Betsy Harris the Patchwork Artist
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Discover the life and work of Hephzibah Harris, an expert craftswoman.
Jann Tracy juliet filesCopyright of the artist
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“There was a star danced, and under that was I born” – illustrations of Much Ado About Nothing’s Beatrice
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Enjoy illustrations of one of Shakespeare's greatest heroines from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library.
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Philippa Higson discusses how a quote from Much Ado About Nothing was used in a nineteenth century article to promote patriarchal society and the suppression of women's rights.
Philippa Higson juliet files“Shake this island”: Armenian Shakespeare Association Conference
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Vice-President of the Polish Shakespeare Association, Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik, shares her impressions of a Shakespeare conference in Venice.
Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik Translating ShakespeareHear the Ambassadors
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Watch a short film that explores how governments conduct diplomacy by looking at the world of Ambassador Henry Wotton and Shakespeare.
Carol RutterIs this the “real Shakespeare”? – A Hungarian Hamlet
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Balázs Szigeti tells us about the adventurous balancing act of surtitling a Hungarian Hamlet production into modern English.
Balázs Szigeti Translating ShakespeareFrom Stratford to Venice via Oxford: Travelling with Thomas Coryat
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Miranda investigates the madcap adventures of Thomas Coryat, an eccentric early modern travel writer
Miranda Gleaves coryat travelShakespeare in Spanish
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Katey Workman, Learning intern, explores the reception of Shakespeare in Spain.
Katey Workman Translating Shakespeare"We'll Coal Together": The Friendship of Henry Irving and Thomas Nast
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"We'll Coal Together!" How Henry Irving and Thomas Nast exemplify the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States
Kimber Shepard America InternshipFrom Henley Street to Henley-in-Arden
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Manorial Court Records at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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