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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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How Did Shakespeare Write a Play?
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts What Was Shakespeare Really Like?
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.
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Travelling… Crete
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Lola shares her account of the 'Travelling... England' festival in Myrtia - hosted by the Kazantzakis Museum.
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New Book Ensures Shakespeare’s Work is Accessible for Future Generations During 400th Anniversary of First Folio
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New Book Ensures Shakespeare’s Work is Accessible for Future Generations During 400th Anniversary of First Folio
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Witchcraft in the SBT Library: two early printed books on witches
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In honour of Halloween, library volunteer Kelsey Ridge looks at two of our early printed books which discuss witchcraft in early modern England.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: A Bee Skep
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This post is for all you beekeepers out there! In the sixteenth century, bees were kept in domed skep hives, like the one featured in today’s blog.
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: February
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Jane Shaw recounts tales of New Place in this February update, detailing scandalous theories of goings-on by the Shakespeares in years gone by, more ways to fight the bitter cold, and the self-destructive nature of the mistletoe...