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What's On in July 2009
Lunchtime Lecture, 1pm, Wednesday 8 July: Jonathan Croall and Stanley Wells - 'Sybil Thorndike: A Star of Life'. Jonathan Croall talks to Stanley Wells about writing the life of Sybil Thorndike, a leading actress and one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century.
Venue: Wolfson Hall, Shakespeare Centre
Tickets: Payable on the door - £4.00/concessions £3.50, Friends of SBT £3.00 
Outdoor Play at Nash's House and New Place Gardens, Saturday 11 July, 7pm: Crescent Theatre presents The Taming of the Shrew, in the Great Gardens of New Place. Tickets £10 (concessions £5). Tickets may also be booked online, please visit the Crescent Theatre website for details. 
Living Shakespeare, Thursday 16 - Saturday 18 July: Living Shakespeare Courses offer a unique opportunity to learn more about Shakespeare's plays. Over three days, through lectures, theater performances and discussion with scholars and theatre professionals you will gain a greater understanding of the plays. The emphasis of these programmes is on the enjoyment of learning in a friendly and generous atmosphere. This summer's Living Shakespeare course is based around Julius Caesar and As You Like It.
Venue: The Shakespeare Centre
Cost: £50
Children's Activities, Saturday 18 July - Sunday 6 September: Summer Fun - activities at the Shakespeare Houses for the school holidays, including: 
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Various activities based on the play and the gardens in summertime, including developing the presentation of the Woodland Walk and various performance based activities.
Nash’s House
“Plays and Pastimes”
A garden trail with drawing, colouring, identification activities and exploring our Elizabethan Knot Garden.
Hall’s Croft
“House Detective”
Learn about the different people who have lived in Hall’s Croft over the last 400 years. Find out how a Jacobean house was constructed and have a go at designing your own building.
Mary Arden's Farm
A different theme each week of the holidays:
- 'Wattle & Daub Week': Tudor house-building
- 'Tudor Troubles': law-breaking in the sixteenth century
- 'Plough the Fields and Scatter': farming week
- 'Cheese and Humours': Tudor domestic life
- 'Cures from the Garden': herbs and plants as medicine
- 'Peascod and Pottage': Tudor diet and cooking
- 'Fun and Foolery': Tudor games and activities
Outdoor Play at Mary Arden' Farm, Friday 31 July, 7.30pm: Oddsocks presents Richard III at Mary Arden's Farm. Tickets - Adults £15, Students and children £1, family ticket £30 (2 adults 2 children)