How did Shakespeare Sleep? With Sasha Handley - a podcast by Cassidy Cash

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Shakespeare mentions sleep in his plays over 380 times, and the word bed over 540 times! His works mentions Truckle beds, as well as the famous Great Bed of Ware, but when it comes to the bard himself, what did he sleep on? Here this week to help us explore beds in Tudor England as well as pajamas, bedtime rituals, and the materials used to make bed sheets is our guest and author ofSleep in Early Modern England,Sasha Handley. 

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