For William Shakespeare's 450th birthday celebration, we're hosting a blog series to highlight the events that took place around the world for the Bard's 400th birthday back in 1964. In this post, read about the origins of The Shakespeare Centre.
Helen Cook Shakespeare's Birthday Shakespeare: 450 Years YoungThis week in the Reading Room we were visited by a couple researching the Stratford War Memorial and its different locations in the town.
Victoria Joynes Tales from the Reading Room Stratford-upon-AvonNicola Tinsley has been sorting through the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust' s collection of archaeological finds, including Anglo Saxon objects.
Nicola Tinsley Stratford Before ShakespeareNorma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. In this case, we have soldiers.
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultA list of 100 objects from Shakespeare’s world wouldn’t be complete without this very important item - a close-stool. Also referred to as a “night” stool, “necessary” stool, or “stool of ease”, these objects were actually toilets in disguise.
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 Objects1664 marked one hundred years since Shakespeare was born. During this time, the Civil War had ended, the theatres had been reopened, and the Third Folio was published.
Victoria Joynes The Birth of Shakespeare and BeyondThe tale of the Greenman (otherwise known as Herne the Hunter) was a popular part of folklore in Shakespeare's day. In fact, this Lord of the Greenwood makes a special cameo in Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor" in the form of a certain knight...
Emily Millward Tudor Life Shakespeare's Plays1614: William Shakespeare was 50 years old, 'Purchas His Pilgrimage' printed the story of a shipwreck, and Welcombe enclosures caused controversy in Stratford.
Victoria Joynes The Birth of Shakespeare and Beyond Shakespeare and his World--MOOCWhat was life like when William Shakespeare was born in 1564? This is the first in a series of blog posts that discovers what life was like in 1564, and in years since.
Victoria Joynes The Birth of Shakespeare and Beyond Shakespeare and his World--MOOCLearn the story of Alan Lestraunge, a local Warwickshire lord who served in the 'Hundred Years War' (the same war in which William Shakespeare's "Henry V" takes place).
Amy Hurst In the Vault Shakespeare and his World--MOOC