This social distancing thing?? It's been around for hundreds of years!! In fact, they did it way better than us!! Learn how repeated epidemics of bubonic plague impacted Shakespeare's life and work AND learn how the Oriental Rat Flea accomplished its nasty, nasty business!!To support our show on Patreon, go here:  https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35662364&fan_landing=trueTo visit our website go here:https://www.thebardcastyoudick.comTo donate to an awesome charity, go here:https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-reliefLike us? Leave us a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts!!Episode sources:Dickson, Andrew: Shakespeare in Lockdown: did he write King Lear in plague quarantine? Printed in The Guardian Greenblatt, Stephen: What Shakespeare Actually Wrote About the Plague Printed in The New Yorker Maltby, Kate: What Shakespeare can – and can’t – teach us about Covid-19 CNN.com McDonald, Russ: The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare Shapiro, James: The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606 Smith, Emma: What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Living With Pandemics Printed in The New York Times Yachnin, Paul: After the plague, Shakespeare imagined a world saved from poison, slander, and the evil eye TheConversation.com Young, Robin and Hagan, Allison: He Didn’t Flee: Shakespeare and the Plague wbur.org MacGregor, Neil - BBC:  Transcript – Shakespeare’s Restless World – Programme 17 - https://www.bbc.co.ukShapiro, James: How Shakespeare’s great escape from the plague changed theatre Printed in The GuardianHarkup, Katherine: Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts – Bloomsbury SigmaMiller, Dr. Yvette Alt: Shakespeare and the Plague aish.comWells, Stanley, Shakespeare and the Plague, printed in The Sunday Times, LondonParnes, Dori: The Pandemic Ravaged Europe and Left Many Unemployed. One of Them Was William Shakespeare Haaretz.com  Episode is LivePublished: Jun. 26, 2020 @12AM EditUnpublishAdd a TranscriptGet episode better indexed by search engines.Add Chapter MarkersListeners can tap through & see what’s coming up.Promote this EpisodeCreate a Video SoundbiteShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInEmail Link to EpisodeDirect Link to MP3Embed this ONE EpisodeView Episode Stats