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"Sackerson loose" by Robert William Buss. Sackerson was a famous brown bear which was baited in London's Beargarden in the late 16th century. [1]The bear appears in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor in which Slender boasts to Anne Page that, "That’s meate and drinke to me now: I have seene Sackerson loose, twenty times, and have taken him by the Chaine: but (I warrant you) the women ...
A painting of about 1650 by Abraham Hondius of a bear-baiting. Variations involved other animals being baited, especially bulls. Bull-baiting was a contest which was similar to bear baiting in which the bull was chained to a stake by one hind leg or by the neck and worried by dogs. The whipping of a blinded bear was another variation of bear ...
Imogen talks to the bear in order to protect the actors. The play briefly switches focus to a group of bears in a cage at the Paris Gardens. Henry and Imogen have sex, after which Henry invites Imogen to watch bear-baiting at the Gardens with the rest of the actors. While watching the bear-baiting, the Crier recognizes Imogen as a bear.
"Hoist with his own petard" is a phrase from a speech in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet that has become proverbial. The phrase's meaning is that a bomb-maker is blown ("hoist", the past tense of "hoise") off the ground by his own bomb (" petard "), and indicates an ironic reversal or poetic justice.
The play follows two main couples: Beatrice and Benedick (adapted to Bea and Ben in Anyone But You), who use witty banter to deny their romantic interest in one another, and Claudio and Hero (here ...
The Beargarden was a facility for bear-baiting, bull-baiting, and other "animal sports" in the London area during the 16th and 17th centuries, from the Elizabethan era to the English Restoration period. Baiting is a blood sport where an animal is tormented or attacked by another animal, often dogs, for the purpose of entertainment or gambling.
A bear would be led into an arena and chained to a stake. Then a pack of bulldogs or mastiffs would be released into the arena to torment the bear. Apparently, the crowds enjoyed subjecting such a ...
During various periods of history and in different cultures around the world, various types of baiting, named for the species used, have been confirmed. These include badger-baiting, bear-baiting, bull-baiting, donkey-baiting, duck-baiting, hog-baiting, human-baiting, hyena-baiting, lion-baiting, monkey-baiting, rat-baiting, and wolf-baiting.