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The Women Who Made Shakespeare
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Candlelit Christmas
Candlelit Christmas tours at Shakespeare's Birthplace this festive season
Shakespeare Week 2025
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Shakespeare’s First Folio, All the Plays: A Children’s Edition
This edition includes all 36 plays in the original volume, in the same order, and edited to be performed by 8-12 children, between 7-14 years of age, in under 20 minutes.
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Christmas at Shakespeare's Family Homes
Christmas is Coming to Shakespeare’s Birthplace
- General Interest
- No booking required
- Shakespeare's Birthplace
Candlelit Christmas
Come in from the darkness of winter and enjoy an intimate tour of Shakespeare's childhood home, under the magic of candlelight.
- General Interest
- Booking required
- Shakespeare's Birthplace
Winter at the Cottage
See Anne Hathaway’s Cottage in a new way this winter with a special installation by a local artist
- Exhibition
- No booking required
On Judith Shakespeare Quiney
- Talk
- Booking required
- Online
Conservation Period 2025
As part of our commitment to conservation and preservation of the Shakespeare Family Homes, a series of works will be taking place at Shakespeare’s Birthplace and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage in 2025.
- General Interest
- No booking required
- Various
Winter School 2025
Join us to discover more about 'all things Shakespeare' and enjoy lively conversation in beautiful surroundings.
- General Interest
- Booking required
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