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Shakespeare in Spain: the Chesterfield Portrait on Loan
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Our Museum Collections Officer travelled to Spain to oversee the loan of one of our portraits of Shakespeare to the Cervantes Birthplace Museum.
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Notre Dame Wells Shakespeare Lecture
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Watch the third annual Shakespeare lecture in London. The speaker from the University of Notre Dame discusses reading Hamlet as if for the first time
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Audio Description Training at Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Earlier this month, members of our guiding team at Shakespeare’s Birthplace embarked upon audio description training with the specialists at Vocal Eyes.
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Behind the scenes at Shakespeare’s New Place
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Look into the behind-the-scenes action in the run up to the grand opening of Shakespeare's New Place in Summer 2016
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3-Minute Shakespeare - The Winter's Tale
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Watch an animated summary of Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale
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3-Minute Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet
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Watch an animated summary of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
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What does an intern get up to at Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust?
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What does a Shakespeare Birthplace Trust marketing intern get up to in 10 weeks?
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: A Bee Skep
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This post is for all you beekeepers out there! In the sixteenth century, bees were kept in domed skep hives, like the one featured in today’s blog.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Carved Angel
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A group of fascinating carved oak figures from the grand interior decoration of the Guild Chapel in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Spinning Wheel
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The spinning wheel was integral to the running of the household, and may have been included in part of a bride's dowry
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Elizabethan Penknife
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Read about the 17th century penknife held in the collections at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Sweet Bag
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Take a look at this 16th century purse or 'sweet bag'
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Side Saddle
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust holds in its collections a decorated leather and velvet side-saddle made sometime in the 1550s.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Blackwork Coif
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Peter Hewitt explores this coif, or ladies bonnet-style cap, which was probably made in the early 1600s
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Cupping Glass
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The cupping glass was a medical device in use throughout the early modern period, and which in fact has origins stretching back to ancient Egypt and China.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Baby's Rattle
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This rattle, possibly Elizabethan, is made with a shaped piece of bone for teething at the top, and four copper alloy bells are attached just below to entertain the child.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Posy Trenchers
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Victoria Jackson explains the practical and symbolic use of trenchers in Shakespeare's day.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Cushion Cover
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Elizabeth Sharrett looks at the significance of biblical imagery in Tudor embroidery.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Marriage Portrait?
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This 17th century portrait of an unknown couple is a mysterious item from the collections. Peter Hewitt explores who the couple could be.
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Shakespeare in a 100 Objects: Solstice Dish
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Posted on the night of the winter solstice, this post recalls seasonal celebrations of a very different kind, conjured up by the survival of a very special little dish from the SBT Collections.