Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Table Carpet
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Table carpets were high status objects that were used by the social elite in early modern English society.
Victoria Jackson Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsCopyright of the artist
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Royal Signatures: Queens Elizabeth
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In this blog post, I highlight some documents where monarchs have (quite literally) left their mark in the archive - royal signatures.
Amy Hurst Monarchy in the ArchivesShakespeare in 100 Objects: Doll
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Today’s object is a wooden doll, possibly from the seventeenth century, of German, Dutch, or French origins, and is now in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collection.
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsShakespeare's Stories: Photographs of Viola
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View and listen to discussion concerning this 1960 image of Malvolio taunting Viola, along with others.
Shakespeare's StoriesDear Shakespeare
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In our exhibition "Dear Shakespeare", we take a look at several letters in our Collections from over the centuries, starting with Richard Quiney's letter to the playwright himself.
Bram Stoker Collection Living ArchivesShakespeare's Stories: Instruments of Power
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In this video, Jan Blake looks at a number of instruments of power and restraint that she selected for display from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust’s collections.
Shakespeare's StoriesShakespeare in 100 Objects: Fire-back
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Fire-backs formed a set of objects for cooking and heating; this one shows a connection to Stratford's local government and the rise of civic identity.
Peter Hewitt Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsPicture of the Month - May 2012
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This photo depicts the 1960 production of The Winter's Tale, a highly regarded production conjuring up a “mythical Renaissance, a world in which anything could happen and anything did”.
Helen Hargest Picture of the MonthPortrait of a Deer-poaching Shakespeare
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You may have heard the rumour: as a young man Shakespeare was caught poaching deer and locked up in prison.
Painting ShakespeareShakespeare in 100 Objects: Spice Plate
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Used during the dessert course of a meal or banquet, spice plates would have been used to present delicacies like sweetmeats, exotic spices, fruit, honey wafers and refined sugar to the guests.
Victoria Jackson Shakespeare in 100 Objects