Viewing Event Record: Bears are rough creatures; women cannot abide them

Abstract

Sackerson in Shakespeare's 'Merry Wives of Windsor' boasts he has seen Sackerson the Bear 'loose, twenty times,' and 'taken him by the Chaine.' Women, however, he observes, 'cannot abide' such 'ill-favour'd rough things.'

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: 1623 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: before 1602 (Source of claim: externally supplied)

Venues

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Bear Garden

People