Episode 37: Shakespod--BACK TO SCHOOL

Ever wonder what school was like in Shakespeare's Day? Well, tune in this week to find out! This week we dive into Shakespeare's school days, what kind of education he had, and why some people think that means he couldn't have written his plays. Merry Wives of Windsor Scene performed by: Sydney Harmon, Oliver Piccotto, Doll Piccotto, and James Lucas as Sir Hugh. Sources for this podcast: Elizabethan Education by Linda Alchin "A Double Spirit of Teaching--What Shakespeare's Teachers Teach Us" by Patricia Winson Why Some People Think Shakespeare Didn't Write Shakespeare, Explained--by Constance Grady Greene's Groats-Worth of Witte--Folger Shakespeare Library Children in Elizabethan England--Julia Bossonis Welcome to Grammar School Famous Shakespeare Authorship Skeptics--Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship Yes, Shakespeare Really Was Shakespeare--Shiladitya Sen The Rediscovery of Shakespeare's Greek--Earl Showerman Yes, Shakespeare Really Did Write Shakespeare--Alex Knapp A Note on a Phrase In Shakespeare's Play King Lear-"A Plague Upon your Epileptic Visage"--Tim and Hannah Betts