A Mulberry Love Token
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A new acquisition, this mulberry wood picture frame is a perfect example of how one small item can tell us volumes about Shakespeare’s legacy and the history of the people of Stratford-upon-Avon.
Rosalyn SklarCopyright of the artist
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Buzz Goodbody: the Classical Revolutionary
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This 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 filesShakespeare and medicine: mental health in Tudor times
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Find out more about Tudor views of mental health, and how Shakespeare explores this theme in his plays.
Rebekah Owens Shakespeare and MedicineShakespeare's Sonnets in Arabic
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Abdul Sattar Jawad, Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke University, has recently translated several of Shakespeare's sonnets into Arabic. He gives us an insight into the art that goes into this work.
Abdul Sattar Jawad Translating ShakespeareShakespeare in Chinese
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On the occasion of the Chinese New Year, library volunteer Lingling Xie sheds light on the Trust's Chinese translations of Shakespeare.
Lingling Xie Translating Shakespeare ChineseCicero in the Collections
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To tie in with the staging of Robert Harris's Imperium we highlight ten favourite items from our Roman and Cicero related collections.
Madeleine CoxShakespeare and medicine: Susanna’s stomach complaint
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Find out about the treatment prescribed by Shakespeare's son-in-law, John Hall, for his wife Susanna.
Rebekah Owens Shakespeare and MedicineShakespeare in Māori
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Kia Ora! We're marking Waitangi Day with an introduction to translations of Shakespeare into Māori.
Elizabeth Jeffery Translating ShakespeareDante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882) Poet, illustrator, painter
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Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti visited Shakespeare's Birthplace in 1853 and returned in 1860 with Lizzie Siddal
Norma Hampson Rossetti Birthplace VisitorsThe Secretaries of the SBT
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As we look forward to welcoming our new CEO we look back at the original "Secretaries" as they were known in the first decades of the Trust
Victoria Joynes SBT Directors