Ep.21 – Spear Wanker and Ned the Bear

This week we're speaking with Dr Andy Kesson, Box Office Bear and Reader in Early Modern Studies at Roehampton University. In this episode we find out how bears caused traffic jams in the Tudor period, and what the questionable sitcom, Will and Grace, has to do with Shakespeare's sonnets. Did you know that during the Early Modern period statistically there were more people who were not William Shakespeare than people who were? We learn that women were actually pretty important in Early Modern theatre, second only to Rhubarb salesmen. We also talk about GAY PANIC in the era and why Twelfth Night can get tae fuck.

You can check out Andy's project 'A Bit Lit here @a_bit_lit, and find out more about other NON-Shakespearean early modern authors here @b4shakes. For more bear content give him a follow @andykesson