Sunday Short Takes Mega Edition! This is what happens when I actually have time to do things. (I took Spring Break off at work – although the fact that I was able to mostly use comp time accrued in the last month to take the *whole week* off tells you something…)
More interesting Shakespeare news:
* Shakespeare’s grave scanned in 400th anniversary – Shakespeare’s grave in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford upon Avon has never been excavated, but a scan has been carried out to search below ground. The findings are expected to be revealed in the next few weeks.
* William Shakespeare’s handwritten plea for refugees to go online – Sir Thomas More script is only surviving copy of a play in the bard
Lipscomb has a book coming out on Henry’s wives, which might be the inspiration for the series. She seems to be the media’s “go-to” historian now for the Tudors, since Starkey got into some trouble with his opinions on current events. I miss his swashbuckling approach.