Tag Archives: John Gerard

Pumpkins and cabbages: vegetables in Shakespeare’s Windsor

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

At the end of the growing season the shops are full of produce, with onions, pumpkins and other vegetables in store for the winter. As the harvest hymn has it, “all is safely gathered in /ere the winter storms begin”. … Continue reading →

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John Gerarde’s History of Plants and other herbals

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

A valuable aspect of the debate about the proposed new lifetime portrait of Shakespeare is the interest it has raised in John Gerarde’s Herball. The previous Director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Roger Pringle, and his wife Marian (Senior Librarian … Continue reading →

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Burghley, Gerarde and Shakespeare examined again

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

Last week the second of Mark Griffiths’ pieces about Gerarde’s Herball and its connections with Shakespeare was published in Country Life, and I’m grateful to friends for lending me copies of both. They’ve made interesting reading: Griffiths is  extremely knowledgeable … Continue reading →

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More matter for a May morning: Gerarde’s Herball and Shakespeare

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

After a few days away out of reach of the internet I returned home to find a new Shakespeare controversy had erupted. Country Life, not normally known for its Shakespeare content, had published a “Special Historic Edition” on 20 May … Continue reading →

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