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Othello: The Moor of Venice
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Othello. Find out more about how Iago manipulates everyone around him and the rise of Othello's jealousy
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'Mislike me not for my complexion...'
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Ira Aldridge broke new ground by managing a theatre in 1828, taking on "white" Shakespearian roles and rewriting Titus Andronicus so he could play Aaron as a hero.
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Shakespeare in Greek
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Former library volunteer Georgios Doukas investigates the provenance of a Greek translation held at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library.
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Shakespeare et les traducteurs or: Shakespeare in French
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To celebrate Bastille Day, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's Digitisation Officer Andrew Thomas explores French translations held in the Trust's library collection.
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Sounding words: on translating Shakespeare
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A blog by Greek poet and translator Dionysis Kapsalis, which discusses the challenges of translating Shakespeare's works into Greek.
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Shakespeare in Gyula
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Read about what it's like to see Shakespeare in another language!
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Sixth Form Conferences
Education Schools and CPD A Level
Digital conferences for A Level students are run by our team of Shakespeare experts providing the opportunity to explore texts and/or theatre-making in depth.
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Meet the Maker - Sara Preisler
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To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the First Folio, we have collaborated with award-winning jewellery maker, Sara Preisler.
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collaborate with award-winner jeweller to create a Folio-inspired jewellery collection
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collaborate with award-winner jeweller to create a Folio-inspired jewellery collection
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Henry V – Online
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Matt Pinches and Gavin Fowler discuss the upcoming GSC production of Henry V
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Shakespeare's Favourite Flowers: The Rose
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Have you ever wondered what Shakespeare's favourite flower might be? Explore illustrations of roses and discover the flower's meaning in Shakespeare's works.
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Reader Services Guides: Pre-20th Century Performance History
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In this guide, find out more about pre-twentieth century theatre ephemera in our collection and how to research performance history in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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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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To Spain, with love
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This week’s tribute goes to Spain, the worst affected European country by COVID-19 after Italy.
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To Italy, with love
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This blog pays tribute to Italy by exploring books in the Trust collection with an Italian connection.
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Bringing a magical energy to Shakespeare's Birthplace
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We meet Tara Sachdeva, co-founder and director at Compass Presents, and the creative mind behind House Party on Henley Street, which is part of the national Museums at Night festival
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“Shake this island”: Armenian Shakespeare Association Conference
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Vice-President of the Polish Shakespeare Association, Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik, shares her impressions of a Shakespeare conference in Venice.
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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Third time's a charm: the when, how, and why behind Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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How Did Actors Learn Their Lines?
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts Let's Talk Shakespeare
'How did actors learn their lines?' - the question discussed in episode four of our Let's Talk Shakespeare podcast. From the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
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24. Actors' View on Shakespeare's Authorship
Explore Shakespeare Podcasts 60 Minutes with Shakespeare
In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Janet Suzman discusses how she responds, as an actor and director, to the Shakespeare Authorship Conspiracy Theory.
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21. Actors in Shakespearian Early Printed Texts
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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Harriet Walters answers the question: why is it important that actors' names appear in some of the early printed texts of Shakespeare's plays?