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Romeo and Juliet
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A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Romeo & Juliet. Find out more about the classic story of two feuding families and a young couple's love
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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The first of two blogs celebrating a beautiful new picture book version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Jane Ray and Georghia Ellinas.
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Illuminating Shakespeare: Artist Interview with Rob Vale
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Learn more about this years' light show done in partnership with Illuminos. Read about how they brought Shakespeare's childhood to life at his home
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Why Blue Flowers Should Be Avoided
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Billie Thomas, one of our Casual Reading Room Services Assistants, is here to talk about the dangers of blue flowers, according to those superstitious Tudors, for Day Two of our Heritage Open Day Countdown!
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Shakespedia Index
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Guiding your search through Shakespeare's life, works, and time.
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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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Picture of the Month - August 2011
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August’s Picture of the Month is from the RSC’s 1986 modern dress production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Michael Bogdanov.
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Meet the Maker Alison Gardiner, Artist and Designer
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Alison Gardiner, ceramic artist and Illustrator of the Shakespeare's Character range.
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Charis McRoberts - The Year of Black Summer
Explore Shakespeare Museum From Home Art and Exhibitions A Sea of Troubles A Sea of Troubles - Meet the Artists
A blog by Charis McRoberts, the director of 'We Happy Few' - a short film in the Sea of Troubles online exhibition
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Who was Philip Rogers, the Apothecary in Shakespeare’s Stratford?
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Chris Booth sheds light on a provincial apothecary operating in Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon.
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What Manner of Man was Shakespeare?
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The first in a four-part lecture series from Professor Sir Stanley Wells; 'What Was Shakespeare Really Like'
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Hubs for Primary Schools
Education Education Projects
A regional outreach initiative from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, offering creative learning experiences inspired by Shakespeare and delivered by experts in schools around the UK
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Spice Plate
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Used during the dessert course of a meal or banquet, spice plates would have been used to present delicacies like sweetmeats, exotic spices, fruit, honey wafers and refined sugar to the guests.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: 'Spanish' rapiers
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Peter Hewitt looks at the impressive 16th century Spanish blade in our collections
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Knife Sheath
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In the sixteenth century a knife sheath was a practical and fashionable object that could be carried in a variety of ways
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Bollock Dagger
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Our newest acquisition to the museum collection is a 'bollock dagger' made during the 1500s
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Shakespeare in Armenian, part III
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On the occasion of Vartavar Day in Armenia, we explore the Armenian translations of Shakespeare held in our library.
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Shakespeare in Armenian, part II
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On Armenian Independence Day, we explore Armenian translations held in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Library and shed light on the history behind them.
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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 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 Mystery Women in the Museum Collection
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Collections Care Assistant Amy Davies takes a close look at some of the portraits of unknown women in the museum collection