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William Shakespeare
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Learn about the man behind the works with Shakespedia, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare in Love...in Spain
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Shakespeare being used as a dramatic character predate 'Shakespeare in Love' by hundreds of years in Spain.
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William Russell Sedgfield 1826 - 1902
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The photographer William Russell Sedgfield visited Shakespeare's Birthplace in 1859 and signed the visitor book
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How to be a woman?
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How to be a woman? is a digital publication that gathers together responses from 77 visitors to my stall at Henley Street during Shakespeare’s 460 birthday celebrations on Saturday 20 April 2024.
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What Made Shakespeare Laugh?
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
The final part of our audio lecture series from Professor Sir Stanley Wells; 'What Was Shakespeare Really Like'
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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.
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Quirky facts from our museum collection
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Collections Care Assistant Amy Davies delves into the museum collection to discover some of the more unusual items that the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust cares for.
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"This Insubstantial Pageant"
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The first post in "The Tempest: 400th Anniversary" celebration series sheds light on the potential inspiration for the actual tempest in Shakespeare's last solo play.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: A ‘Fine Picture’
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The final post in our journey through some of the Trust’s collection of Tudor and Stuart artefacts
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Shakespeare and Consumerism
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We're in the midst of a very busy period in the Reading Room, talking to university groups, VIPs and lecturers and showing them our collections.
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Catch Up with Shakespeare: Othello
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's Shakespeare experts have been busy hosting a series of digital talks and live Q&As with A-level pupils around the country in our popular new ‘Catch Up With Shakespeare’ sessions.
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Stratford’s Apothecary in the Time of Shakespeare: Philip Rogers’ Medical Practice
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This is the second of two blog posts focusing on a little-studied figure from Stratford-upon-Avon during the time of Shakespeare: Philip Rogers, an apothecary in the town.
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Theme summary: Susanna
Explore Shakespeare Museum From Home The Susanna Hall & Hall’s Croft Project Theme pages for the Digital Spatial Archive
Theme summary page for Susanna Hall, part of the digital spatial archive of Hall's Croft
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The very magnificence of his obstinacy
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The art of painting actors in leading character roles has been around since the time of David Garrick; it continued into modernity, as illustrated by this portrait of Laurence Olivier as Coriolanus.
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Stratford's Ceremonial Maces
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Ceremonial maces have been used for hundreds of years by royal and civic institutions. The Corporation of Straford-upon-Avon owned four maces of which two survive in the collection of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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Shakespeare Outreach for KS1
Education Schools and CPD Key Stage 1
Shakespeare outreach sessions for Key Stage 1 children from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Come, come with me, and we will make short work
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At a time when illustrations of Shakespeare's scenes were in high demand, Henry Bunbury accepted the call and painted beautiful adaptations.
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Will's World Online
Education Schools and CPD Key Stage 1
An imaginative digital workshop telling the story of Shakespeare's life
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David Garrick
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David Garrick was a celebrated Shakespearian actor and playwright, and was responsible for putting Stratford-upon-Avon on the map with his Shakespeare Jubilee
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Shakespeare's Villains - Shylock
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Discover representations of Shylock through this 19th century figure in our collections at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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Mae'r Arglwyddes yn siarad yn Cymraeg: Lady Mortimer and Welsh in 1 Henry IV
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For St. David’s Day, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust would like to commemorate one of Shakespeare’s most underrated characters: the Welshwoman Lady Mortimer.