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How Did Shakespeare Sleep?

Alternative title
Episode 220
Synopsis
Weekly Podcast hosted by Cassidy Cash in which she explores Elizabethan England and Shakespeare’s world. This week Professor Sasha Handley (The University of Manchester), author of Sleep in Early Modern England, explores beds in Tudor England as well as pyjamas, bedtime rituals and what bed sheets were made of then.
Series
That Shakespeare Life
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Audio
Transmission details
4 Jul 2022
Duration
32 mins

Credits

Cast
Cassidy CashHost

Additional Details

Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Subjects
Drama; History; Women’s studies; Shakespeare

Online Availability

Online URL
https://www.cassidycash.com/how-did-shakespeare-sleep-with-sasha-handley-ep-220/
Online format
Streamed/Download

Production Company

Name

www.cassidycash.com

Email
cassidy@cassidycash.com
Web
https://www.cassidycash.com/ External site opens in new window
Notes
Also video blogs as The Shakespeare Girl via her own dedicate YouTube channel.

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