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New Shakespeare’s Treasures Exhibition at Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Learn more about the opening of the new exhibit: Treasures Exhibition at the Shakespeare Centre. The theme this year is the sealing of the Magna Carta
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Spring in Shakespeare’s Town Gardens
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Spring gardening update from Shakespeare's family homes. By mid-March the gardens were blooming with daffodils. High winds blasted, twisting petals (and umbrellas) inside and out. Many flowering bulbs fell to the ground, only to bounce upright the following day – and all before the swallows appeared.
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46. Sigmund Freud and Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Paul Prescott discusses why Sigmund Freud doubted Shakespeare's authorship.
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Shakespeare's Deadly Game of Football
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We discovered a 19th century football in our Collections. Learn about what football would have been like during Shakespeare's time.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Inventory
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In addition to wills, the inventory is also an important probate document, providing a comprehensive reckoning of all of the testator’s possessions and their values for selling on.
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Shakespeare Shorts: Entry Guidelines
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Entry guidelines for the Shakespeare Shorts film competition, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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July's Living Shakespeare Course
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Adult leisure learning courses designed to enhance appreciation of Shakespeare’s works, life and times held in Stratford-upon Avon, Warwickshire
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Shakespeare's Favourite Flowers: The Violet
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Mareike Doleschal explores the meaning of violets in Shakespeare's plays and the flower's enormous popularity during the Victorian age.
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Summer in Shakespeare’s Town Gardens
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Summer was full of flip-flop days; in between the odd shower or two, deckchairs were splayed out on our lawns, their occupants dozing to the lazy drone of drunken bees.
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58. Indian Analysis of Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' K.S. Vijay Elangova discusses the Indian perspective of the Shakespeare authorship question.
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51. Suggested Authors of Shakespeare's Works
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Matt Kubus discusses other suggested possible authors of the works attributed to Shakespeare.
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44. Delia Bacon and Shakespeare's Authorship
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Graham Holderness discusses the part Delia Bacon plays in the Shakespeare authorship question.
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8. Stratford Life in Shakespeare's Works
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Michael Wood discusses how Shakespeare's works reflect aspects of life in Stratford-upon-Avon during his time.
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Shakespeare Connected - 'Not to be': Death in the Collections
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This blog introduces a Shakespeare Connected exhibition on death and material culture.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Hornbook
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How would the young William Shakespeare, attending Stratford-upon-Avon’s grammar school, have learned to read and write? This blog describes the use of the hornbook.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Sampler
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Throughout the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, samplers were increasingly used by girls and young women to practise their embroidery technique
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Bedsteads
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A fresh take on the Hathaway bedsteads by Elizabeth Sharrett, studying for a PhD in English Literature at the Shakespeare Institute.
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Shakespeare's Stories: Photographs of Viola
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View and listen to discussion concerning this 1960 image of Malvolio taunting Viola, along with others.
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Shakespeare's Villains - Richard III
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Anna Griffiths looks at part of the iconic costume worn by Antony Sher in Bill Alexander’s 1984 production of Richard III.
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The New Orleans Shakespeare Festival
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Shakespeare on the Road has arrived in New Orleans. Learn more about the Tulane Shakespeare Festival and how it has reached over 60,000 theatregoers