What Did Shakespeare Really Look Like?

On June 20, 2016August 9, 2016 By Bookworm HistoryIn Bookworm History, Youtube episodes13 Comments

Greetings, folks! Just finished up a new Bookworm History episode over on the YouTube channel! This one’s all about the various portraits and pictures thought to depict the Bard of Stratford-on-Avon, William Shakespeare and whether any of them accurately illustrate what he looked like. Check it out!

Do you think any of these images actually depict Shakespeare? Leave your thoughts in the comments!

“Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”

On January 23, 2016March 27, 2016 By Bookworm HistoryIn Youtube episodes2 Comments

“There they stood, ranged along the hill-sides, met

To view the last of me, a living frame

For one more picture! in a sheet of flame

I saw them and I knew them all. And yet

Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set,

And blew ‘Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came.'”

Stephen King took Childe Roland from Robert Browning who got it from Shakespeare. So where the heck did Shakespeare get it from? In this episode of “Bookworm History” we’ll delve into the stories behind the tale of “Childe Roland” and examine the changes it went through on its way to King’s “The Dark Tower” epic! Click on the title card below to check it out!

The Devilish History of “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus” by Christopher Marlowe!

On August 6, 2015March 18, 2018 By Bookworm HistoryIn Youtube episodesLeave a comment

Greetings, folks! I just uploaded a brand new episode of Bookworm History over on the YouTube channel all about the story behind Christopher Marlowe’s infamous “Doctor Faustus”. I learned a ton while putting this together and I hope you will, too! Click the title card below to check it out, and, as always, thanks for stopping by!

P.S.- This website and all the stories contained therein can now be accessed simply by going to bookwormhistory.com! Very exciting!