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Shakespeare’s Richard III - Myth or Reality ?
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Exploring whether the real Richard III was as villainous as Shakespeare made him out to be?
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Shakespeare Connected: A Showcase of Current Research
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Join us as we launch 'Shakespeare Connected'.
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Home Education at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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See what the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has to offer for Home Educators.
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Advocating Research at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Ella Hawkins has been working with our collections as Research Advocate for six months
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All the World's a Stage: The Women Who Made Shakespeare
Visit Shakespeare's Family Homes
Enjoy live performances in the gardens of Shakespeare's Birthplace on selected dates throughout the season
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Shakespeare Scrapbooks as a means to experience other worlds
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Find out what George Williams' illustrated Antony & Cleopatra can tell us about mid-nineteenth century attitudes to the near east and the ancient Mediterranean, in the second part in our series exploring Williams' editions of Shakespeare's works
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Shakespeare's Richard II - Myth or Reality?
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Examining Shakespeare’s portrayal of Richard II.
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Happy 50th Birthday, Shakespeare Centre!
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For William Shakespeare's 450th birthday celebration, we're hosting a blog series to highlight the events that took place around the world for the Bard's 400th birthday back in 1964. In this post, read about the origins of The Shakespeare Centre.
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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...
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Sir Walter Scott at Shakespeare's Tomb
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Several authors have made trips to Shakespeare's birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon and have visited his grave. The only actual record of someone doing so, apart from signatures, however, is a painting depicting Sir Walter Scott's second visit to Stratford in 1828.
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Shakespeare on Show: Statue of Bottom & Titania
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In our Shakespeare's Top Ten Characters Exhibition at Nash's House, a statue of Bottom and Queen Titania in a lovers' embrace is featured. Emily delves into the themes surrounding this particular 'love story' in "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
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Shakespeare's Love-Song Legacy
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Shakespeare's works have influenced a wide variety of products over time, not the least of which has been the world of music - most specifically, that of the love song.
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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 in 100 Objects: Map of Warwickshire
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This blog explores John Speed’s 1611 map of Warwickshire, which provides a glimpse into Shakespeare’s home county as he himself would have visualised it.
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Shakespeare in 100 objects: Charnel House
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According to an 18th century writer, the charnel house in Stratford-upon-Avon contained the ‘largest assemblage of human bones’ he had ever beheld.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Quill pen
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Read about this iconic writing tool, often closely associated with Shakespeare himself
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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.