Reader Services Assistant Suzanne Lithgo delves into the library and RSC archive to uncover the legendary Wars of the Roses...
Suzanne Lithgo Collections War of the Roses Royal Shakespeare CompanyIn this Reader Services Guide, find out more about pre-20th century theatre ephemera in our collection and how to research performance history in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Madeleine Cox Pre-20th Century Reader Services Guides Performance TheatreThis guide is intended to give a brief overview of our collections relating to Stratford-upon-Avon and the surrounding area. Use it to get a better idea of the collections in context and to understand our referencing system.
Madeleine Cox Local history Local Collections Reader Services Guides Stratford-upon-AvonWe are delighted to launch the first in a series of online Reader Services Guides. These are designed to explain what we have, how to find it and other sources you might find helpful!
Madeleine Cox Collections Reader Services GuidesIn this blog Emily White discusses some of the legends that focus on where Shakespeare sat, along with their associated artefacts.
Emily WhiteCollections 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 DaviesFor Holocaust Memorial Day 2022 Cataloguing Archivist Jim Ranahan looks at the life of Jewish Refugee Ilse Aufricht.
Jim Ranahan Holocaust Memorial DayRosalyn 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 BurtonCollections 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 DaviesActing 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 Macbeth