The Gunpowder Plot – Who were the women?
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Discover the women behind the Gunpowder Plot.
Sofia Wood juliet filesCopyright of the artist
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All the latest Shakespeare news and behind the scenes action at SBT
Female Suffrage in the SBT Collection
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Explore material from the collection on the theme of women and the right to vote.
Kelsey Ridge juliet filesPushing Upward and Forward: American Actresses on the RSC Stage
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Discover the lives and works of American actresses who performed on the RSC stage with Brooke Tobler.
Brooke Tobler juliet filesCassandra Willoughby: an 18th Century Traveller and Her Journals
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Discover Cassandra Willoughby's travel journals with Collections volunteer Norma Hampson.
Norma Hampson juliet filesEllen Ann Willmott: a Woman of Horticultural Destiny
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A blog in recognition of the 160th birthday of the Trust's first female gardener, Ellen Ann Willmott, a splendid horticulturalist who shaped the gardens at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Annamaria Vass juliet filesAmy Smith: Gentlewoman and Faithful Servant
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The life and death of Amy Smith, companion and faithful servant to Joyce, Countess of Totnes.
Phil Spinks juliet filesHelene Leigh and Marie Campbell: Swapping Dollars for Titles
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Norma Hampson introduces us to two American women, Helene Leigh and Marie Campbell, who married into English nobility and transformed Stoneleigh Abbey.
Norma Hampson juliet filesBurying the Madness: Wuthering Heights and Hamlet
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Examining Emily Bronté’s seminal 1847 novel Wuthering Heights and its grave connections to Hamlet.
Katherine Reeve juliet filesStratford’s First Female Mayor
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Explore the life of Annie Justins, Stratford-upon-Avon’s first female mayor.
Jann Tracy juliet filesAdelaide Neilson: star of the Victorian stage
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Discover the life of Adelaide Neilson, a talented Victorian Shakespearean actor, whose life was marked by tragedy.
Anjna Chouhan juliet files