Mark Ratcliffe, Head of Estates at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, explores the traditional and environmentally-friendly building techniques and materials still in use at Shakespeare's family homes today.
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Cheryl Morgan, guest speaker for OUTing the Past Festival 2022, introduces us to the subject of her talk ‘Girls on Stage’, and gives us her insight into the research she has been pursuing on gender play upon the Shakespearean stage.
OUTing the PastIn this blog Emily White discusses some of the legends that focus on where Shakespeare sat, along with their associated artefacts.
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For Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 Cataloguing Archivist Jim Ranahan looks at the life of Jewish Refugee Ilse Aufricht.
Jim Ranahan Holocaust Memorial DayCollections Care Assistant Amy Davies explains the work that goes into conserving a medieval grain ark and how it can give us clues about the superstitious society in which Shakespeare lived.
Amy DaviesSBT Archivist and OUTing the Past Festival presenter Jim Ranahan introduces us to the Trust’s ‘Proud Shakespeare’ initiative.
Jim Ranahan Proud Shakespeare OUTing the PastAfter an online question and answer session with members of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s Learning Team, students at Marling School took part in a creative writing competition inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘lost penknife’. Read the winning entry here, al
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