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This nineteenth-century print is based on a drawing of a late-fifteenth century wall painting that once adorned the chancel arch in Stratford-upon-Avon’s Guild Chapel.
Richard Hemming Shakespeare in 100 Objects"Stratford-super-Avon": Sir William Dugdale’s "Antiquities of Warwickshire"
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Sir William Dugdale's "The Antiquities of Warwickshire" is one of the greatest county histories ever written, describing Warwickshire in terms of its history, topography, and genealogy. It contains an early reference to Stratford upon Avon as the birthpla
Helen Hargest Shakespeare and his World--MOOCSusanna and the Elders
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Rosalyn Sklar discusses the Biblical story of "Susanna and the Elders" in the book of Daniel, and its potential as the origin of William Shakespeare's and Anne Hathaway's eldest daughter's name.
Rosalyn Sklar Shakespeare and his World--MOOCTurn That Light Out!
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What happened when a local hotel keeper didn't turn his lights off one night in 1916?
Helen Cook Discover Shakespeare Stratford-upon-AvonNew Books in the SBT Library
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Discover Shakespeare1764 - Before the Celebrations
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In 1764, Stratford was yet to hold a large celebration dedicated to Shakespeare. Learn more about what did happen in Stratford during 1764.
Victoria Joynes The Birth of Shakespeare and BeyondStratford's Ceremonial Maces
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Ceremonial maces have been used for hundreds of years by royal and civic institutions. The Corporation of Straford-upon-Avon owned four maces of which two survive in the collection of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Rosalyn Sklar Shakespeare and Stratford Shakespeare and his World--MOOCLearning Languages and Love's Labour's Lost
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John Florio was a linguist and lexicographer, and his famous translation of Montaigne's "Essais" is known to have had a significant impact on several of Shakespeare's plays. In this post we talk about the array of Florio's various works that we have in ou
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