Magical Christmas workshops with Stratford Schools
Learning
This year the staff at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and New Place had a little extra help with decorating the houses.
Sarah Fisher Christmas Workshops schoolsCopyright of the artist
Blogs
All the latest Shakespeare news and behind the scenes action at SBT
A Shakespearian Christmas
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Sofia Wood explores the ways that Christmas celebrations differed in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras compared to today.
Sofia Wood ChristmasThe Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: December
Shakespeare's family homes
Transport yourself to Shakespeare's New Place as our filthy, floriferous, garden tale now enters its twelfth, and final act.
Jane Shaw New Place GardensThe Women Behind Fierce Sisters
Shakespeare & his works
Meet the fiery female characters who are stepping up from the sidelines and taking centre stage in a thought-provoking new performance in the gardens at Shakespeare's New Place.
'Sardine Constructions': a Look at the Exhibition
Shakespeare's family homes
Exhibition Guide Elinor Cole explores her favourite piece in the current ShakespeariAnne exhibition on display by the Birthplace
Elinor Cole ExhibitionHenry Irving and Ford Madox Brown: Theatre and Visual Art
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Alexander Thom examines the connections between paintings of King Lear and a theatre production, with discoveries from our collections
Alexander Thom King Lear Bram Stoker CollectionThe Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: November
Shakespeare's family homes
A grey squirrel with attitude has sabotage in mind for our bulb planting. Time for an interlude, a mulberry gin, and a rainbow and unicorn day-dream.
Jane Shaw New Place GardensEva Garrick’s Two Left Feet
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A blog about a pair of eighteenth shoes said to have belonged to Mrs. Garrick, a celebrated dancer and socialite.
Katherine Reeve juliet filesLady Georgiana Chatterton: a legacy with renewed importance
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Discover a sketch by Lady Georgina Chatterton which sheds light on women's role in British politics before their enfranchisement.
Laura Noble juliet filesThe American Diary of Jane Tonge Thompson, English Emigrant, 1839 - 1840
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Delve into the compelling diary of an English emigrant and discover a unique portrait of life in early nineteenth-century America.
Julie Bayliss juliet files