Show deaths in shakespeare somebody has taken the pains to count up the deaths in shakespeare either on the stage or behind the scenes and finds the number ninety the variety of causes Is great cold steel accounts for about two thirds twelve are old age and decay seven persons are beheaded five die by pol son two of suffocation two of strang ling one of a fall one by drowning three by snake bite and one 1 thumped to death with a sandbag the compiler of this curious table has overlooked one of the most affect ing in all the plays that of mabll allus of the winters tale mabll allus son of queen hermoine Her died of a broken heart caused by grief over the supposed eup posed perfidy of his mother |