Reblogged from British Museum blog:

Shakespeare’s Restless World is currently being broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Today's episode Plague and the Playhouse looks at impact of the plague on Shakespeare's London.

Dr Richard Barnett, Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Fellow and Honorary Research Fellow, UCL

The most common kind of plague and the kind most associated with historical plague is bubonic plague. The bacterium gets into the body and into the lymph nodes, generally found in the neck, shoulder, armpit, and groin.

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Found out yesterday that I will likely be teaching an eleventh grade English section next year. This is exciting news for reasons that include the opportunity to teach Hamlet again. This post from the British Museum made me think of "a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors."