Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Juliet’s birthday: Shakespeare and Lammas-tide
Francesca Annis as Juliet and Marie Kean as the Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, RSC 1976 Lammas Day, 1 August, was an important day in the calendar, but for Shakespeare-lovers Lammas Eve, 31 July, is the more...
View Article
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date”: the end of the holidays
August, from The Shepheardes Calendar, showing the wheat harvest in sheaves. 26 August was the Summer Bank Holiday in the UK, the last official holiday until Christmas. And the end of August, though...
View Article
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Harvest time in Shakespeare’s England
A detail from Breughel’s The Hay Harvest For once the English summer hasn’t let us down and until the last few days we’ve enjoyed weeks of fine, warm weather. August is harvest-time. In The Tempest,...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....
