by Jinny Webber | Jul 27, 2021 | Uncategorized |
Bedtrick spans the years 1599-1603, a dramatic time in London. Sander Cooke’s personal challenges define the plot, but so too the tensions during that era in politics and theatre. One change that subtly reflects the times is the nature of clowning. What...
by Jinny Webber | Jul 26, 2021 | Shakespeare and Fiction |
This series of blog posts on Bedtrick should probably have begun with an announcement for the book itself. This link will take you to the publisher’ website: https://cuidono.com/Webber_Bedtrick.html From 1599 until her death in 1603, Queen Elizabeth’s rule...
by Jinny Webber | Jul 26, 2021 | Shakespeare and Fiction |
Alexander Cooke is listed as one of the players in Shakespeare’s First Folio and appears in various other sources of the time. His death in 1614 is documented, the fact that he fathered children, and the speculation that he played Shakespeare’s principal female...
by Jinny Webber | Jul 10, 2021 | Shakespeare and Fiction |
“Bedtrick: sex with a partner who pretends to be someone else.” Introduction, Wendy Doniger, The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade, University of Chicago, 2000. Two of Shakespeare’s plays, All’s Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure, make use of the plot...
