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Here are some of our news stories.
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Trust wins two Stratford Pride Awards
Dr Diana Owen, Director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, has scooped the Stratford's Pride Award for her outstanding contribution to life in Stratford-upon Avon. The staff and volunteers at Mary Arden's Farm won the Team of the Year trophy at the same ceremony.
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Visitor numbers reach seven year high
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the charity that cares for the five Shakespeare Houses & Gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon has recorded its highest visitor numbers for seven years.
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Covering up Shakespeare to expose the truth
Authorship conspiracy is much ado about nothing As box offices await the arrival of the new Hollywood film Anonymous, which portrays William Shakespeare as a fraud, the playwright’s name is disappearing from pub and street signs up and down the country. The blackout is a bid to highlight…
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Covering up Shakespeare to expose the truth
Authorship conspiracy is much ado about nothing As box offices await the arrival of the new Hollywood film Anonymous, which portrays William Shakespeare as a fraud, the playwright’s name is disappearing from pub and street signs up and down the country. The blackout is a bid to highlight…
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Shakespeare Birthplace Trust welcomes two delegations from China
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has welcomed two separate delegations from China this week, following the visit to Shakespeare’s Birthplace by the Chinese Premier Mr Wen Jiabao in June.
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Shakespeare Birthplace Trust launches campaign to lay authorship question to rest
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has fired up a campaign to tackle head-on the conspiracy theories that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon was not the true author of the plays which bear his name. The charity has lined up 60 actors, writers and scholars to answer the big questions about…
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Iqbal Academy presents Yamani Medallion to Dr Diana Owen
Dr Diana Owen, Director of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, has been awarded the Yamani Medallion by the Iqbal Academy in recognition of her work to build bridges between communities by celebrating the links between Shakespeare and Dr Sir Muhammad Iqbal, the Poet-Philosopher of the East.
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Chinese Premier visits Shakespeare's Birthplace
Chinese Premier Wen starts UK visit with personal pilgrimage to Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Tudor Festival 28-30 May 2011
Tudor Festival and Sheep Shearers’ Feast at Mary Arden’s Farm Whitsun Bank Holiday 28-30 May
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In Love With Shakespeare : the finest thespian talents unite for a celebration of Shakespeare on Sky Arts
Premiering Saturday 28 May at 6.30pm on Sky Arts 1 HD A cast of some of the country’s finest actors has assembled for a celebration of Shakespeare’s greatest speeches.
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