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Bear Baiting Bets: A History of Blood Sports in Elizabethan Times

Bear Baiting Bets: A History of Blood Sports in Elizabethan Times

Jonathan December 9, 2019 11:23:59

Bear baiting bets In Elizabethan times kept everyone entertained. In Macbeth, there is a stanza he speaks to his enemies: “Have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, But, bear-like, I must fight the course.” Today this holds little meaning. But in the year of the play, 1606, if one were to take a short walk from Shakespeare's own Globe Theater, you would find the "Bear Gardens". This was where dogs, bears, bulls, chimps and other creatures had to fight to the death in front of roaring crowds, many of whom were gambling on the outcome.

Sweden Can Bet On Quaison In The Future

Sweden Can Bet On Quaison In The Future

Nich Moore March 26, 2015 08:57:41

With nationality seemingly so arbitrary and yet so important is it any wonder the media make such a fuss about players like Robin Quaison? It was the sickeningly talented Tom Stoppard in his 1990 classic of artistic comedy “Rozencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” that dismissed an entire nation in four short lines. Almost throw-away in […]