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 filesExamining Emily Bronté’s seminal 1847 novel Wuthering Heights and its grave connections to Hamlet.
Katherine Reeve juliet files HamletExplore the life of Annie Justins, Stratford-upon-Avon’s first female mayor.
Jann Tracy Stratford-upon-Avon juliet filesDiscover the life of Adelaide Neilson, a talented Victorian Shakespearian actor, whose life was marked by tragedy.
Anjna Chouhan juliet filesJann Tracy talks about the many achievements of best-selling novelist and Stratford resident Marie Corelli.
Jann Tracy Stratford-upon-Avon juliet filesFor Museum Week 2018, we examine one of the least ‘poetical’ images of the drowned Ophelia: Bryan Organ’s “Ophelia, after Millais.”
Kelsey Ridge juliet filesIntroducing a new blog series exploring women in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's Collection.
Mareike Doleschal juliet filesThis International Women’s Day, we remember Buzz Goodbody - the first woman director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, who campaigned for social justice for all marginalised groups. We hold collections that shed light on this and other aspects of her li
Jim Ranahan International Women's Day Royal Shakespeare Company juliet filesWe all know of Beatrice, Rosalind, and Viola – some of Shakespeare's strongest and most well-known female characters – but for International Women's Day we're shedding light on some of Shakespeare's lesser known (but in no way less empowering) heroines.
Rio Turnbull International Women's Day King Lear juliet filesEthel Webling is the artist behind a unique edition of "Julius Caesar" in our collections, which makes record of the noteworthy Herbert Tree's production of the show in 1898.
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