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We meet Tara Sachdeva, co-founder and director at Compass Presents, and the creative mind behind House Party on Henley Street, which is part of the national Museums at Night festival
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“There was a star danced, and under that was I born” – illustrations of Much Ado About Nothing’s Beatrice
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Enjoy illustrations of one of Shakespeare's greatest heroines from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library.
Shelley Bushman juliet files5 people who shaped history on Henley Street
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Travel through time to find out more about some of the real people who will inspire the characters at our Museums at Night event
“Get you to Girton Beatrice, get you to Newham. Here's no place for you maids.”
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Philippa Higson discusses how a quote from Much Ado About Nothing was used in a nineteenth century article to promote patriarchal society and the suppression of women's rights.
Philippa Higson juliet files“Shake this island”: Armenian Shakespeare Association Conference
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Vice-President of the Polish Shakespeare Association, Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik, shares her impressions of a Shakespeare conference in Venice.
Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik Translating ShakespeareHear the Ambassadors
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Watch a short film that explores how governments conduct diplomacy by looking at the world of Ambassador Henry Wotton and Shakespeare.
Carol RutterIs this the “real Shakespeare”? – A Hungarian Hamlet
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Balázs Szigeti tells us about the adventurous balancing act of surtitling a Hungarian Hamlet production into modern English.
Balázs Szigeti Translating ShakespeareSummer in Shakespeare’s Town Gardens
Shakespeare's family homes
Summer was full of flip-flop days; in between the odd shower or two, deckchairs were splayed out on our lawns, their occupants dozing to the lazy drone of drunken bees.
Jane Shaw GardensFrom Stratford to Venice via Oxford: Travelling with Thomas Coryat
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Miranda investigates the madcap adventures of Thomas Coryat, an eccentric early modern travel writer
Miranda Gleaves coryat travelShakespeare in Spanish
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Katey Workman, Learning intern, explores the reception of Shakespeare in Spain.
Katey Workman Translating Shakespeare