mermaid Tavern with Michelle O'Callaghan
May 17, 2021
Ep 160: Characterie and Elizabethan Short Hand with Bryan Crockett
May 10, 2021
Ep 159: Elizabethan Dogs with Jeff Crosby and Shelley Ann Jackson
May 03, 2021
Ep 158: Excavating Bull Ring Market with Steve Thomson
Apr 26, 2021
Ep 157: Social Order and Architecture with Matthew Johnson
Apr 19, 2021
Ep 156: Rules for 17th C Hunting with Karen Kaiser Lee
Apr 12, 2021