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Illuminating Shakespeare-Opening Night
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Learn more about this year's Illuminos light show projected onto Shakespeare's Birthplace. The show runs three times a week, so make sure to stop by
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Party animals at Shakespeare’s New Place
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Mischievous deer, badger and foxes create paw prints in the freshly laid and levelled sand ground at New Place.
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Shakespeare in Russian, part two: pre-revolutionary Shakespeares
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Kelsey Ridge tells us about the Trust's pre-revolutionary Russian editions of Shakespeare's works and their translators, marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution.
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Sustainable Shakespeare - Shakespeare’s Hedgehog-friendly Family Homes
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On Friday 22nd October, the team from Hedgehog Friendly Town released Freddie into the fields around Mary Arden’s Farm in Wilmcote.
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Sustainable Shakespeare - Responding to Extreme Heat at Shakespeare’s Family Homes
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The extreme heat in July meant that we had to make changes to how we operated our sites, to keep our staff, volunteers and visitors as safe as possible...
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Shakespeare Week 2023 Competition Winners Announced
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Announcing the Shakespeare Week 2023 winners for the 'Write till your ink be dry' competition
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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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Top 5 Shakespeare books for the festive season
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Our top five book recommendations from the expert team at the Shakespeare Bookshop.
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Residents Now Go Free to the Shakespeare Family Homes
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Residents can now pre-book their free visits to the Shakespeare family homes in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Commemorating International Women’s Day: The Women Who Made Shakespeare
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Highlight the often overlooked women in the Shakespeare family who played significant roles in his life and contributed to his cultural legacy.
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The Louis Marder Shakespeare Centre Scholarships 2024
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The Louis Marder Shakespeare Centre Scholarship has returned, with three scholarships worth £1,000 available.
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Proud Shakespeare - Taking Stock, Looking Forward
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The intersection of Shakespeare with queer culture and history shapes the future as much as it does the past. At the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, we take the same approach, and so at the beginning of 2023, we want to look back on the Proud Shakespeare of last year in order to look forwards to the future.
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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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John Hutton's Etched Windows in the Shakespeare Centre
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The windows in the Marble Hall of the Shakespeare Centre were etched by artist John Hutton, and they are a marvellous exploration of Shakespeare's ability to create complex emotional figures.
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Shakespeare's Stories: Sir Francis Drake's Medal
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These navigational tools would have been used to help travellers navigate the tides during William Shakespeare’s time.
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The Wars of the Roses in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Collection
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Reader Services Assistant Suzanne Lithgo explores The Wars of the Roses in the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections
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Play On! Introducing the Shakespeare and Music Online Exhibition
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Read about the intern who started "Shakespeare and Music": her brainstorming process, her ambition, and what she wanted to give to everyone throughout this online exhibition.
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Music Inspired by Shakespeare: Cobweb, Moth and Mustardseed
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Peter Knight, renowned musician and composer, writes music inspired by the walk of and around Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Gardens. Listen to some soundsamples, and read about his process of writing this album.
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Death by Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup - Free Extract
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Free extract of Death by Shakespeare Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken hearts by Kathryn Harkup
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The Louis Marder Shakespeare Centre Scholarship 2023
Education Research & Scholars
Find out more about our scholarship opportunities for students of Shakespeare, from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.