Where Did Shakespeare Sit? - Myths, legends and ‘seats’
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In this blog Emily White discusses some of the legends that focus on where Shakespeare sat, along with their associated artefacts.
Emily WhiteCopyright of the artist
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Miriam Arden: Remembering a Life, Honouring Life
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For Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 Cataloguing Archivist Jim Ranahan looks at the life of Jewish Refugee Ilse Aufricht.
Jim Ranahan Holocaust Memorial DayCaring for our Collections - Grain Arks and Witch’s Marks
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Collections Care Assistant Amy Davies explains the work that goes into conserving a medieval grain ark and how it can give us clues about the superstitious society in which Shakespeare lived.
Amy DaviesBurton's Anatomy of Melancholy: 400 years later
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Rosalyn Sklar looks at Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy on the 400th anniversary of its first publication.
As You Like It Merchant of Venice Hamlet melancholy Depression Burton Robert BurtonThe Mystery Women in the Museum Collection
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Collections Care Assistant Amy Davies takes a close look at some of the portraits of unknown women in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's museum collection
Amy DaviesThomas Stothard - Scenes from Shakespeare's Plays
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Acting Head of Collections, Rosalyn Sklar, looks at two paintings by Thomas Stothard bequeathed via the Art Fund.
Rosalyn Sklar Much Ado About Nothing thomas stothard art MacbethThe Sad Case of Mary Violet Cowan and the Theft of a Shakespeare Quarto
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Robert Howe tells the tragic story of Violet Cowan, thief of a rare edition of Pericles.
Robert Howe juliet filesShakespeare’s Favourite Flowers: The Pansy
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Librarian Mareike Doleschal discusses the role of the pansy in Shakespeare and Victorian flower books.
Mareike Doleschal prospero files Shakespeare's Favourite FlowersShakespeare's Favourite Flowers: A New Library Acquisition
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Librarian Mareike Doleschal introduces a new library acquisition: a flower book published in 1883, The Flowers of Shakespere [sic]
Mareike Doleschal prospero files Shakespeare's Favourite FlowersShakespeare's Favourite Plants: The Hawthorn
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Librarian Mareike Doleschal investigates how Shakespeare and Victorian artists represented an iconic plant, the hawthorn, in their works.
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