SHAKESPEARE AND WOMEN
Apr 15, 2021
2 minutes
Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon lived among women. He observed them running households, farms, businesses and teaching children their mother tongue. Later, in London, he watched women’s city habits, and at court, their elite behaviours. He’d seen “greasy Joan” “keel the pot”, country lasses “bleach their summer smocks” on hedges, and housewives plonk down their babies to).
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