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Shakespeare’s Stratford and the 1553 Royal Charter
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In this Monarchy in the Archives post I'm looking at a very significant record in the history of Stratford-upon-Avon: a Royal Charter of 1553.
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Video Tour of Shakespeare's New Place
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Video: Take a look around at Shakespeare's New Place
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The First World War, Shakespeare and Stratford
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Last week saw the installation and opening of our new exhibition at Hall’s Croft; ‘The First World War, Shakespeare and Stratford’.
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3-Minute Shakespeare - King Lear
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Watch an animated summary of Shakespeare's King Lear
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The Gardens of Shakespeare's New Place: September
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Dusk creeps in earlier-and-earlier, leaves turn colour minute-by-minute. September - a month of change, harvesting and clearing.
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Meet the Distinguished Visitors to Shakespeare's Birthplace
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive, and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books, including one Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the pre-Raphaelite artist.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Grain Ark
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A late 16th or early 17th century grain ark from the collections of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Livery Cupboard
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Find out where the Tudors stored their midnight snacks...
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Linen Sheet
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White embroidered linen played an integral role in the early modern death ritual, as a tool in the spiritual preparation of an individual for the afterlife.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Table Carpet
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Table carpets were high status objects that were used by the social elite in early modern English society.
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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: Children's Dress
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In Shakespeare's times, little boys and girls were often dressed alike, wearing dresses until about the age of seven.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Concealed Shoes
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Peter Hewitt explores the early modern practice of deliberately hiding shoes and other garments within buildings.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Ointment Jar
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How did people living in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries store their medicines? Like today, appropriate containers were essential for storing them.
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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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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: 'Bartmann' jug
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Bartmann jugs were commonly made in the Rhineland region of Germany in the 16th and 17th centuries and the name is taken from the German word Bartmann meaning ‘bearded man’
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: ‘Kitchen Scene’
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On the face of it, this oil bevelled panel seems to be a scene from a kitchen but, as Peter Hewitt asks, can we read more into it?
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Painted Cloth
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Elizabeth Sharrett looks in detail at a rare 17th century painted cloth from our collection
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Posset Cup
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The terms ‘posset cup’ and ‘posset pot’ were used to refer to a range of vessels that were designed to hold posset, a restorative drink.
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Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Tudor rosary
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Rosary beads are essentially a kind of ‘prayer counter’ which could be used to tally the number of prayers said.