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Shakespeare and Stratford

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Find out more about William Shakespeare's relationship with his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon

About Singing Shakespeare

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More about Singing Shakespeare - a three year project from the Shakespeare Trust.

Shakespeare Week

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Find out more about Shakespeare Week - an annual celebration of Shakespeare for primary school children, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

35. Shakespeare's Will and his Books

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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Diana Owen answers the question: is it suspicious that no books are mentioned in Shakespeare's will?

Be Inspired: Shakespeare and Me

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Be inspired: Shakespeare and Me is a new exhibition at Shakespeare's Birthplace celebrating creativity inspired by Shakespeare and featuring unique personal stories of inspiration.

Shakespeare's Yearbook

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See which characters you have voted for on Twitter to appear in our very own Shakespeare's Yearbook.

Dear Shakespeare

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In our exhibition "Dear Shakespeare", we take a look at several letters in our Collections from over the centuries, starting with Richard Quiney's letter to the playwright himself.

Shakespeare in Klingon

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In recognition of First Contact Day, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust commemorates first contact between outer space and William Shakespeare.

Shakespeare's Birth

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William Shakespeare's birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April.

Shakespeare Documented

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Shakespeare and His World

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Read about our free online MOOC, Shakespeare and His World - in collaboration with the University of Warwick.

Becoming Shakespeare

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Exploring the Spark of Creativity Born in Stratford-upon-Avon

15. Shakespeare and Misattribution

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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Andrew Murphy discusses if Shakespeare's name was used as a selling point on works we now don't believe he wrote.

How did Shakespeare Die?

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Learn about the circumstances of Shakespeare's death and the curse on his gravestone

Shakespeare in Esperanto

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Today is Zahmenhof Day, also called Esperanto Day. To mark this occasion, Anna Kerr tells us about Esperanto translations of Shakespeare's works held in the Trust's library collection.

13. Shakespeare in Print

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In our podcast '60 Minutes with Shakespeare,' Laurie Maguire answers the question: were Shakespeare's plays published under his own name in his lifetime?

Shakespeare for the Dollhouse

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We have in our collections a set of miniature editions of Shakespeare's works published in 1904 by David Bryce and Son.

David Garrick's Shakespeare Jubilee

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The 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee is widely credited as being a key moment in the development of Stratford-upon-Avon into a tourist destination.

Shakespeare's Death

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What we know about when, where and how Shakespeare died

Shakespeare in Portuguese

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To mark Brazil's Independence Day, Brazilian professor and translator Rafael Raffaelli reflects on the challenges of translating Shakespeare into Portuguese.