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Visit Shakespeare’s Family Homes in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon. Discover more about the life and times of William Shakespeare across five unique properties and learn about what life was like in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Find out more and book your tickets today.

Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400

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Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400

Words we use thanks to Shakespeare

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A short list of words we use today thanks to Shakespeare, including a creative word building activity. Suitable for English language learners, including adult learners.

David Garrick's Shakespeare Jubilee

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In 1769, David Garrick threw a party that put Stratford-upon-Avon on the map as a tourist destination for Shakespeare fans

FR Shakespeare WANTED worksheet

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This worksheet uses the information on the Shakespeare WANTED poster as a springboard for a couple of activities that check on the students’ understanding of the information and that encourage them to explore the mysteries surrounding Shakespeare’s life in a fun and creative way.

Shakespeare’s Family Tudor Journalist

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Let your students inhabit the role of a Tudor journalist and come up with headlines and news stories about the Shakespeares in Stratford! Can be used together with the Shakespeare’s Family Fun Facts and Shakespeare’s Family Tudor Journalist Template.

Shakespeare’s Invented Words A2

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Shakespeare coined hundreds of words – here is a small selection of them and some exercises about them for language learners (CEFR A2).

Shakespeare’s Invented Words – B1

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Shakespeare coined hundreds of words – here is a small selection of them and some exercises about them for language learners (CEFR B1).

Shakespeare’s Invented Words B2

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Shakespeare coined hundreds of words – here is a small selection of them and some exercises about them for language learners (CEFR B2).

FR Shakespeare Family Tree

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This family tree introduces Shakespeare’s immediate family: his parents and siblings, his own children, and his grandchildren.

ESP Shakespeare Family Tree

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This family tree introduces Shakespeare’s immediate family: his parents and siblings, his own children, and his grandchildren.

ESP Shakespeare WANTED worksheet

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This worksheet uses the information on the Shakespeare WANTED poster as a springboard for a couple of activities that check on the students’ understanding of the information and that encourage them to explore the mysteries surrounding Shakespeare’s life in a fun and creative way.

Shakespeare’s Family Fun Facts

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This fact sheet gives you some more details about the Shakespeare family, including ten facts you might find surprising.

Timeline – Shakespeare’s Life and Times

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A one page visual representation of the major events in Shakespeare’s Life and Elizabethan England. Designed for printout on A3/Legal paper.

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust part of the Shakespeare Birthday celebrations

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Join Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, organisations and communities from across Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday

Shakespeare in Russian, part three: Shakespeare after Red October

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In our third blog on Russian translations of Shakespeare, Kelsey Ridge sheds light on the fate of Shakespeare's works in post-revolutionary Russia.

Shakespeare Connected - Costuming Shakespeare: Elizabethan Dress Through the Centuries

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A blog introducing a Shakespeare Connected exhibition on Elizabethan costume in Shakespearian performance.

Shakespeare Connected - Shakespeare's New Place: Artefacts and Inhabitants

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This blog introduces a Shakespeare Connected online exhibition on the archaeology of Shakespeare's last home.

Sustainable Shakespeare – Deer Spotting at Shakespeare’s Family Homes

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Lately we have been capturing lots of deer activity on our wildlife cameras and some of our staff have even seen these normally shy creatures active around our sites.

Sustainable Shakespeare - Building Conservation at Shakespeare’s Family Homes

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Mark Ratcliffe, Head of Estates at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, explores the traditional and environmentally-friendly building techniques and materials still in use at Shakespeare's family homes today.