Shakespeare in Armenian
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For Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, we introduce readers to an Armenian translation of The Merchant of Venice held in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust library.
Mareike Doleschal Translating Shakespeare ArmenianCopyright of the artist
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Barnum vs. Dickens: Oh What a Circus!
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P. T. Barnum was so taken with Shakespeare's Birthplace he wanted to take it to America, but not if Charles Dickens could help it!
Victoria Joynes Birthplace visitors Birthplace SBT170National Gardening Week - Tudor Plants
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Exploring spikenards and skirrets and their Tudor uses for #NationalGardeningWeek #NGW
Madeleine Cox plants National Gardening Week GardensA Great American Circus
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11 January 1858 members of the Howes and Cushing’s Great United States Circus signed the Birthplace visitor book
Norma Hampson circus Archive Birthplace visitorsSounding words: on translating Shakespeare
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Greek poet and translator Dionysis Kapsalis discusses the challenges of translating Shakespeare into Greek.
Dionysis Kapsalis Translating ShakespeareVolunteering at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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A University of Birmingham student's experience of volunteers with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as part of her studies.
Aldona Gorecka Collections VolunteeringSolving Mysteries in the SBT Archives: Ethel Webling and Herbert Beerbohm Tree
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Ethel Webling is the artist behind a unique edition of "Julius Caesar" in our collections, which makes record of the noteworthy Herbert Tree's production of the show in 1898.
Ella Hawkins juliet files4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards Visit the Birthplace
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In May 1858 the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards visited Shakespeare's Birthplace and signed the visitor book.
Norma Hampson archives Birthplace visitorsIreland and Shakespeare, Saint Patrick's Day
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A blog about Irish items held in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust library and archive, posted on the occasion of St. Patrick's Day.
Ann McDermott Translating ShakespeareHungary and Shakespeare’s Flowers
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SBT gardener Annamaria Vass, who is originally from Hungary, marks this Hungarian national holiday with a blog about flowers in Shakespeare's garden.
Annamaria Vass Translating Shakespeare Gardens