Dracula or the Un-dead... Bram and the Guv’nor at the SBT
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Discussing Bram Stoker's Dracula and Jefny Ashcroft's play Bram and the Guv'nor
Annette Ormanczyk Bram Stoker Collection Arts Friendly ArchivesCopyright of the artist
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Tagore Celebrations at Shakespeare's Birthplace
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On Saturday 6th May the annual celebration of Bengali poet RabindranathTagore’s birth was held in the Shakespeare Birthplace garden.
Hannah Jones Tagore Shakespeare's Birthplace Literary RelationshipsAvis Hodgson: from actress to nurse
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Avis Hodgson and Kathleen Talbot were nurses at Clopton House when it was a hospital during the First World War.
Mareike Doleschal First World War19th-Century Superstardom: Six Months in the Life of Sir Henry Irving and Dame Ellen Terry
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Research Associate, Ella Hawkins, offers an intriguing glimpse into the lives of the nineteenth century theatre stars , Henry Irving and Ellen Terry
Ella Hawkins Bram Stoker Collection Arts Friendly ArchivesHappy Birthday Erich Fried or Shakespeare in German
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For Erich Fried’s birthday we discuss German translations of Gertrude’s willow speech. All translations are held in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library.
Mareike Doleschal Translating ShakespeareSzekspir po polsku (Shakespeare in Polish)
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In honour of Polish Constitution Day, Annette Ormańczyk explores the fascinating links between Shakespeare and Polish history with material held in our library.
Annette Ormanczyk Translating Shakespeare‘The crowds were thick’.... Arthur Conan Doyle and Henry Irving at the SBT
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New play 'Bram and the Guv'nor' explores Bram Stoker, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry's story using letters from the Bram Stoker Collection.
Annette Ormanczyk Bram Stoker Collection Arts Friendly ArchivesShakespeare in Dutch
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In honour of Koningsday, a Netherlands holiday, we've written about an eighteenth-century Dutch translation held in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library.
Anna Kerr Translating ShakespeareShakespeare 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 ArmenianBarnum 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!
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