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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 100 Objects: Berkemeier Glass
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Portia's reference to a ‘deep glass’ in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice suggests something like this, a remarkably fine and well preserved example of a sixteenth-century berkemeier.
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Shakespeare's Stories: Objects for the Comedy of Errors
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In this video, Jan Blake talks about why she chose to display some of these objects and how they fit in with the themes that the Shakespeare's Stories exhibition is conveying.
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Digital Internship at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Learn a little more about life as a Digital Intern at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Sustainable Shakespeare - Wildlife on the Welcombe Hills
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Esme Wise, who leads our Welcombe Hills Walks, reflects on what it is like to guide visitors around this beautiful space on the outskirts of Stratford-upon-Avon and speak Shakespeare’s words in the wild.
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Day One: The Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769
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David Garrick's Shakespeare Jubilee began on Wednesday 6 September 1769 with a crashing volley of cannon fire.
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Museums and Schools at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Read about our Sharing Shakespeare’s Story project; part of the Museums and Schools initiative that is taking place across the UK
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Desk Box
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If Shakespeare did have a preferred place in which to keep his writings, it was most likely a desk box, like this one held by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collection.
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Shakespeare's Stories: Viola's Concealed Identity
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Storyteller and exhibition curator Jan Blake tells us a little more about the themes of concealment and identity that are explored in the Shakespeare Stories exhibition in the RSC's Swan Bar.
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Shakespeare's Women: the Muses of Comedy and Tragedy
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Learn about this allegorical portrait of Shakespeare from 1825.
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Portrait of a Deer-poaching Shakespeare
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You may have heard the rumour: as a young man Shakespeare was caught poaching deer and locked up in prison.
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New Family Trails at the Shakespeare Houses
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Over the past few months we've been working on a brand new suite of Family Trails for the Shakespeare Family Homes.
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Behind the scenes: Shakespeare’s Chair and Desk
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The chair and desk at Shakespeare's New Place are not replicas, but are beautiful examples of craftsmanship, carved from wood and cast in bronze at The Foundry.
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Early Years: Planting the Seeds for Shakespeare
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Inspire preschool and nursery children with early years interactive workshop sessions from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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Day Three: The Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769
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By dawn on the third day of the Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769, some of the guests had only just gone to bed
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: January
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Jane Shaw takes us through this month's account of the Shakespeare's New Place gardens, including historical context, gardening tips, and the plant of the month.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Money Pot
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Find out more about the Tudor money box in the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Truckle Bed
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Truckle beds, stored under a standing-bed, were common pieces of furniture in Shakespeare's day. Here we explore their use and Shakespeare's own references to them
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BBC Four Documentary on Shakespeare's Mother
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Historian Michael Wood uncovers the tale of Mary Arden and the Shakespeare family in a BBC Four documentary exploring the life of ordinary Tudor folk.
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Shakespeare’s Lost Interiors: A Bed in the Parlour?
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While searching for Shakespeare’s lost interiors, Alex Hewitt considers the early modern phenomenon of putting a bed in the parlour.
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: October
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7,000 spring bulbs are delivered, the weather continues to baffle and time flirts back an hour. Halloween ghouls whisk dahlias to a chilly oblivion and our new apprentice drives himself around the bend.