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A Mnemonicon panel with Shakespeare's cast. Romeo and Juliet, the Macbeths, and Richard III, each given a jar of Marmite

A Mnemonicon panel with Shakespeare's cast. Romeo and Juliet, the Macbeths, and Richard III, each given a jar of Marmite

A Shakespeare panel: Romeo and Juliet on the balcony, the Macbeths in the kitchen the night before the murder, and Richard III soliloquising on toast at his coronation.

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William Shakespeare on Marmite, the humours, a jar set before Falstaff at the Boar's Head, and a sonnet for the jar

William Shakespeare on Marmite, the humours, a jar set before Falstaff at the Boar's Head, and a sonnet for the jar

William Shakespeare on Marmite as choler in a jar. Falstaff seizes it at the Boar's Head and declares it sack made flesh. Closes on the Bard's sonnet for the jar.

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Marmite in Popular Culture: Beyond the Jar

Marmite, the iconic British yeast extract, is renowned for its distinctive flavour that divides opinion: you either love it or hate it.

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