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William Shakespeare
Explore Shakespeare Shakespedia
Learn about the man behind the works with Shakespedia, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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“At Home Abroad:” The First “Chinese Visitors” to Shakespeare Birthplace
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Maosheng Hu, who is a postdoctoral scholar at the Shakespeare Institute at the University of Birmingham, writes about the first 'Chinese' visitors to the Birthplace - including one William Cartwright, or 葛德立.
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1. Shakespeare's Childhood Books
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Sylvia Morris discusses how Shakespeare would have had access to books growing up in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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"My speech is plaine" - Holinshed's Chronicles Part 1
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Jo Wilding explores the historian Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles in memory of Marian Pringle. The Project's website describes it as "once the crowning achievement of Tudor historiography and the most important single source for contemporary playwrights and poets, above all Shakespeare".
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William Hogarth: Mr Garrick in the Character of Richard III
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Discover how artist William Hogarth used imagery in his portrait of actor David Garrick as Richard III to foreshadow what was to unfold in Shakespeare's play of the ruthless king.
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Barnum vs. Dickens: Oh What a Circus!
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P. T. Barnum was so taken with Shakespeare's Birthplace he wanted to take it to America, but not if Charles Dickens could help it!
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How Did Shakespeare Write a Play?
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The second in a four-part lecture series from Professor Sir Stanley Wells; 'What Was Shakespeare Really Like'
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The Early Librarians at SBT
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The library started inside Shakespeare's Birthplace and has continued to grow and change
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Picture of the Month - January 2012
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A photo from David Thacker’s post-1789 revolutionary France production of "Coriolanus" at the RSC in 1994.
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Summer Gardens at Anne Hathaway's Cottage
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Discover the beautiful gardens at Anne Hathaway's Cottage
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Bronze Mortar
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Peter Hewitt looks at an example of a pestle and mortar, as would have been used by Romeo's apothecary
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The Custodians of Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Shakespeare's Birthplace has always been looked after by custodians, guiding visitors round the house and taking care of the building.
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From The Hathaways to The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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The fifth post in the Hathaway saga. Read to learn more about how the Cottage was acquired by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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A Great American Circus
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11 January 1858 members of the Howes and Cushing’s Great United States Circus signed the Birthplace visitor book
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A Victorian replica of Shakespeare’s Birthplace
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Read about the replica Birthplace built as a visitor attraction in 1847 by Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens
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About Singing Shakespeare
About Us Our Projects Singing Shakespeare
More about Singing Shakespeare - a three year project from the Shakespeare Trust.
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The Play’s the Thing
Education Schools and CPD Key Stage 2
A KS2 workshop of puzzle solving and drama
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William Henry Chippendale (1801-1888)
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. In this case, we meet William Chippendale, a well-established actor in the Victorian era.
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A Tudor Valentine's Day
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Amy Davies explores what Valentine’s Day was like in Shakespeare’s time.
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Taking the Time to Conserve the Past – SBT Share Updates on the Conversation Works at Hall’s Croft
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust shares more details on the important conservation works at Hall's Croft.
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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.