- 445
- Episodes
- 31
- Transcribed
- 68
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 172K
- YouTube views
About That Shakespeare Life
Hosted by Cassidy Cash, That Shakespeare Life takes you behind the curtain and into the real life of William Shakespeare.
- Publisher
- Cassidy Cash
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Apr 2018
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
31 of 445 episodes have a transcript.
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Tools used for Prisoner Torture for the 17th Century
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Villainous Saffron Murder
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Shakespeare's England Laid the Groundwork for the Witch Panics
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Tools used for Prisoner Torture for the 17th Century
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Some of those plates, if you don't mind me doing that, would have spikes, so made even more uncomfortable. Simply couldn't talk without inflicting pain upon yourself. The designs, but there is generally one basic design and it would fit frame that would fit around the head with that plate. They vary a little bit sometimes. Some might have bells. I mean, the Royal Armouries has got one that has a bell. So it's more about announcing this person's coming and making everybody look as another form of shame, look at this person. Most didn't, but, you know, you do find examples like that around. And the Royal Armouries has a couple, has two Scald's bridles in its collection. […]
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- Malcolm Mercer
- Marion Gibson
- Ulinka Rublack
- Maria Hayward
- Catherine Richardson
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- YouTube views
- 172,483
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 55 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
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- Quality
- 86
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 92
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