Mark Rylance in the 1989 production of Hamlet

(Donald Cooper / Alamy)

Brian Cox in the National Theatre production of King Lear

(Donald Cooper / Alamy)

Brian Cox, Ian McKellan and David Bradley in the National Theatre production of King Lear

(Donald Cooper / Alamy)

Georgia:

Shakespeare at the Broadmoor asylum

Episode sources:

1. Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor Edited by Murray Cox

2. Obituary: Dr. Murray Cox by David E. Ford (The Independent) 1997.

3. Hamlet Timeline (Royal Shakespeare Company)

4. “Attack on RSC plans to play at hospital” by Simon Miller (The Reading Evening Post) 1990

5. “Performance that covered the audience with emotion” by David Caldwell (The Guardian) 1989

6. “Broadmoor drama” (Workingham Times) 1990

7. “‘The play’s the thing’ as Bard catches conscience of a killer” by John Illman (The Observer) 1997

8. “King Lear Goes to Broadmoor” by Janet Watts (The Observer) 1992

9. “1989” (Wikipedia)

Karen:

The Wisconsin Butter Fire

Episode sources:

1. “Warehouse food saved” by Joel Broadway (Wisconsin State Journal) 1991

2. “The great butter and cheese fire of 1991” by John Oncken (Wisconsin State Farmer) 2022

3. “Central Storage Warehouse Fire Madison, Wisconsin” (Fire Engineering) 1991

4. “The Fires” (City of Madison)

5. “Risen from a fiery ooze” by Karen Rivedal (Wisconsin State Journal) 2011

6. “Dairy warehouse fire melts butter – lots of it” (UPI) 1991

7. “Madison ‘Butter Fire’ Remembered 20 Years Later” (Channel 3000 / News 3 Now) 2011

8. “Madison fire destroys millions of pounds of food” (The Sheboygan Press) 1991

9. “Butter River: Cleaning up Madison’s largest commercial fire” (Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District) 2022

10. “Government to assist Madison fire clean up” (The Country Today) 1991

11. “Blaze also poses environmental threat” by Mike Flaherty (Wisconsin State Journal) 1991

12. “Suggestions for cleaning ‘Butter River’ flow in” (Stevens Point Journal) 1991

13. “Forklist listed as fire cause” (Wisconsin State Journal) 1991

14. “Street near fire opens partially” by Jeff Richgels (The Capital Times) 1991

15. “Wisconsin Butter Fire” (Wikipedia)

16. “Emergency and Safety Alliance” (DC.gov)

17. “1991 Central Storage Warehouse Fire in Madison, Wisconsin” (Facebook)

18. “Kenneth Williams” (Legacy)

Fire behind the CSW sign

(City of Madison Fire Department)

The fire at CSW

(City of Madison Fire Department)

Onlookers watch as the fire blazes

(City of Madison Fire Department)

Close up of firetruck in buttery mess

(City of Madison Fire Department)

A fireman walks in hip-deep dairy

(City of Madison Fire Department)

CSW showing its love to Madison fire fighters

(City of Madison Fire Department)