Thingterests 1: Fruit Seeds and the Shakespearean Playhouse

In our new series on things, objects, and cultural history, Callan Davies looks at Shakespearean theatre history from the starting point of some food waste… A whistlestop tour of “Shakespearean” playhouses via the perspective of some +400-year-old apple seeds, exploring the relationship between fruit and special effects, playgoing experience, seasonality, and playhouse structure.

Fruit seeds and nutshells image: Fruit seeds and nutshells from the Rose Theatre. Copyright: Museum of London.