This week we travel back to Elizabethan England with Shakespeare in Love! Join us for a discussion of dogs on the stage, John Webster, early modern toothbrushes, the death of Christopher Marlowe, and more!

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Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_in_Love Rebecca Keegan and Nicole Sperling, "Shakespeare in Love and Harvey Weinstein's Dark Oscar Victory," Vanity Fair (8 December 2017). https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/shakespeare-in-love-and-harvey-weinsteins-dark-oscar-victory "Entertainment Novelist sues Shakespeare makers," (23 March 1999) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/301620.stm . Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shakespeare_in_love Roger Ebert, "Shakespeare in Love" (25 December 1998). https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/shakespeare-in-love-1998 Nyay Bhushan, "'Shakespeare in Love' Director on Harvey Weinstein: "It's About an Abuse of Power"" The Hollywood Reporter (16 October 2017). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shakespeare-love-director-harvey-weinstein-an-abuse-power-1049015 William Demastes, The Cambridge Introduction to Tom Stoppard (Cambridge University Press, 2012). THR Staff, "Recount! Oscar Voters Today Would Make 'Brokeback Mountain' Best Picture Over 'Crash'" The Hollywood Reporter (18 February 2015). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/recount-oscar-voters-today-would-773522 "Harvey Weinstein timeline: How the scandal unfolded," BBC News (29 May 2020). https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41594672 "The Cast Against Harvey Weinstein, Part 1" The Daily Podcast (9 January 2020). Carolyn Thompson, "Another delay granted for Harvey Weinstein extradition," ABC News (11 December 2020). https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/delay-expected-harvey-weinstein-extradition-74669118

Shakespeare's Signature: Folger Shakespeare Library staff and Alan H. Nelson, "Shakespeare's signature" https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/highlights/shakespeares-signature and https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/node/1011 https://doi.org/10.37078/1011 and https://shakespearedocumented.folger.edu/resource/document/william-shakespeares-last-will-and-testament-original-copy-including-three Maev Kennedy, "William Shakespeare's will featuring his last signatures goes on show" The Guardian (2 February 2016). https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/feb/02/william-shakespeares-will-featuring-his-last-signatures-goes-on-show "Shakespeare's Signature at the National Library" https://web.nli.org.il/sites/NLI/English/digitallibrary/gallery/Humanities/Pages/Shakespeare.aspx "Shakespeare's will" The National Archives https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=21 Doug Stewart, "To Be or Not to be Shakespeare," Smithsonian Magazine (September 2006). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/to-be-or-not-to-be-shakespeare-127247606/

Dogs on the Stage: Louis B. Wright, "Animal Actors on the English Stage before 1642," PMLA 42:3 (September 1927): 656-69. https://www.jstor.org/stable/457395 Stephen Dickey, "Shakespeare's Mastiff Comedy," Shakespeare Quarterly 42:3 (Autumn, 1991): 255-75. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2870843 Jason Scott-Warren, "When Theaters Were Bear-Gardens; Or, What's at Stake in the Comedy of Humors," Shakespeare Quarterly 54:1 (Spring, 2003): 63-82. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3844120 Eva Lauenstein, "Exit, pursued by a bear" (29 January 2016) https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/discover/blogs-and-features/2016/01/29/exit-pursued-by-a-bear/ https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/gentlemen-of-verona/lance

John Webster: "Who was John Webster," Royal Shakespeare Company. https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-duchess-of-malfi/about-the-play/who-was-john-webster "John Webster," British Library https://www.bl.uk/people/john-webster# Michael Billington, "An introduction to The Duchess of Malfi" British Library (24 April 2017). https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/an-introduction-to-the-duchess-of-malfi David Coleman, John Webster, Renaissance Dramatist (Edinburgh University Press, 2010). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1g0b0b7

Timeline of Shakespeare's Plays: "Timeline of Shakespeare's Plays," The Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company, available at https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeares-plays/timeline

Toothbrushes: "Who Invented the Toothbrush and When Was It Invented?" Library of Congress. Available at https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/who-invented-the-toothbrush-and-when-was-it-invented/ Chew Sticks on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/818439482/african-chewing-stick-twig-brush-3-bunch?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=chew+stick&ref=sr_gallery-1-10&organic_search_click=1&frs=1 Victoria Sherrow, For Appearances' Sake: The Historical Encyclopedia of Good Looks, Beauty, and Grooming. Greenwood Publishing, 2011. Cassidy Cash, "Did Shakespeare Use a Toothbrush?" Available at https://www.cassidycash.com/did-shakespeare-use-a-toothbrush/

Death of Kit Marlowe: "Death in Deptford," Marlowe Society. Available at http://www.marlowe-society.org/christopher-marlowe/life/death-in-deptford/ Amelia Hill, "New Twist to Marlowe's Murder Riddle," The Guardian. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jul/01/books.humanities